{"id":63864,"date":"2025-06-24T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=63864"},"modified":"2025-06-24T20:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:13:02","slug":"braves-trade-proposal-lands-all-star-after-chris-sale-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=63864","title":{"rendered":"Braves Trade Proposal Lands All-Star After Chris Sale News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2219823735-e1750790430215.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2219823735-e1750790430215.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2219823735-e1750790430215.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2219823735-e1750790430215.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Braves Trade Proposal Lands All-Star After Chris Sale News\" width=\"780\" height=\"437\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Chris Sale winds up for a pitch against the Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Suddenly, the Atlanta Braves are playing much better baseball, sitting at 7-3 over their last 10. Unfortunately, the Braves are still 10.5 games behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East and nine games behind the second-place New York Mets.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the Braves continue to play this type of baseball, they should be in a decent position to make the postseason, even if that means they\u2019ll get in via the Wild Card. It\u2019s still way too early to panic about the standings, but a few weeks ago, the Braves were the most disappointing team in the league. Now, they\u2019re playing the type of baseball they were expected to.<\/p>\n<p>With Chris Sale going down with a fractured rib cage, it\u2019s possible that the Braves could be interested in adding at the trade deadline to help replace him, even if it\u2019s in the short term.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent trade proposal from Christopher Kline, they\u2019d accomplish just that by acquiring Charlie Morton of the Baltimore Orioles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver his last 10 appearances, including six starts, Morton has a 3.12 ERA and 3.09 FIP with 48 strikeouts in 40.1 innings,\u201d Kline wrote . \u201cWhile Morton is not the ace Baltimore needed after Corbin Burnes\u2019 departure, he\u2019s a totally functional mid-rotation option with a wealth of experience under his belt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrading for Morton gives Atlanta a far better option than either Didier Fuentes or Bryce Elder in the short term. Looking ahead, he would presumably transition to the bullpen come October, assuming Atlanta makes the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>How Does Morton Compare to Sale?<\/h2>\n<p>To suggest that Morton would be anything like Sale would be completely unfair, as the 41-year-old hasn\u2019t exactly aged well. However, for the Atlanta Braves, they may want to prioritize getting Sale healthy, despite Brian Snitker not considering it a major issue, stating that Sale should return sometime in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a freak thing. An unfortunate thing,\u201d Snitker said , per ESPN. \u201cI saw him after the game that night and he was doing his postgame workout. And then I saw him the next day and I think he maybe felt a little uncomfortable the next day. But then [Friday] is when he wanted to get it checked out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morton is throwing to the likes of a 5.64 ERA, but has been much better in his most recent outings, only allowing seven runs in his past five starts. He\u2019s lowered his ERA from 7.09 to 5.64 in that span.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Would the Braves Trade Sale?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Some have suggested that the Atlanta Braves could move on from Sale, but according to general manager Alex Anthopoulos, that isn\u2019t in their plans. He even added that there\u2019s no chance the Braves will trade him, and anyone suggesting otherwise is simply lying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, zero [chance],\u201d Anthopoulos said , per Thomas Harrigan of MLB.com. \u201cI\u2019ve seen the speculation. It\u2019s completely ridiculous to me. We are not selling, especially someone that has club control beyond the current year. Will not happen. I never make definitive statements unless I\u2019m going to stick to them. Once you make definitive statements and then you go back on them, you\u2019re a liar and you\u2019re done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill. Not. Happen. Bold, italicize it, caps. So much so that I\u2019m trying to make a trade now \u2014 it\u2019s very hard right now to make a trade in June \u2014 just to signal to everybody that we will not sell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given that\u2019s the case from Anthopoulos, perhaps a trade could be what happens.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Conahan covers the NBA and NFL for Heavy.com. Since 2019, his sports coverage has appeared at Sports Illustrated, oddschecker, ClutchPoints and Sportskeeda. 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