Tommy Hanson to the Angels.
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Gotta wonder how they plan to use Walden.. Replace Venters as set-up man? Convert to starter like he was in the minors? Or use him as bait in a trade for a LF/3B? I guess they think Hanson has little potential left with his decrease in velocity. Good trade in my opinion.
7th/8th inning guy paired with Venters. replaces Durbin, so huge gain for the bullpen. with him + Venters+Kimbrel, and O'Flaherty and Gearrin as backup righty/lefty specialists, that bullpen will be best in the majors again.
Hanson has been on a serious decline path, with his fastball losing velocity every year. He projects now to be an average starter, who will likely suffer a significant injury at some point. But if he recovers his fastball he'll be an ace, albeit he's never been a pitcher that went deep into games. And this is his first arb year, so if he rebounds he'll be under team control for another 3 seasons. and only earns ~$4M this year. great gamble if you need starting pitching, which the Braves didn't.
Hanson has been on a serious decline path, with his fastball losing velocity every year. He projects now to be an average starter, who will likely suffer a significant injury at some point. But if he recovers his fastball he'll be an ace, albeit he's never been a pitcher that went deep into games. And this is his first arb year, so if he rebounds he'll be under team control for another 3 seasons. and only earns ~$4M this year. great gamble if you need starting pitching, which the Braves didn't.
Great trade for the Braves. Although if they could have gotten a bat boy for Hanson it would have still been a great trade.
Either team could end up being fleeced. Hanson could rebound into an ace that's not a FA until 2016, but more likely will Jurrjens out. Walden's stats are really, really good, but he had arm trouble last year that limited his innings (if not his performance). if he's healthy, he's one of the top 20 relievers in baseball, and he's making the minimum in 2013.
Only if CPotY involves giving up a ridiculous number of HRs & being unable to get outta the 6th inning.
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