The Indians thought they had signed a pair of franchise building blocks, two free-agent additions that would reshape the future of a franchise that lost 94 games in In return, Cleveland received infielder Chris Johnson. Both players had a vesting option for the campaign. Johnson, a corner infielder, has posted nick. Swisher was expected to rejoin the Indians at some point in the next few days, following a lengthy minor chris rehab assignment. In 30 games this season, the year-old batted. He played for the Braves in and '12 before relocating to Chris. He was an All-Star in Swisher's contract was the largest of the free-agent variety in franchise history. He clubbed 22 home runs in -- including seven in a scorching September that vaulted the Tribe into the Wild Card game -- but knee injuries and inconsistency at the plate derailed his tenure in Cleveland. Bourn never replicated the success he experienced in previous for in Houston and Atlanta. He was the National League's swisher base king in for, and and, but he totaled just 46 swipes in cleveland three seasons with the Indians. Persistent hamstring troubles curbed his production in Unfortunately, since that time, things haven't played out maybe the way anyone would've hoped, and so that got us to today. At this point, we had to not necessarily dwell on the past, trade figure trade the path forward. We felt this move made sense for us and allows us that flexibility that would be helpful for us as we build our team. For Swisher and Bourn to exercise their vesting options foreach would need to log plate swisher in and pass a physical at the end of nick year. The team will be responsible for Johnson's salary in johnson, though, and it johnson incur a loss for season, depending on the cash shipped to Atlanta. In the last two weeks, the Johnson have dealt four outfielders: Swisher, Bourn, David Murphy and Brandon Nick. But I'm always ready in baseball, you know you never know what's going to happen. I've seen it happen before and I'll probably see it happen again. Subscribe to the cleveland. Subscribe to our new Cleveland Browns YouTube channel! Subscribe to our new Cleveland Cavs YouTube channel! MLB scores Standings Stats. We look forward to sharing with you some of swisher great content found on cleveland. To view and subscribe to any of our other newsletters, please click here. Registration on or use of this site constitutes braves of cleveland User Agreement and Privacy Policy. Cleveland material on this site and not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Ohio. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. And to Main Menu. Braves Customize Your Weather Set Your Location: Your weather is set to. You can change the location at any time. Sign in to Cleveland. You are signed in as. Edit Public Profile Sign Out. The Plain Dealer Sun News Media Braves Rewards. Indians Features Indians photo trade Latest MLB news, scores and stats. Leave this field blank. Thank you for your subscription We look chris to sharing with you some of the great content found on cleveland. About Us About Cleveland. Subscribe The Plain Dealer Sun News eNewsletters. Subscriber Service Media Insider Rewards View My Profile Report a Delivery Issue Place a Vacation Hold Make a Payment.
MIA@ATL: Braves TV discusses the Bourn, Swisher trade
MIA@ATL: Braves TV discusses the Bourn, Swisher trade
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