Bourn to Braves
 

Per Rosenthal ...

Bourn for 4 minor leaguers. Details to come.

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

Thank god.

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

As they say, "Sometimes the best "trades" are the one's you don't make!" :)

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

No top 50 prospects and best was Braves 9 prospect. Probably equivalent was Heisey + Boxberger and two lesser guys. Keep snoring Walt.

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

Here are the players Houston got for Bourn from Jayson Stark:

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

It is odd that I have felt relieved with almost every trade that's gone down this year.

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

At the prices players are costing this year, I'm very happy Walt hasn't pulled the trigger.

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

Horrible way to evaluate valuation of a trade...

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

Huh?

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

You are correct sir!

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

Sigh of relief here. I hope we survive the rest of the day.

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

Braves #7 prospect doesn't equal Reds #7 prospect
Braves #8 prospect doesn't equal Reds #8 prospect... and so on

If our GM is basing a players trade value off of BA's, BP's, ESPN's prospect rankings, we're in trouble...


And nice response... You copy/pasting that in pretty much every thread right now? Add something intelligent please.

http://www.redszone.com/forums/showp...&postcount=445

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

If that was the cost for 1 year of Bourne, I really do hope Walt keeps snoring.

Heisey likely has more value to us going forward (with 5 more controlable years) than 1 year of Bourne.

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

Other than Matt Holliday, Bourn was the guy I've wanted the worst to add to our current lineup over the past few years. I've been saying he would be a perfect fit for us for two years. I wonder what our price would have been. Good for Atlanta. They've got a nice squad.

Re: Bourn to Braves
 

Reds and Braves systems have been ranked similarly (#3 vs. #6 in latest BA). Also for discussion purposes, publication rankings are frequently used to compare and gauge general value (ie player X will require two Top 50 prospects) both on this board and in the national media.