Braves Trade Betemit to Dodgers for Baez

The Braves traded Wilson Betemit to the Dodgers for Danny Baez and Willy Aybar. My first reaction as that it was a bad move by the Braves to trade Betemit but after taking a look at what Betemit has done on the road in his career - I'm not so sure.

Betemit road - 125 G / 292 AB / .264 BA / .312 OBP / .744 OPS

Compare that to what Betemit does at home:

Betemit home - 108 G / 203 AB / .305 BA / .383 OBP / .815 OPS

This year at home Betemit has been red hot:

Betemit home 2006 - 39 G / 75 AB / .333 BA / .412 OBP / . 958 OPS

No wonder Braves fans love the guy. They see him play at a home game and he looks like a stud. However, going to Chavez Ravine will probably not improve his "road" numbers so I doubt we are looking at the second coming of George Brett. My advice to fantasy baseball guys is to NOT go out and grab Betemit thinking that he's going to be a stud now that he'll be getting a full-time playing opportunity.