At 2:30pm Wednesday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves made it official as they traded outfielder Mallex Smith and relief pitcher Shae Simmons to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for left-handed pitching prospects Luiz Gohara and Thomas Burrows.
Is trading away a prospect with outstanding speed, great on-base percentage, a sure-cut leadoff hitter and a one of a kind personality a bad thing?…I say no.
To be honest, I’m glad the Braves traded away Mallex Smith. Not because I didn’t want him in our organization or I thought he was awful at baseball, but because he was blocked, didn’t have a fit on our team, may have been shipped back to Gwinnett, or may have been on the bench not getting a lot of PT.