Okay, so I stirred up a hornets' nest with my post on worst Braves trades...Maybe we can be more civilized with the post on the BEST Braves trades (Top 5 IMHO).

1.  August 12, 1987

Traded Doyle Alexander to the Detroit Tigers.  Received John Smoltz.

2.  December 16, 2004

Traded Juan Cruz, Dan Meyer and Charles Thomas to the Oakland Athletics. Received Tim Hudson.

3.  July 18, 1993 

Traded Vince Moore, Donnie Elliott and Melvin Nieves to the San Diego Padres. Received Fred McGriff.

4.  January 15, 2002

Traded Andrew Brown, Brian Jordan and Odalis Perez to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Gary Sheffield.

5.  October 29, 2007

Traded Edgar Renteria to the Detroit Tigers. Received Gorkys Hernandez and Jair Jurrjens.