Manny Piña being released by the Oakland Athletics means the Atlanta Braves won the Sean Murphy trade yet again.
The Atlanta Braves may have lost their last three games, but they continue to win the Sean Murphy trade with the Oakland Athletics pretty much every single day.
As if the best team in baseball needed another victory, the Braves got them another one with Manny Piña being released by Oakland this week. Pina went to the A's part of a three-team deal bringing Murphy to Atlanta and sending William Contreras to the Milwaukee Brewers. The A's have no idea what they are doing. This because Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos owns them.
When you have two A's in your name and people refer to you as AA on the reg, you own the A's!
This is how the rich in get richer and the poor get poorer. Atlanta is running laps around Oakland…
Manny Piña released by Oakland Athletics, Atlanta Braves win Sean Murphy deal
With their powers combined, former A's teammates Murphy and Matt Olson have an 18th the personality of yours truly. Conversely, they are about a million times better at baseball than I ever was, am or will be. They play for the only team that matters, so that is all that really matters. As far as the A's are concerned, just completely rebrand them into the Stars or Strippers in Las Vegas.
Every time he breathes, sneezes or drinks water, the Braves win the Sean Murphy trade. It is like having a money tree growing in your backyard, and when it rains, it pours gold and dolla dolla bills, y'all! For the A's, they pretty much sold their second kidney to make five bucks to give to a friend who not-so-secretly actively hates him. It is so sad, but it's true. I can't deny or pretend anymore.
Ultimately, this is the kind of disparity you will see between well-run organizations and those that occupy a space that is far less than that. In time, maybe whatever becomes of the A's in Las Vegas will improve? After all, they were a pillar organization in the American League in the 1980s to mid-1990s. I mean, they invented Moneyball, so they are not stupid. But for now, they are a wasteland.
Everything Murphy does for the Braves is a reminder that the A's don't know what they are doing.