The Atlanta Braves have traded the Padres for Matt Kemp in exchange for Hector Olivera
The day started off innocently enough with your standard run of the mill trade rumors about Jim Johnson and whether other teams would overpay for the few valuable and available players out there.
Thats when things got weird.
The Braves started getting connected to several bats never before mentioned, including Brian McCann and Matt Kemp. This elicited the puzzled responses you would expect from the masses, especially given the contracts and productivity of the players in question. However, the intent of the trade on the Braves end came in to focus in the early evening.