The Atlanta Braves have brought in yet another piece of the Oakland A's most playoff teams
The Atlanta Braves have brought in yet another key member of the Oakland A's most recent playoff runs, signing Ramón Laureano to a minor-league deal, perLaureano broke out for the A's in 2019 when he hit .288 with a .340 OBP and 24 home runs, in addition to providing sterling defense in the outfield. Since that season things haven't gone quite as well for the 29-year-old, which ultimately led the A's to place him on waivers in August of last year.
Over the offseason, Cleveland hired Laureano's former teammate Stephen Vogt to be the team's new manager, and you have to wonder if that brought any added internal pressure for Ramón. This year the outfielder has hit just .143 with a .265 on-base and one home run, though he still has the skills in the outfield that helped put him on the map.
Now he'll be in the same organization as Matt Olson and Sean Murphy, two players that the A's traded to Atlanta in recent years, and two former teammates of Laureano's. There is no doubt that Ramón has the talent to be an effective big leaguer, but he has always been a cerebral player, and sometimes that gets in his way.
Laureano will be joining former teammates Skye Bolt and Zach Logue, and former A's farmhands Parker Dunshee and Grant Holmes in Triple-A. The hope for this move is that he'll be able to find the right groove and hit his stride with Atlanta, potentially even helping to replace some fraction of the production they'll be lacking with Ronald Acuña Jr. set to miss the rest of the season.this year. How well he plays could determine Atlanta's next steps on the trade market.Jason is the host of the Locked on A's podcast, and the managing editor of Inside the A's.
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