At 44-60 and 17 games back of the New York Mets in the NL East, the Atlanta Braves aren’t your prototypical buyers ahead of the trade deadline. However, with injuries ravaging quite literally the entire rotation, Alex Anthopoulos doesn’t have a choice but to add some veteran arms that can eat innings over the final two months.

Yesterday, the Braves acquired Erick Fedde in a trade with the Cardinals. He’s expected to start tomorrow against the Kansas City Royals. Today, the Braves swung a deal with the Yankees for Carlos Carrasco, sending cash and a PTBNL to New York.

The Yankees have traded Carlos Carrasco to the Braves for a PTBNL or cash.

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Carrasco, who is now 38-years-old, has not produced a season with positive WAR since 2022 when he was with the Mets. Over the last three seasons, he’s started 47 games and boasts an unsightly 6.14 ERA, including a 5.91 ERA for the Yankees this season.

This is another underwhelming acquisition, but the Braves aren’t doing this to be competitive. That ship sailed a while ago. They just need some arms that can help them finish the season.

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