{"id":7827,"date":"2017-07-27T02:51:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T06:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=7827"},"modified":"2017-07-27T02:51:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T06:51:28","slug":"dansby-swanson-optioned-triple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/07\/27\/dansby-swanson-optioned-triple\/","title":{"rendered":"Dansby Swanson Optioned to Triple-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/swansda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dansby Swanson<\/a><\/strong> era in Cobb County has been put on hold, for the time being. The Atlanta Braves optioned the young shortstop to Triple-A Gwinnett late Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Braves?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Braves<\/a> have optioned Dansby Swanson &amp; Aaron Blair to Gwinnett. Corresponding roster moves will be announced before the game on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Atlanta Braves (@Braves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Braves\/status\/890403629659828227\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 27, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dansby Swanson Optioned to Triple-A<\/h2>\n<p>This move was disappointing to some, inevitable to others. Swanson is a fan favorite not only because he\u2019s from Marietta, but also because he played college baseball in the heart of SEC Country \u2013 that carries a lot of weight around these parts. That said, the Vanderbilt product ended the day hitting .209 with a sub-600 OPS. The truth is that Swanson has struggled for most of the season after bursting on the scene last September.<\/p>\n<p>A demotion to Triple-A from the big leagues can seem like a death certificate to a player\u2019s career. Sometimes that\u2019s true, but not so in this case. As a matter of fact, Swanson came to the big leagues directly from the Double-A level. Because he advanced through the minor leagues so quickly, now he has the opportunity to take a step back and breathe.<\/p>\n<p>This is important because the minor leagues offer the opportunity for players to work on their craft without being under the watchful eye of 40,000 fans and the Atlanta media every night. He can work on taking balls the other way against a prospect, rather than somebody like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lestejo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jon Lester<\/a><\/strong> or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/scherma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Max Scherzer<\/a><\/strong>. There have been several cases recently of top prospects coming back and performing after demotions (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gordoal01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Gordon<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/moustmi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Moustakas<\/a><\/strong> immediately come to mind).<\/p>\n<h3>Not the only elite shortstop in town<\/h3>\n<p>The demotion does, however, bring to light several options for the Braves\u2019 front office moving forward. Swanson\u2019s situation is somewhat unique because he isn\u2019t the only elite shortstop in the Braves\u2019 organization. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/camarjo01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johan Camargo<\/a><\/strong>, frankly, made it very difficult for Swanson to stay in the lineup every day. The 20-year-old <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=albies000ozh&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ozzie Albies<\/a><\/strong> has settled in after struggling to start the season in Gwinnett, slashing .281\/.327\/.442 in 92 games.<\/p>\n<p>If John Hart and John Coppolella do have doubts about Swanson being the guy, they could decide to move him for several pieces (which is unlikely, but this front office certainly isn\u2019t shy about entertaining offers). With <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/phillbr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Phillips<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/adamsma01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Adams<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 futures in Atlanta likely not extending beyond 2017, they could also keep him and bank on the future Braves\u2019 infield consisting of Camargo, Swanson, Albies and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/freemfr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddie Freeman<\/a><\/strong>. Only time will tell.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/819979322\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 69.528620% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/819979322?et=xZaxisTeQvRfUYdIRcoqFQ&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=lOSh2J0xdtMxWR1YJhkEffTmHkzqOsd8SFBTo10erFk=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"413\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dansby Swanson era in Cobb County has been put on hold, for the time being. The Atlanta Braves optioned the young shortstop to Triple-A Gwinnett late Wednesday evening. The #Braves have optioned Dansby Swanson &amp; Aaron Blair to Gwinnett. Corresponding roster moves will be announced before the game on Friday. \u2014 Atlanta Braves (@Braves) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1586,"featured_media":7829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,35],"tags":[48,68,488,1265,69,143],"class_list":["post-7827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-braves","category-news","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baseball","tag-dansby-swanson","tag-johan-camargo","tag-mlb","tag-ozzie-albies"],"modified_by":"John Jackson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}