Son of ex-Braves GM Frank Wren has great reaction to Jason Heyward trade
Welcome to another chapter of the Wren family vs. the Atlanta Braves.
If you missed the previous installments: Frank Wren was fired as Braves GM in September, after the team didn’t make the playoffs. The Braves also fired Frank’s brother, a scout and assistant in the front office. On Friday, the Braves traded Kyle Wren, Frank’s son, an eighth-round draft pick in 2013, who was their Single-A player of the year in 2014.
In a move that had nothing to do with the Wren clan, the Braves traded Jason Heyward to the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, getting Shelby Miller in return to bolster their starting pitching. The trade makes great sense for the Cardinals, who need a right fielder after the death of Oscar Taveras and who have a pitching surplus.
For the Braves, though, the trade could go either way. Heyward is a free agent after 2015, so they’re trying to get something for him now. Miller’s a decent return, a 24-year-old who has started 62 games in two seasons with a 3.33 ERA. He’s also under team control for four more seasons, which is probably most attractive. Still, Heyward was one of the Braves’ best players in 2014, great in the outfield and well-liked. Trading a guy like that will always be second-guessed.
How do the Wrens figured in to this one? Well, Jordan Wren, another of Frank’s sons, a 20-year-old who played baseball at Samford University last season, sent out this tweet shortly after the news broke. UPDATE: He’s sinced deleted the tweet, but here’s a screenshot:
It’s short on words, but long on judgment. And really, it’s a perfect next step in the Wren/Braves feud.
If you’re not familiar, that picture of Kermit the Frog has become a popular meme the past few months. The meme means that someone (in this case the Braves) has done something stupid and Kermit is sipping his tea in quiet judgment. Often it comes with a tagline that says, “But that’s none of my business, though.”
So, to recap, Frank Wren’s kid thinks the Braves messed up by trading Jason Heyward, which isn’t an unpopular opinion. Even more than that, though, Jordan Wren has defended his family’s honor against those mean ol’ Braves — on Twitter, with a meme, because that’s how 20-year-olds do things nowadays.
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