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The Emergence of Austin Hedges Could Make Derek Norris Trade Bait

Apr 25, 2016

Major League Baseball, National League West, Opinions & Predictions, Rumors, San Diego Padres

As the 2016 season opened up, the San Diego Padres had a surplus of quality catchers on their 40-man roster. With the acquisition of Christian Bethancourt from the Atlanta Braves for Casey Kelly, the Padres hav...

What the Padres Should Do At Catcher

Zak Darman

Dec 15, 2015

National League, National League West, San Diego Padres

On Thursday, the San Diego Padres landed Christian Bethancourt in exchange for RHP Casey Kelly and 17-year old back stop, Ricardo Rodriguez. That leaves them with four catchers on the active roster. Those four ...

MLB Rumors: Braves aggressively shopping Evan Gattis to AL teams

Baseball Essential

Nov 10, 2014

Atlanta Braves, Headlines, National League, National League East, Rumors

Another Atlanta Braves catcher could be headed to the American League this offseason. That catcher being Evan Gattis, according to Joel Sherman. Word is #Braves pushing Gattis hard. AL teams interested since h...

Braves couldn’t deal BJ Upton before the trade deadline, will revisit in the offseason.

Steve Benko

Aug 27, 2014

Rumors

B.J. Upton has yet to live up to the 5 year $75 million contract he signed in 2012, at the time, it looked to be a very solid deal. Upton was coming off a very good 2012 season where he hit .246, 28 home runs, ...

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The Emergence of Austin Hedges Could Make Derek Norris Trade Bait

What the Padres Should Do At Catcher

MLB Rumors: Braves aggressively shopping Evan Gattis to AL teams

Braves couldn’t deal BJ Upton before the trade deadline, will revisit in the offseason.