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- Updated: July 31, 2016
ATLANTA — To acquire Hector Olivera before last year’s non-waiver Trade Deadline, the Braves parted ways with their top prospect, weakened their rotation and depleted their already-thin bullpen. Consequently, they experienced long stretches of futility over the season’s final two months.
One year later, in an attempt to further distance themselves from the most regrettable trade of general manager John Coppolella’s young tenure, the Braves disavowed themselves of their relationship with Olivera and gambled on the possibility that Matt Kemp’s presence will enrich their long-term future and also make this season’s final two months more pleasurable.
“We look at this as probably the first piece of starting to look at what we’re going to do this winter, as far as adding other pieces into this mix,” Braves president of baseball operations John Hart said Saturday night after acquiring Kemp from the Padres. Olivera was never expected to play in Atlanta …
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