ATL/HOU

[Atlbravesfan27]

gets:

Pablo Velcasquez SP 94 $24.5M through '77
Gregg Riggle 2B 84 $8.6M through '75
Socorro Lapeirretta C 82 arby $$
Andy Hayman RP 79 $4.5M through '75

:hou3: gets:

Atlanta 1st round pick
Atlanta 3rd round pick
Atlanta 4th round pick
Chad Williams OF 82/95
Graham Bellars CF 71/86


ATL accepts. We finally bring Velcasquez home. We give up a lot here but we add a true #1 starter, and fill a couple holes on our team.

[texas_tornado]

I accept. I'm already sad, but part of the deal was that Velc goes into the HOF with an Astros cap. The deal got expanded quite a bit to fill needs on both sides, but the base of the deal is 5 ovr and 2 really good prospects which I value more than a handful of picks. Williams is gonna hit for days, and might be passable in LF, and hoping Bellars can avoid dropping and maybe get a good WB out of him to boost him a bit.