Last night’s trade for Brandon Phillips – first reported by Ken Rosenthal (Twitter) – came as Alan noted late last night, after they learned that injuries suffered by Sean Rodriguez in the automobile accident two weeks ago would require season ending surgery.
The Braves sent lefty reliever Andrew McKirahan and 29-year-old righty Carlos Portuondo to the Red for Phillips and according to Jon Heyman $13M in cash leaving the Braves just $1M in added payroll this season.