On Thursday the Padres and Braves completed a trade sending RHP Casey Kelly and catcher Ricardo Rodriguez to the Braves for Christian Bethancourt. Kelly was a former top prospect who was the centerpiece of the Adrian Gonzalez trade. Rodriguez is just 17 and years old and was one of the top rated prospects among the 2014 international free agents. The trade was essentially a swap of former top prospect who haven’t broken through at the big league level with a high upside lottery ticket thrown in.
Padre Profile: Christian Bethancourt
