Greg Norton, who was DFA’d after the callups of Jeff Clement and Wladimir Balentien, was traded today to the Atlanta Braves for cash considerations and or a PTBNL.

This should be a much better situation for Norton, where he’ll almost certainly receive daily at bats in the National League style of play. 

As far as these player-to-be-named-later things go, I get the impression that the PTBNL is chosen based on the contributions of the traded player.  For example, Seattle acquired Dave Hollins from the Minnesota Twins for a PTBNL back in 1996.  Hollins had been struggling with the Twins, but was a big contributor with the Mariners, so we sent a pretty decent prospect in David Ortiz.  If he continued to struggle that year I’m guessing that Seattle would have sent someone of a lower caliber.  That said, don’t expect much in return for Norton unless he somehow gets regular playing time and produces.

Brad Wilkerson, who was also DFA’d, has yet to be moved.  All indications point toward the Red Sox acquiring him, however.