If you’d asked most Braves fans and followers alike what the team’s priorities were ahead of the 2022 Trade Deadline, chances are that few of them would’ve readily listed bullpen help. So, naturally, bullpen help is exactly what they got. Expensive, but effective, bullpen help, in the form of Raisel Iglesias.
How Acquired
With what felt like approximately 23 seconds remaining until it was pencils down at the Trade Deadline, Alex Anthopoulos threw together an unexpected carousel move, sending Jesse Chavez and Tucker Davidson to the Angels in exchange for Iglesias (of course, in an iconic turn of events just 27 days later, the Angels released Chavez, and the Braves brought him back).