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Breaking Trade News

I was going to wait until I did my weekly recap, but I felt this deal deserved it's own post. This game, or at least this incarnation of it, really seems to value 2B Mike Andrews highly. I have put him out there on the trade block and gotten offers of C Johnny Bench and SP Steve Carlton. I couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger on those as it felt too easy. (Mind you, I have trading on hard, favor prospects).

Knowing that I had drafted Hal McRae in the first round, #5 overall this past draft however, meant that Andrews was going to be dealt sooner or later, and I found a trade, that seemed to make sense for both parties, and didn't leave me feeling like I took advantage of the Braves, as they are in rebuilding mode.

To Atlanta: 2B Mike Andrews, SP Ken Brett, RP Carroll Sembera, and C Mike Ryan
To Boston: SP Phil Niekro, C Rico Carty

I immediately fix two gaping holes in my roster, my Starting Rotation and C. Atlanta had been running out Woody Woodward and his .228/.269/.259 in 290 AB's all year and needed an upgrade. Andrews, and his .345 OBP become the Braves leadoff hitter. In the process, Atlanta also becomes younger, picking up the 23 year old Andrews, as well as the 24 year old Sembera, 25 year old Ryan and 18 year old Brett, who has middle of the rotation stuff and potential.

The overview and career stats for the main parties involved are below:

P Phil Niekro #35

Career Pitching Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	VORP	WAR	ERA+
1964 Milwaukee - ML	25	10	0	0	0	0	4.80	15.0	15	10	8	1	7	8	0	0	1.47	.286	0.0	0.0	74
1965 Milwaukee - ML	26	41	1	2	3	6	2.89	74.2	73	32	24	5	26	49	0	0	1.33	.286	0.0	1.1	122
1966 Atlanta - ML	27	28	0	4	3	2	4.11	50.1	48	32	23	4	23	17	0	0	1.41	.254	0.0	-0.1	88
1967 Atlanta - ML	28	21	21	6	8	0	3.15	142.2	130	64	50	6	39	78	2	0	1.18	.275	17.4	3.2	103
Total ML		100	22	12	14	8	3.34	282.2	266	138	105	16	95	152	2	0	1.28	.274	17.4	4.4	104

C Rico Carty #43

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1963 Milwaukee - ML	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0.0	0.0
1964 Milwaukee - ML	24	133	455	150	28	4	22	88	72	43	3	4	78	1	2	.330	.388	.554	.942	174	0.0	0.0
1965 Milwaukee - ML	25	83	271	84	18	1	10	35	37	17	3	2	44	1	4	.310	.355	.494	.849	147	0.0	0.0
1966 Atlanta - ML	26	151	521	170	25	2	15	76	73	60	0	7	74	4	6	.326	.391	.468	.859	148	0.0	-0.1
1967 Atlanta - ML	27	86	329	75	12	0	7	32	34	27	0	3	58	0	2	.228	.284	.328	.612	85	3.1	0.6
Total ML		455	1578	479	83	7	54	231	216	147	6	16	256	6	14	.304	.362	.468	.829	142	3.1	0.5

2B Mike Andrews #3

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP	WAR
1966 Boston - ML	22	5	18	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	0	0.0	0.0
1967 Boston - ML	23	70	278	67	12	0	3	27	38	45	0	2	44	0	1	.241	.345	.317	.661	102	7.2	0.9
Total ML		75	296	70	12	0	3	27	39	45	0	2	46	0	1	.236	.335	.307	.643	96	7.2	0.9