Braves History
1968 – The Astros trade 3B Bob Aspromonte, who lost his job to Doug Rader, to the Braves for infielder Marty Martinez. Aspro was the last original Colt .45 on Houston’s roster, and when he retires, he will be the last Brooklyn Dodger to play in the majors.
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1975 – Ted Turner enters a tentative purchase agreement to buy the Atlanta Braves.
2008 – The Atlanta Braves acquire pitchers Javier Vazquez and Boone Logan from the Chicago White Sox in a deal for Tyler Flowers, Jon Gilmore, Brent Lillibridge and Santos Rodriguez.
2019 – Mike Soroka of the Braves is named the winner of the Tip O’Neill Award given out by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame to honor the best Canadian player of the past year. He went 13-4, 2.68 as a rookie in leading the Braves to a division title.
2019 – Josh Donaldson is named the winner of the NL Comeback Player of the Year Award after bouncing back from a season almost completely lost to injury to be one the Braves’ best offensive players. In the AL, Cleveland’s Carlos Carrasco is the winner after returning from a mid-season diagnostic of leukemia.
2020 – Cole Hamels agrees to a one-year contract with the Braves for $18 million.
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MLB History
2010 – The Red Sox acquire All-Star 1B Adrian Gonzalez from San Diego for three prospects, P Casey Kelly, 1B Anthony Rizzo and OF Reymond Fuentes; Kelly and Fuentes are former first round picks in the amateur draft and are considered prize catches for the Friars, although Rizzo will turn out to be the best of the three. The move also means that 1B Kevin Youkilis will move across the diamond to 3B, where he played in the minor leagues, and signals that the Sox have given up hopes of re-signing 3B Adrian Beltre, their best hitter last season. The deal will be official in two days when Gonzalez signs a seven-year contract with Boston, worth $154 million.
2010 – The Yankees and SS Derek Jeter agree on a three-year deal worth $51 million, with an option for a fourth year.
2010 – The Cardinals sign free agent 1B Lance Berkman from the Yankees. He will move to LF in St. Louis, as 1B Albert Pujols is very much entrenched at his position.
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2022 – Slugger Fred McGriff, who fell just short of joining the 500 Home Run Club in large part due to the 1994 strike, is elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. His election comes the first time his name is considered by the Committee, which was looking at eight candidates from the “Contemporary Era” and comes unanimously, as he is selected by all 16 committee members. Don Mattingly is next closest, with eight votes, shy of the 12 needed for election.
Information for this article was found via Baseball Reference, NationalPastime.com and Today in Baseball History.
