Which Brave Has the Highest Chance of Being Dealt Before the Trade Deadline?
ESPN’s David Schoenfield enumerated the players and prospects he thinks each team is most likely to move. Owen Murphy, a 20-year-old right-handed pitching prospect who is presently with the Braves’ High-A affiliate Rome Emperors, was the Braves’ choice.
According to Schoenfield, starting pitching is one possible trade direction indicated by Spencer Strider’s injury. launching your pitch. However, the Braves’ farm system was ranked just 28th by ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel prior to the season, so any trade for a respectable starter would probably be a 3-for-1 deal. Hurston Waldrep, the team’s lone top-100 prospect, appeared to be a possible midseason call-up but let up seven runs and eleven hits in his Double-A debut, so maybe not. Murphy was the No. 20 choice in 2022; he will probably need to increase his velocity to become into a reliable starter, but as an athletic two-way player in high school, he started the season with 6⅔ scoreless innings in High-A.
For the Braves to have the best opportunity of winning in October, the organization must pay attention to the pitching position, which is one that is in need of improvement.