Royals trade Lane Thomas, Bailey Falter to the Atlanta Braves

[p]In exchange, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kansas-city-royals/IL2QbgJ4/"]Royals[/a] will be receiving Braves' No. 8 prospect Lucas Braun (LHP) and Carter Holton (LHP).[/p][p]Thomas, 30, is slashing .232/.326/.393 with 10 home runs, 37 RBI, and seven stolen bases through 97 games. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/falter-bailey/8j78Eyas/"]Falter[/a], 29, has given up 15 runs on 24 hits with six strikeouts through 9.2 innings in the majors this season. (13.97 ERA). [/p][p]Both Thomas and Falter are set to be free agents at the end of the year.[/p][embed guid="3e54aa23-6374-4ffd-adad-2fc74ae7f7a6" url="https://x.com/MLB/status/2083729330421522916?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Braun, 24, has a 3.53 ERA through 19 games (17 starts) across Double-A and Triple-A this season in the minors. He has given up 93 hits and 27 walks in 94.1 innings, along with 82 strikeouts. [/p][p]Holton, 23, has a 4.32 ERA with 41 strikeouts in 41.2 innings, giving up 41 hits and 16 walks. [/p]