Atlanta Braves Trade Cameron Maybin

The Atlanta Braves traded Cameron Maybin to the Tigers this evening in exchange for left-handed pitchers Ian Krol and Gabe Speier.

Maybin came to the Braves as a part of the Craig Kimbrel/Melvin Upton Jr. trade to San Diego and quickly claimed the center field job as his own. In his first 80 games the former top prospect seemed to have found the form that earn him that rating posting a .289/.356/.418/.774 line including 8 homers, 10 doubles and 44 RBI. He faded after the All Star break and appeared in only 61 games slumping to a .240/.289/.311/.600 mark.

With this trade the Braves either dumped Maybin’s contract or sought to answer at least one of the questions about next bullpen by obtaining…