NEW YORK -- When he was approached a few days ago by executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette about the possibility of being traded, reliever Darren O'Day was intrigued. The 35-year-old -- who is out for the season as he recovers from left hamstring surgery -- just wants to win at this stage in his career. That's what made Duquette's offer of Atlanta such an easy choice.
"I've played for the Rangers -- we played in two World Series, we were one strike away a couple times from winning the ring ... we just couldn't do it," said O'Day in a telephone interview a day after he was sent, along with Kevin Gausman, to the Braves.