THere’s no way that as a Braves fan I’m down trading Anderson for those 3 prospects. What’s the motivation? Anderson’s under team control for several years, he’s shown some Major League ability. 162 games split up among 5 starting pitchers is about 32 games each. Ian Anderson started 22 for the Braves in 2022. He has value now for a team that’s contending now. Trading him away has to return some “now value” if it’s making any sense. These three prospects coming back aren’t that. Do they have some special sort of upside that I don’t know about?
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THere’s no way that as a Braves fan I’m down trading Anderson for those 3 prospects. What’s the motivation? Anderson’s under team control for several years, he’s shown some Major League ability. 162 games split up among 5 starting pitchers is about 32 games each. Ian Anderson started 22 for the Braves in 2022. He has value now for a team that’s contending now. Trading him away has to return some “now value” if it’s making any sense. These three prospects coming back aren’t that. Do they have some special sort of upside that I don’t know about?