We’re all sitting here waiting for the James Paxton trade. Sad as it may make us—James Paxton, after all, has been ours and you can’t have him—there’s no denying, from a baseball sense, it makes sense, given the market, and the end of last week and the weekend brought repeated assurance from #SOURCES that he will be on the move as soon as the Mariners find a deal to their liking. That deal should be to the Atlanta Braves.
The Deal
The Braves accelerated their competitive window in 2018 and their farm system is amply loaded to supplement their major league roster, thanks largely to the explosive breakouts of Ozzie Albies and Ronald Acuna.