July tends to be a lot of fun for baseball fans as the rumor mill really gets going. Despite a plethora of moves around the calendar year, the Braves have been fairly quiet in recent years at the deadline. And when they have made moves, it’s come back to bite them more times than not.
The first major domino fell on Wednesday as the Dodgers acquired Manny Machado from the Orioles. The Braves were loosely tied to Machado, although nothing ever get close.
With the next two weeks looking to be quite busy, let’s take a look back on the last five trade deadlines in Atlanta.