It looks like the Atlanta Braves are moving from Drew Waters in an advertised trade with the Kansas City Royals
according to Jeff Bassanthe Atlanta Braves are sending potential players Drew Waters and pitcher Andrew Hoffman to Kansas City for the 35th pick in the upcoming draft.
The move may be shocking to some, because not only is the trade involving rare draft picks in MLB, but Drew Waters has been a high-profile prospect for the Atlanta Braves for a few years.
We rarely see trading like this because traditional draft picks can’t be traded. This selection was a competitive draft credit pick, so he was eligible to trade. It should also be noted that it has a slot of $2.2 million.
Why did the Atlanta Braves swap Drew Waters?
We can only make assumptions about what really happened behind the scenes, because Alex Anthopoulos is famous for being transparent.
However, there is a reason why this trade makes sense. From a business point of view, what a player brings to the team has value in flux. Drew Waters’ value has started to decline recently, and he appears to be locked in with a large number of footballers who have the Braves under contract for years to come.
Waters is basically a midfielder, playing a lot of his value, especially since his racket isn’t as developing as some had hoped. Michael Harris It appears to have a central field on the lock and by Ronald Acuña Jr.And the Eddie RosarioAnd the Marcel Ozuna In the mix of offshore sites for the next several years, Waters was banned.
With a slash of .246/.305/.411 and only 57 to 16 footsteps, Waters still had some development to achieve offensively.
Drafted at number 41 overall in 2017, Waters has been steadily falling in lead rankings every year since 2020. Waters was ranked all the way at number 22 in 2022, but then dropped to 79 in 2021, and now he’s dropped out of the top 100.
As sad as it is to say, sometimes it’s better to cut your losses. It seems strange that Alex Anthopoulos did not replace Waters for a player who can help now. However, this can actually be an indication of how much Waters has already depreciated.
Anthopoulos could have something up his sleeve that this trade only leads to something else. Time will tell, but even if not, it’s best to get some value out of the trade and then wait for the value to drop further than it already is.
At the end of the day, The Braves traded the 41st overall undervalued player and the 12th-recruited player (Andrew Hoffmann), for the 35th selection in the upcoming draft. It’s an unusual trade for a team winning now, but it’s not bad.
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