The Braves today traded away Edgar Renteria to the Tigers for 2 highly-touted prospects. I hope Yunel Escobar is as good as he appeared last year.

Official release…
The Braves picked up one of the top outfield prospects in baseball and a talented young starter Monday, acquiring outfielder Gorkys Hernandez and right-handed pitcher Jair Jurrjens from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for shortstop Edgar Renteria and cash considerations.

Hernandez, a 20-year-old center fielder with speed, was the Class A Midwest League Most Valuable Player in 2007, his first full professional season, batting .293 with 84 runs, 25 doubles, four home runs and 50 RBI in 124 games.

Jurrjens, 21, went 7-5 with a 3.20 ERA in 19 starts at Double-A Erie in 2007 before making his Major League debut with Detroit in August. He went 3-1 with a 4.70 ERA in seven starts for the Tigers, including 3-0 with a 0.78 ERA and 24 strikeouts and just one walk in his last three outings.

Hernandez is considered one of the top outfield prospects in all of baseball, Jurrjens, 21, was rated by Baseball America to be the Eastern League’s sixth-best Major League prospect this past season.