A's and Braves

[Athletics GM (Jason)]

Braves get:

Grant Balfour, RP, OAK 13: $4.500
Daniel Robertson, 3B, OAK (PP) $.1
B.J. Boyd, OF, OAK (PP) $.1

A's get:

Brandon Beachy, SP, ATL 13:$.51, 14: ARB 1

Financial
Royals -$4.19M
Braves +$4.19M

A's accept this deal because we feel beachy will be ready to come back from TJ and can really help put our already decent rotation over the top.  We move some specs while we still have some other young players and feel that we need to strike now and try to win.  

Placement

Brandon Beachy will go onto active 40 man (then to DL)

[Braves GM (Brandon)]

Braves accept. We like Beachy, but nothing is certain coming out of TJ surgery. We also wanted a second closer for the 5 week season and feel that Balfour is a nice option there. Robertson and Boyd are solid offensive prospects, and fill a big need in our minors as our hitting is well behind our pitching MILB depth.