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Braves Acquire Michael Bourn
By Tim Dierkes [July 31, 2011 at 8:46am CST]
8:59am: The Astros will receive center fielder Jordan Schafer, southpaw
Double-A starter Brett Oberholtzer, righty Double-A starter Paul Clemens, and
righty Triple-A reliever Juan Abreu, tweets ESPN's Jayson Stark.
8:46am: The Braves acquired center fielder Michael Bourn from the Astros for
four minor leaguers, tweets Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. He says the deal is
done and will be announced shortly. Ken Davidoff of Newsday tweets that the
Braves will receive money in the deal as well.
Bourn, 28, is hitting .303/.363/.403 in 473 plate appearances, and he leads
MLB with 39 steals. The Scott Boras client has $1.45MM remaining on his
contract this year and is arbitration eligible for 2012 before hitting free
agency. The Astros' outfield purge continues, as they sent Hunter Pence to
the Phillies on Friday.