Braves president of baseball operations John Hart says that the club is “absolutely not in the mode” of shopping pitcher Shelby Miller, according to David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (on Twitter). For his part, O’Brien (on Twitter) has a feeling that the Braves have not given up on getting infielder Javier Baez or outfielder Jorge Soler from the Cubs in exchange for Miller. On top of that, a few teams have also reached out with interest in Braves hurler Julio Teheran, as Mark Bowman of MLB.com writes.
Here’s more out of Nashville:
- The D’Backs, Dodgers, and Red Sox are staying in touch with the Braves regarding Miller, as Joel Sherman of the New York Post tweets.
- A person familiar with Mike Leake’s talks thinks he could land a five-year deal for $75-80MM, Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com tweets. To some, that would appear to mark a spike in his market value, though MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes predicted that Leake could net a five-year, $80MM deal way back in early November.
- Agent Rob Martin told MLBTR (Twitter link) that pitcher Brandon Beachy is “100% healthy” as he seeks his next deal in free agency. Beachy will be prioritizing the best pitching opportunities without any real preference for geographic location. Beachy was designated for assignment by the Dodgers in July before accepting an outright assignment in August. From 2010-13 with Atlanta, he posted a 3.23 ERA, 9.2 K.9 and 2.9 BB/9 in 267 2/3 innings. Durability has been an issue since reaching the Major Leagues, however, as he’s topped 100 innings just once in his career and made 10 starts in a season just twice.
- Chris Young turned down the opportunity to sign a three-year deal elsewhere to return to the Royals on a two-year pact, according to Andy McCullough of The Kansas City Star (on Twitter).
- There are five teams in on Justin Masterson, including the Pirates, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (on Twitter).
- As many as a dozen teams are already showing interest in Henderson Alvarez, Chris Cotillo of SB Nation tweets.
- The Tigers and Cardinals both tried to land Jeff Samardzija, according to Heyman (on Twitter). The Tigers, predictably, were out on Shark once they inked Jordan Zimmermann.
Unless the Braves are working on a longterm deal for Miller, it doesn’t make any sense to keep him. The Braves badly need some young bats and Miller could bring one back.that could help score some runs going forward.
Hello Andrew Friedman,
Please trade for this guy!
With Love,
Santa Claus
I think Beachy would be a good fit for the Pirates.
Ironic that the Braves would trade Miller for bats when his record was so bad last year due to jot getting run support.
Maybe Miller,Lee,Holmes to Yankees,Gardner to Braves,Nova,Miller to Dodgers.
Not Braves want young star center piece to build around not a a guy who is in 30ths sorry and they also want young arm to go with him
I think Beachy is a good fit for the Pirates as you said as well as the Cardinals. Pirates have a great history of “fixing” pitchers, if you will. Francisco Liriano is the most prominent example, but there are several others including JA Happ, who just earned himself a payday. The Cardinals, on the other hand, aren’t too shabby themselves at developing pitchers and could use a buy low candidate that has a chance to eat some innings after missing out on Price and Lackey. I still keep them well in the Mike Leake sweepstakes though.
The red sox could give them blake swihart and henry owens
That would be well worth it
The only way the trade gets done for the great Cub team and the pitiful Brave team Cubs get Terhan and Incarte plus 3 minor league player in there top 20 for Baez and Soler in a 5 play deal. Plus Chicago get 1 million . Then Theo get ready for the back latch