Cardinals trade Matt Adams to the Braves

The Braves get a cheap fill-in until Freddie Freeman comes back.

It was announced that the Braves have acquired Matt Adams from the Cardinals in exchange for cash and minor leaguer Juan Yepez. Adams will be the Braves full-time first baseman until Freddie Freeman returns from a broken wrist, which likely wont be until August.

The 1823 Braves were not going to make the playoffs anyway, so losing Freeman is not a blow to their (mostly nonexistent) competitiveness. However, it likely broke the hearts of Braves fans. I wrote last year about Freemans under-the-radar 2016 season, when he was one of the best hitters in baseball. I thought for sure he would regress this season, but he has actually been even better. As a matter of fact, he has been way, way, way better

Matt Adams Joins the Braves For Now

Atlanta will be without Freddie Freeman for 10 weeks. You could do a lot worse than Matt Adams in his place.

Braves get 1B Matt Adams from Cards as fill-in for Freeman

ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Atlanta Braves have found their fill-in for injured star Freddie Freeman. On Saturday, the Braves acquired first baseman Matt Adams and cash from the St. Louis Cardinals for minor league infielder Juan Yepez. The deal came three days after the Braves lost Freeman to a ...

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