Braves seen as potential suitor for worst hitter in baseball

The Atlanta Braves need to look elsewhere than at the worst hitter in baseball to help defend their championship.

This would be something new. In trying to defend their title, what if the Atlanta Braves ended up trading for the worst hitter in baseball, Joey Gallo?

This is precisely what Jack Curry of the YES Network believes Atlanta could do to help alleviate the New York Yankees from having to fly Gallo around with them on each road trip.

As Curry notes, the Braves are already without Adam Duvall who was still getting regular playing time before a season-ending injury. Atlanta could certainly use another outfield bat. Is Gallo even worth their time?

Braves would be mistaken to believe Joey Gallo just needs a change of scenery

The Braves already kind of have Gallo on the roster. Marcell Ozuna is doing pretty much the same Gallo would if he was able to turn things around. The difference is Gallo is a much better defender right now and a lefty.

Atlanta bucked some trends at last year’s trade deadline when they went with quantity over quality at the trade deadline. It was Duvall, Joc Pederson, Jorge Soler, and Eddie Rosario they acquired at the trade deadline to bolster a questionable offense. It worked out well. The Braves had a whole lot of depth and the future NLCS and World Series MVPs on their roster after the trade deadline.

Gallo isn’t the answer for Atlanta and they’d be wasting their time even trying to find lightning in a shot glass with him—a shot glass only because it’s smaller than the typical bottle.

The Yankees would probably hand Gallo away for an aging ex-prospect on his last leg on the farm or even a veteran arm they could stash in the minors and only call upon if needed.

The Braves have enough of what Gallo can do best when things are going his way. Even for practically nothing, the Braves would do themselves a favor by looking elsewhere. Everyone else has, so far. As a possible DFA candidate in the coming days already, if they are that interested in picking up another New York scrap like Robinson Cano, they should just wait.