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Braves Throwback Thursday: Best offseason trades in Atlanta history

You might not know it by the lack of activity around the “hot stove,” but we are firmly in the middle of what is the traditional trading season in Major League Baseball.

The Braves have made a number of memorable offseason deals over the years, some good, some not so good. What follows is a ranking of the best such deals in Atlanta Braves history (that is, since the team moved from Milwaukee in 1966).

(For purposes of this article, we’re defining an “offseason trade” as one that takes place from the end of one year’s World Series until the opening of the next regular season.