Early in the Summer months of 2019, Detroit’s Shane Greene was one of the most coveted trade-deadline targets for teams… the Atlanta Braves obviously included.
He was mowing down hitters with a strikeout rate above 10, a WHIP under 0.90, and an ERA even lower than that as late as July 2nd.
None of this was happening via some fluky small sample sizes, either: Greene appeared in 38 games for Detroit, finishing 32 of them with 22 saves over 38 innings.
As a result, the Braves decided he was worth both Joey Wentz and Travis Demeritte, particularly so as Greene was not a ‘rental’ acquisition – he’d be available to the Braves in 2020 as well.