Atkins discussed the jockeying back and forth between opposing General Managers when hammering out potential deals and provided some input on the chances of subsequent trades in August now that the heavy lifting and legwork was completed prior to the deadline.
The most surprising and encouraging part of the nearly 20-minute interview was the prognosis on second-baseman Devon Travis who is sidelined with chronic knee issues.
Here is a paraphrased version of Atkins.
Atkins stated: Devon has been great, he has progressed as well as we possibly could have hoped, my hope is that we see him this month sometime, he’s strong, he looks great, he’s in a really good physical and mental position right now, extremely optimistic but don’t want to set a hard timeline on it.