Braves Explore Trade of Spencer Strider for Jacob deGrom

It’s been over a month since the trade deadline came and went and we’re still getting information on a trade that never actually happened. The Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers were very close to getting a deal done that would bring Jacob deGrom to Atlanta but until today, we didn’t know who or what Atlanta would be sending in return. The deal got close enough to where it came down to deGrom making a decision with his no-trade clause and that’s why he’s still in Texas, so we know that the Braves had agreed to trade someone away. It appears…