3 players the Atlanta Braves must consider trading, and 1 they absolutely can’t

Players the Braves need to consider trading: Vaughn Grissom, SS

This will sting for some Braves fans to see the highly anticipated young shortstop on the list, but he might be one of the best pieces of trade bait Atlanta has to offer. For that reason, it would be bad business to not at least consider what moving the young shortstop would bring back.

That becomes even more logical when you consider the logjam the Braves have at shortstop — both now and in the future — and the fact that Grissom’s defensive capabilities have put him on the outs of that discussion. Grissom has six errors in the field despite playing just 158 innings. Quickly, Braden Shewmake has emerged as the better of the two options for the future, though it’s early and that race could certainly change.

Grissom is only 22 years old and there’s an easy narrative that could be spun about how he could become a serviceable MLB player. He’s young, has time to figure it out, could be repurposed as a second baseman, etc. All the things internal Grissom truthers have been saying about Grissom could immediately be peddled to other teams to try to convince them why they need to trade for him.

The ultimate question here is going to be about what other teams think of Grissom. Undoubtedly, he’s a project, but he’s one with team control and possibly a high-upside player. He may not pan out, but a team with confidence in what he brings might be willing to deal with Atlanta for him.

The great part about trading prospects is it only takes one team to see the value to get a deal moving.

Ultimately, this also comes down to Atlanta’s front office’s confidence in Grissom and how bullish they are that he could turn it around. So far, though, it looks as if Shewmake could answer all of those questions and then some, rendering Grissom a good piece to trade if the deal is right.