Angels and Braves Swap Hanson and Walden

[GA16Angels]

Neutral for the most part

Well, Angels Stadium is very pitcher friendly, so that should help Hanson some given that he is a fly ball pitcher. Additionally, with an outfield of Trout and Bourjos he should see a regression in the amount of hits and earned runs he gives up.

[Bravo95]

Question: is Braves stadium a pitcher friendly, hitter friendly, or neutral park?

Neutral-to-Pitcher-friendly, IMO.

[Bravo95]

Well, Angels Stadium is very pitcher friendly, so that should help Hanson some given that he is a fly ball pitcher. Additionally, with an outfield of Trout and Bourjos he should see a regression in the amount of hits and earned runs he gives up.

Hanson had the best defensive outfield in the majors behind him this past season.

[hammerinhank]

Well, Angels Stadium is very pitcher friendly, so that should help Hanson some given that he is a fly ball pitcher. Additionally, with an outfield of Trout and Bourjos he should see a regression in the amount of hits and earned runs he gives up.

Prado - Bourn - Heyward???

[Braves14]

Question: is Braves stadium a pitcher friendly, hitter friendly, or neutral park?

Confines would make it a pitcher's park, but the weather steers it more towards being a hitter's park(ball travels farther in warmer weather), so yeah, it's neutral but more to the pitcher's side.

[iAugust]

I like this deal for both teams

[GA16Angels]

Prado - Bourn - Heyward???

That is true. I forgot about them.

[SFrush90]

Confines would make it a pitcher's park, but the weather steers it more towards being a hitter's park(ball travels farther in warmer weather), so yeah, it's neutral but more to the pitcher's side.

I believe it's still a pitcher's park. From what Jeffy said awhile ago, the marine layer from the ocean keeps the balls from going out as much.

[ATL#22]

Lets not forget that Walden also has shoulder issues and that he was pretty bad last year despite what his ERA suggests. Just look at his walk rate.

He had a FIP of 3.02?

[hammerinhank]

I wouldnt be surprised if the Braves sign Victorino or Ross within the next week. Or trade for Willingham.







Hamilton?

[beldugo]

I don't think Walden has enough value to really net the Braves anything significant nor does he add much value if included in a package. This was a trade of two pitchers with low value whose respective clubs had lost favor with them.

He will add very good value in a package, young power reliever under contract till 2016, excelent strikeouts numbers and good peripherals.

[ATL#22]

Also the Angels SB allowed will jump up approx 20

[GA16Angels]

He will add very good value in a package, young power reliever under contract till 2016, excelent strikeouts numbers and good peripherals.

What peripherals are you looking at? The ones I'm looking at give him an ERA+ of 110, an H/9 of 8.1, a walk rate of 4.2, and a WHIP of 1.36. Not great.

[LoveMeOrHateMe]

Watching him this past year, seems like he has regressed. Move into that a weak *** AL west will help tho. He will standout next year as he grew up in that area. He will only be an innings eater for the angels tho.

Since when is a division with the rangers angels and a's in it weak?

[GA16Angels]

He had a FIP of 3.02?

Refer to my previous post.