Wil Nieves to Braves for $1; remains in AAA as depth only

[jmeks23]

Being reported as a done deal by a couple people on twitter. Not good at the whole twitter thing but:

http://twitter.com/#!/TylerLockman/status/96302359919067136

http://twitter.com/#!/BrewerNation/status/96302278797037568

[Oxy]

How much did we have to give them?

[PrinceEatMeat]

Good riddance.

[Warning Track Power]

Best deadline move ever.... Extend Melvin!!

[berniebrewer4life]

How much did we have to give them?

POTW

 

 

Heyman and Buster Olney picked up on it. Good for Nieves to be on a big league roster(not named Milwaukee). This must mean McCann is really hurt

[topper09er]

Did they really want him over Mike Rivera? Maybe we asked for a player for Rivera but like $20 for Nieves

[SoCalBrewfan]

The new white flag trade...

[hawing]

This must mean McCann is really hurt

Almost my exact first thought.

I suppose having Wil behind the plate is better than having no one at all (since the umpires tend not to want to catch pitches).

Bye, Wil. Thanks for being around while Lucroy healed...I guess.

[Eck17]

Now I can get rid of the fear that I had that Nieves would come back up to the big league club again sometime this year.

[patrickgpe]

bad sign for the braves playoff chances, any idea if Nieves was acquired for AAA fodder or to backup in Atlanta?

[Funketown]

Well, given that the Brewers still have an outside shot of catching the Braves in the wild card race, this is like a double win for the Brewers. I'm always curious to know how much cash comes in these deals. I mean, who in their right mind would pay for Wil Nieves? That would be like my garbageman paying me for the opportunity to take my garbage.

[ttsather]

Wil, I appreciated that you were far, far better at baseball than I'll ever be.

That said, this was the first image that popped in my head:

http://mlblogssnaggingbaseballs.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/storage2.jpg

[Ayt]

There are way too many balls in that bag for this trade to be fair for ATL.

[ramssuperbowl99]

There are way too many balls in that bag for this trade to be fair for ATL.

You're right. The Braves sent $1. Unknown whether it was a single, 4 quarters or 10 dimes.

[The Truth]

I'm a very hopeful that we'll never see Wil Nieves in a Brewers uniform again, and this certainly increases the likelihood of that!

[Invader3K]

You're right. The Braves sent $1. Unknown whether it was a single, 4 quarters or 10 dimes.

Or a roll of pennies. Would be funny if they literally did that.

[thablingster]

So what this tells us is that those $30 Wil Nieves tees in the team store are approximately 30 times more valuable than Nieves himself was?

 

This reminds me of when a kid would lose his lunch money at school and you'd just give him a dollar so he can have some lunch. Braves lost a catcher, we gave them one to balance out their roster.

 

Safe travels to Wil. I imagine he wouldn't have been as maligned had Randy Wolf not been so insistent about not being on the same field as Jonathan Lucroy, causing Wil to start every 5th day.

[paul253]

There are way too many balls in that bag for this trade to be fair for ATL.

I never use the term "lol" because I'm not a 15 year old girl, but when I read this I actually did laugh out loud because it's exactly what I thought when I saw that picture.

[JoeHova]

Is there a source for the $1 thing? On the JS article I saw, the author speculates that $50,000 is the price.

 

 

edit: never mind, I found a Sporting News article about it. Pretty funny.

[logan82]

Umm, yeah. I thought we were rid of that guy. Witrado I mean.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Cue Doug Melvin as Bob Barker: "And the actual retail price is......."

[TracyThom]

The Brewers totally got the better end of this deal.

[patrickgpe]

that has hurt the ego, i don't remember anyone being sold for a dollar

[Funketown]

that has hurt the ego, i don't remember anyone being sold for a dollar

Kris Draper was traded from the Winnipeg Jets to the Detroit Red Wings for a dollar in 1993. Draper went on to play over 1000 games for the Red Wings. So, based on that deal I'm guessing the Braves expect Wil Nieves to hit .350 next season.

[FoxyFoxes]

So the Braves think Wil Nieves would help them make a run at the Phillies or at least win the WC? Any of you guys catch in highschool?