Rotoworld.com is reporting that the braves were looking into Young recently but backed off when the Nats asked for an arm, leg, and one of 3 minor league prospects (JK, they wanted Salt's first born too). Now I'm no JS but I'm pretty sure an aging 1b like young is not what our club needs right now. You have Salty, Thorman, and even Diaz who could play there. Albeit Diaz is an outfielder, but he's built like a first baseman. God i'd love to have Harris's speed and Diaz's bat in the lineup every day.
Anyway, the bottom line is I don't understand the interest. Perhaps the braves are looking to trade Thorman and aren't comfortable with Saly's defense (not that Young will win a Gold Glove any time soon with 9 errors so far), or the braves are trading both and looking to keep the production. Neither case seems likely to me.
Update:
So i may have scooped Rosenthal a little but he's got me on the reason the Braves were interested. He speculates that Atlanta wants to send Salty back to AAA. Not a bad idea, but i'm not sure how he would feel about it.
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