re: Braves trade Wood, Peraza for Olivera +, UPDATE: Teheran could be traded too

So the wood deal is official?

It is done per Bowman. Pending physicals.

So once this trade gets done, who do we call up? I'm thinking we go ahead and bring up Tyrell Jenkins to pitch as our 4th/5th starter.

1. Shelby Miller
2. Folty
3. Manny Banuelos
4. Wisler
5. Jenkins

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1. Shelby Miller 2. Folty 3. Manny Banuelos 4. Wisler 5. Jenkins

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So I guess Teheran is sent to the minors in this scenario?

I was hoping I would wake up this morning and feel better about this move but NOPE. This is just a terrible, terrible overpay for an already 30 year old infielder who has injury concerns. No idea what the hell Hart was thinking.

To give up 4 more controllable years of probably our best pitcher of the last few years for this is laughable and goes against everything Hart has done. I know he has done a great job of assembling young pitching but hardly any, if any, are proven. Miller is great, but then what? I like Wisler but he only has a handful of starts under his belt. Banuelos pitched well but again, only a few starts. This move now screams let's win in 2016 but it's very likely next year we have 4 guys in the rotation that still have or barely lost their rookie status. No team is going to win with that. And we'd be kidding ourselves if we think Hart is going to throw money at one of the high priced free agents. With our middle tier budget and shitty TV contract, we won't be able to compete no matter how much we all think we will.

And to give up Peraza, a top 50ish prospect that is hitting .300 as a 21 year old in AAA, basically for the number 34 pick in the draft. I know Peraza is somewhat expendable but that doesn't mean you drop his value by a big margin. It's not like Jace is having some great season.

Just incredibly, incredibly stupid if this goes through and I don't get it. Olivera better be a perennial all star and that must start next year. Only way this will be worth it.

So I see you are just an arse. Good job. I hate knowing you are in the Air Force.

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JULY 30: The Dodgers will indeed pay the final two installments of Olivera’s signing bonus, tweets David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. That means the Braves are essentially taking on Olivera on a six-year, $32.5MM contract that began this season. He’s earning $2MM in 2015, of which about $754K remains, so their total financial commitment to him will be about $31.25MM over the course of five and a half years.

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So this isn't TOO terrible. We aren't on the hook for a large chunk of his contract. Still not a fan of the overall trade.

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So once this trade gets done, who do we call up? I'm thinking we go ahead and bring up Tyrell Jenkins to pitch as our 4th/5th starter.

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You are forgetting about Perez. He's had a couple rehab starts now and is almost back, he'd come up before Jenkins. I'd imagine Jenkins would come up for Banuelos since he's shut down though.

So you think a little over $6M a year is a terrible contract? Please go play in traffic you waste of fricking space.