A major league team was cratered for a guy like Dansby Swanson.
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Swanson who was the first overall pick by Arizona in the 2015 draft was traded to Atlanta in the offseason in a package for right-hander Shelby Miller. Swanson hit.261 with eight homers and six stolen bases in 84 games with Double-A MS this season. At that same time Albies promoted from MS to AAA Gwinnett to clear up the shortstop job. The Nova-Cain matchup is getting chuckles from pun-minded social media users, and also reminding baseball fans that it might be time to check in with the dentist. “I’ve heard a lot of good things about the kid”.
The Braves made it 2-2 in the third on Freeman’s 24th homer. Carlos Estevez worked around a one-out single in the eighth and Adam Ottavino retired the Nationals quietly in the ninth, extending his franchise record of consecutive games without allowing a run to 35.
Told Swanson slept at his parent’s home Tuesday night, Fracncoeur said Swanson better not be sleeping at mom and dad’s by the next home stand or the Kangaroo Court will be convened and the rookie will be paying for the post-season party. He got about four hours of sleep, took a “surreal drive” to Turner Field and was the first player to arrive in the clubhouse around 11 a.m., spending 30 minutes talking with Brian Snitker in the interim manager’s office.
“The bullpen did a really good job”, Weiss said of a unit that has struggled mightily during the Rockies’ slide of the last two weeks. “He gets it. The intangibles are just dripping off this young man, not to mention his athletic abilities as a baseball player”.
An opening for the shortstop was created Tuesday when the Braves traded veteran shortstop Erick Aybar to the Detroit Tigers for utility player Mike Aviles and minor league catcher Kade Scivicque.
Swanson was eager to get on the field and prove that he belongs in the big leagues.
Braves fans have been asking for this all year. A Gold Glove shortstop was traded because of a talent like Swanson.
“This is what I’ve been working for since I was a little kid”, Swanson said. “I just worry about what I can control and there’s no pressure on myself when I do that”.
Washington had its three-game winning streak snapped and lost for just the second time in six games.
Scivicque, 23, hit.282 with six homers and 41 RBIs in 105 games for Single-A Lakeland.
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President of baseball operations at Atlanta John Hart said the organization likes a great deal about Swanson. I’m going to give him a day here today but we will reevaluate him tomorrow. At the time of his promotion, Swanson ranked fifth in the Carolina League in average (.333), first in doubles (12), fourth in on-base percentage (.441) and third in extra-base hits (13).
