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Braves called best landing spot for long-shot .761 OPS Astros shortstop trade target

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The Atlanta Braves are sitting atop the National League East and have a commanding lead over the Philadelphia Phillies and the rest of the division.

With how good this team has played this season, there aren't many issues they could look to resolve by the August 3 trade deadline. But, aside from another outfielder or a more stable designated hitter, the Braves should seriously explore shortstop upgrades.

This need led Zachary D. Rymer of Bleacher Report to name the Braves as the best landing spot for a .761 OPS shortstop from the Houston Astros in Jeremy Pena. While it's a long shot, Pena would be the ideal trade pickup for Atlanta this summer.

Braves linked to Jeremy Pena as best landing spot for Astros star

"This might be the biggest long-shot on this list," Rymer writes. "A team with World Series aspirations deserves a better shortstop, and Pena is probably the best the Braves can feasibly get this summer."

Pena would be an incredible trade pickup for the Braves, though the odds of a deal are very small. Not only are the Astros trying to avoid selling in general, but Pena, under club control through the 2027 season, might not be made available this summer.

However, if Astros GM Dana Brown opens the door to a Pena trade, the Braves should strongly pursue the former All-Star and World Series MVP shortstop in a trade.

He has a .761 OPS this season along with a .281 batting average. His 113 OPS+ isn't terrible either, and with solid defense, Pena is the kind of player worth investing in.

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With Ha-Seong Kim being a major disappointment this season, and the big questions about the shortstop position for Atlanta so far this season, it would make sense for the Braves to add a star like Pena by the deadline this season.

This Braves team is fantastic, but they could use a little extra help to be World Series contenders with the Los Angeles Dodgers superteam, a tough team to overcome this fall.

Rymer named the Braves as the best landing spot for Pena this season, and it makes perfect sense for everyone involved. The Braves have the need and the resources to pull off a trade, Houston could get a huge return, and Pena could join a contender.

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Jennifer Lopez claims she could 'give a Ted Talk' on dysfunctional relationships and narcissists

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Jennifer Lopez has apparently known some narcissists in her life.

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Without naming names, the "Let’s Get Loud" singer joked that she could "give a Ted Talk on human behavior, emotional intelligence and dysfunctional relationships," cracking up as she said the last part.

"PhD in narcissists," she added with a laugh.

Lopez and her "Office Romance" costar Brett Goldstein had both been asked by a reporter from Elle UK what they could speak about with expertise that didn’t involve acting.

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She also later professed, "This is my good era. This is my happy era," adding that when she began filming "Office Romance," "I felt like it was starting a new time of my life. I had just went through a lot of changes in my life … actually it began like a year before, but it rolled into all of this time. This past year has some of the best times of my life."

She added, "Everything’s kind of changed and shifted for me in the last couple of years."

She said the "other great era of my life was when I had my kids. I do remember that as a very magical time."

Lopez, who finalized her divorce with Ben Affleck last year, has been married four times.

She was married to actor Ojani Noa at the beginning of her career for just one year, from 1997 to 1998, then she was married to backup dancer Cris Judd for about two years, from 2001 until 2003.

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She then dated Affleck, and the couple got engaged before calling it quits in 2004.

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Her longest marriage was to singer Marc Anthony, with whom she shares her only two children, twins born in 2008.

She and Anthony wed in June 2004 and their divorce was finalized in 2014.

The "Maid in Manhattan" actress began seeing Affleck again in 2021. She announced their second engagement the next year, and a few months later, they eloped. By 2024, they'd split again, and in 2025, their divorce was finalized.

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Last year, the 56-year-old called their divorce "the best thing that ever happened to me."

"Because it changed me," she told "CBS Sunday Morning." "It helped me grow in a way that I needed to grow, become more self-aware. I'm a different person now than I was last year… I realized that the joy is in living and these moments and really embracing life and everything that it brings to you, for the lessons that it brings."

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Governor review: Manoj Bajpayee delivers quiet steel in grounded financial drama

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