Braves Rumors: Ludwick, Johnson, Escobar, Francoeur

By David O'Brien

November 5, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this

Just found out that the Cardinals would take either Escobar or KJ in the deal for Ludwick. Don’t know if they’d have to include anything else.

That deal will be held up by the Peavy matter, probably, because Braves don’t want to trade both their middle infielders in the same offseason.

"Wow if braves can acquire ludwick, and peavy they will still have about 30 mill to spend. That will be interesting"

We could go ahead and sign Furcal and resign Smoltz, Glavine, Hampton, and a RP arm with the rest.

It isn't likely the Braves will land Ludwick and Peavy. The Braves had said they wont trade both middle infielders. So unless a deal for Peavy is worked without Escobar the Ludwick thing may not happen.

cardsfan,

Just throwing this out there, but that article was from nearly 4 hours before DOB's most recent post that's quoted above, so perhaps conversations have progressed some since then.

Neither Infante or Prado are considered true short stops. They both can fill in there but are not every day shortstops.

tsweet9000,

I believe the White Sox are already planning on Gordham Beckham moving to 2B fulltime in the minors next season. I honestly don't see them being that interested in a deal centered around KJ.

This is all good news for Hawks fan.

First off, we have a shot of getting Peavy without trading Hanson. I am a huge Escobar fan but as a knowledgeable and practical baseball fan I realize you have to trade talent in order to get talent. Its honestly a good swap for both teams. I assume the Braves will throw in some B level prospects possibly Lillibridge, Anderson, Jones and Jo Jo. Those are just a few names I am going to toss around not saying they will get it done.

Secondly, "The Braves don't have interest in Khalil Greene, by the way." is awesome news. Khalil is a weird player. He had a great power bat two years ago but his average and OBP were horrible. His average, OBP and defense has always been average at best. I do not like him one bit. The pricey contract is also a sore spot.

Lastly, thankfully we have no interest in injury plagued players. Good move Frank! We dont need people who can be good we need people who will consistently be pitching and playing!

Oh and BTW good move not shopping our hometown hero!

Francoeur beat Greene in nearly every possible stat their is.

Im a huge braves fan and I will gladly ship off Frenchy for anything useful. The reason his name hasnt come up in trade talks is because no one wants the worst everyday RF'r in baseball from last year. Well maybe Dayton Moore still has a crush on him. The guy is useless

from 91 till now (300 ab's) only two times has a Braves OF posted a sub .300 OBP for the Braves

Jeff Francoeur 2006 .293
Jeff Francoeur 2008 .294

now Frenchy and Khalil in the same lineup, well that might kill me.

Lets add Andruw in LF, Lillibridge at SS, and Tavares in CF...we may beat out the Royals for worst team OBP

im not saying hes not it was just interesting to hear strait from wrens mouth that he refused to say whether he was untouchable or not. if he is untouchable why not say it?

that could be true but if he said before hanson is untouchable why wouldnt he stick with it?

You can not compare Greene and Frenchy. They don't even play the same position!

As for Hanson uncertainty of whether he will be traded Wren has stated several times he is not trading Hanson.

Here's an article about the Cardinals possibly trading Ludwick or Ankiel...

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/CCA1BA50923A6225862574F9001A4123?OpenDocument