The Atlanta Braves acquire lefty reliever Jeff Ridgway from the Devil Rays
The Braves have acquired 27 year old lefty reliever Jeff Ridgway from the Devil Rays for 3B Willy Aybar and 2B Joe Fontaine. This will go down as a bad trade for the Braves if Aybar gets his personal issues straightened out. The Braves just couldn’t afford to let his actions off the field continue in their organization so they just cut bait. Jeff Ridgway pitched in 54 games in AAA ball last season and he was 2-3 with 4 saves, a 3.06 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP. Ridgway was horrible in his first three major league games of his career which he worked in last September. In those three games Ridgway only recorded 1 out while allowing 7 hits, 7 earned runs and he walked a batter. That was good for a 189.00 ERA.