Examining the Braves’ trade options for shortstop

The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal wrote earlier this week about what he’s hearing so far in the offseason ($), and professed a belief that the Braves are unlikely to sign any of the major free agent shortstops if they don’t get a deal done with Dansby Swanson. If that is indeed the case, and it’s Swanson-or-bust in free agency, it behooves us to examine shortstop options that could be available on the trade market.

Willy Adames

In the same article, Rosenthal does mention that he doesn’t think the Brewers are likely to trade Adames, but the Brewers do appear to be open to selling some of their players, so he is worth at least taking a look at.

Adames was one of the best shortstops in the game in…