Top 5 Best Trades In Atlanta Braves History

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00:00Top 5 Best Trades in Atlanta Braves History

00:03Braves country knows championship windows open with bold trades, and Atlanta's history proves it.

00:09From John Smoltz to Matt Olsen, deals reshaped a franchise.

00:13Here are the 5 Greatest Trades in Atlanta Braves History.

00:17In July 1987, Detroit sent a 20-year-old John Smoltz to Atlanta for veteran Doyle Alexander.

00:24Alexander went 9-0 for Detroit, but the jolt cost a Hall of Fame career.

00:29Smoltz became a Cy Young winner, a 3,000-strikeout ace, and a pillar of the 1990s Braves,

00:35a trade often called one of MLB's greatest heists and the most impactful in team history.

00:41Trailing the Giants in the NL West, Atlanta traded for first baseman Fred McGriff in July 1993.

00:48Two days later, he homered in his debut and hit .310 with 19 home runs in 68 games, fueling a postseason charge.

00:56Over five years, he belted 130 homers and became the crime dog the Braves needed,

01:02a symbol of John Schuerholz's aggressive front office.

01:06In January 2002, Atlanta sent Brian Jordan, Odalis Perez, and Andrew Brown to the Dodgers for Gary Sheffield.

01:13Sheffield hit .319 with 64 home runs across two seasons in Atlanta,

01:18delivering some of the best offensive production of his career.

01:21The short tenure still gave Atlanta needed lineup balance, a classic win-now move that worked.

01:28After Freddie Freeman's exit, Alex Anthopoulos traded four players to Oakland for Matt Olsen in March 2022

01:33and signed him to an eight-year extension.

01:36By 2023, Olsen set the franchise single-season home run record with 54 and drove in 139 runs.

01:43At 27, when acquired, he delivered production and stability at first,

01:48more than a replacement, a reset that kept Atlanta contending.

01:52In December 2004, the Braves acquired Tim Hudson from Oakland for Charles Thomas, Dan Meyer, and Juan Cruz.

02:00Hudson anchored the rotation for nine seasons, hosting a 113-72 record with a 3.56 ERA.

02:07He was a three-time All-Star and one of the most reliable pitchers of his generation.

02:11The cost was minimal, a frontline starter who gave nearly a decade of stability.