Braves Rumors: 3 trade targets Vaughn Grissom can help Atlanta acquire

Atlanta Braves trade target: Lance Lynn or Lucas Giolito

While the Braves are expected to get Max Fried and Kyle Wright back in relatively short order, they have been out for the majority of the season. Injuries can be unpredictable, so it’s unknown exactly how they’ll perform when they come back tom the big leagues.

Lynn has been shopped around baseball and has a year left on his deal. Some teams view Lynn as a better relief target because of his swing-and-miss potential. Lynn has given up a surprising amount of home runs this season, so it makes less sense to ask him to take on a huge workload as a starting pitcher.

Lucas Giolito, meanwhile, is the better of the two pitchers but a rental. Giolito could slide right into the Braves rotation and perhaps even compete for a spot in the postseason rotation, should he perform well in Atlanta.

Grissom would help aid Atlanta’s return, considering they don’t need him with Arcia’s emergence at shortstop. Chicago is also shopping Tim Anderson elsewhere, so Grissom would have an immediate home on a team building for the future.