The trade of Mallex Smith and Shae Simmons netted the Braves another pitching prospect with a high upside (and questionable medicals). You can rest assured that Touki Toussaint, Kolby Allard, Max Fried and Sean Newcomb won’t all be aces. They’ll be lucky if one becomes a stud. Tommy Hanson was a bigger prospect, and we saw how that worked out.
MLBPipeline.com ranks Luiz Gohara as the 7th best pitching prospect in the organization, though, as Ken Rosenthal reports, some scouts think he’s better than that.
Giving up Gohara, worst move EVER!!” the first scout said
“Best pitcher in the Arizona Fall League,” the second scout said, adding that he saw Gohara throw 97 to 100 mph in an outing late in the AFL season.