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The Morning Chop: 3 Atlanta Braves Trades – or Non-trades – We Missed Out On

By Alan Carpenter

Jul 5, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski speaks on the phone prior to a game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Mark L. Baer-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 5, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski speaks on the phone prior to a game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Mark L. Baer-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jul 5, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski speaks on the phone prior to a game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Mark L. Baer-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 5, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Boston Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski speaks on the phone prior to a game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Mark L. Baer-USA TODAY Sports /

Braves’ GM John Coppolella has already been shown to be a formidable horse-trader early on in his career.  But not every goes as well as hoped, and just this Summer, Atlanta missed out on three critical opportunities.

With yesterday’s off-day, today’s Morning Chop will be a little reflective… looking at 3 trades that might-have/should-have/could-have been for the Atlanta Braves this Summer… but ultimately weren’t.

Now or Never?

To hold or sell.  That’s one question.  If you choose to sell, the timing of the sale is another question.  That’s a question mattering as much or more than the decision on whether to sell in the first place.

For example:  you might have decided to unload some old books a few years ago… kids’ books in particular.  You thought to do the ‘community’ thing…. donate them to a library, or perhaps let them go as part of a garage sale.  After all, you never go back and read those Harry Potter books that you picked up way back when they first came out, right?

Of course you may not have realized the typo on page 53 of that first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone would make that book alone worth over $1000, either.  This one, in fact, is priced at $1500 on eBay right now.

Timing can be everything.

Let’s look at the details of three chances the Braves had this Summer – and missed on – for getting a chance at prospects like (not better, but close) those raked in by the Yankees and Brewers.

Next: Opportunity One - Finding the 'switch' too late

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