BullDawg2021, via Wikimedia CommonsSix Outlets Published Braves Trade Lists in 72 Hours. Everyone Caught Up.
Six separate outlets published Braves trade target lists in the last 72 hours. That's not analysis. That's a market screaming what Dex said at 95% four days ago.
Six outlets. Seventy-two hours. Five named targets across three positions.
I said 95% on a blockbuster four days ago. Now SI has a shopping list, Heavy has a prediction, and Clutch Points is calling targets "sneaky." Welcome to the conversation. We saved you a seat.
But here's the part nobody's saying loud enough: the Braves are 48-31 with a 4-game lead and they still haven't picked up the phone. The Mets are 34-47 and already selling. David Peterson is gone. Freddy Peralta is available. Your division rival is having a garage sale and you're still browsing.
The rotation has four starters on the IL. The bullpen's 65 ERA- since mid-May is the best in baseball and it is holding together a house that has no roof. Martin Perez is your October Game 1 starter. That was true four days ago. It's true now. Nothing changed.
I'm 78% sure the Braves are losing the trade deadline before it starts. Not because they won't buy. They will. Because by the time Anthopoulos calls, Casey Mize and Sandy Alcantara will already have new area codes. A 4-game lead buys patience. It doesn't buy time.
The market figured it out. Has the front office?
The Tilt
The Braves are losing the trade deadline before it starts because the market moved while the front office browsed.
— Dex Ponce
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