Dan Uggla Deal Big Steal for Braves

by Ed Price

Filed under: Braves, Marlins, NL East, MLB Transactions, MLB Hot Stove

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Braves on Tuesday added the right-handed power bat they sorely needed, and gave up only an infielder with a .317 career on-base percentage and an unproven left-handed reliever.

Florida sent second baseman Dan Uggla to Atlanta for infielder Omar Infante and lefty Mike Dunn.

And with that steal, the Braves are a better team than the one that won the National League wild card.

"It addresses the middle-of-the-lineup power bat that we were looking for," Atlanta general manager Frank Wren said during the GM Meetings.

 

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