Trade Deadline Moves 2016
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I'm wrong.That is close to $30M that SD will be paying three guys to play for other teams next season (Shields, Upton, Kemp), all players that Preller acquired since being hired in August 2014. Yeah, he's doing an impeccable job.
Huh? That trade 1) happened two weeks before Preller was hired and 2) hasn't been an especially good or bad move either way.
Cashman thought he was selling high on Solarte, and he looked correct for a bit, it hasn't been until this year (two years later) that Solarte has started to play well. And Headley has been quite good this year after his unbelievably horrific start, .809 OPS in 254 PAs since May 9 and very consistent defense all year.
If I were Dombrowski, I'd be thanking my lucky stars I didn't move anything of significance for Davis this year.
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 4m4 minutes ago
BREAKING: #Brewers, #Indians in agreement on Lucroy. He still must approve trade.
Later tweet says 3 players going to the Brewers, not identified yet.
Edit:Now he says 4 going to Mil-e-wah-que though the 4th is a "lesser prospect.
BREAKING: #Brewers, #Indians in agreement on Lucroy. He still must approve trade.
Later tweet says 3 players going to the Brewers, not identified yet.
Edit:Now he says 4 going to Mil-e-wah-que though the 4th is a "lesser prospect.
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Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports tweets that top catching prospect Francisco Mejia is headed to the Brewers in the deal. Yahoo’s Jeff Passan tweets that one of left-hander Justus Sheffield or right-hander Triston McKenzie could be in the deal as well, and Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer also mentions Sheffield as a possibility (Twitter link). Rosenthal tweets that shortstop Yu-Cheng Chang and outfielder Greg Allen are going to the Brewers as well.
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 1m1 minute ago
Francisco Mejia, switch-hitting 20-year-old catcher, during his current 42-game hitting streak at Class A: .385/.408/.609 with 8 HR, 37 RBI.
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 1m1 minute ago
Francisco Mejia, switch-hitting 20-year-old catcher, during his current 42-game hitting streak at Class A: .385/.408/.609 with 8 HR, 37 RBI.
We will have to see the official deal, but this seems like a good return for the Brew Crew. Mejia is a sexy prospect, a few years away from the big leagues, but the Brewers are going through a rebuild and so they don't need a major league ready catcher now. I would take Mejia over T.d'Arnaud, Swilhart, or Vazquez. Meija has a higher ceiling (whereas the other three have a higher floor) and I prefer the higher ceiling prospect. Sheffield and McKenzie (it sounds like the Brewers got one of the two) are intriguing pitching prospects. A good return for a season and two months of Lucroy.
Sheffield to the Yankees, so may as well start to get hating him now. Here you go:
In all seriousness, it's a dark day for Red Sox fans to see the Yankees finally understanding the value of youth. Damn good weekend for the MFY.
Why in hell would Lucroy reject a deal that puts him in position to win a ring and in a small market which is what he reportedly wanted??? I can't believe he would do that. Why would he even have the Indians on a no-trade list in the first place?
Not to mention they bought the entire world of international prospects a few years ago - when do those kids approach high minors?
does Lucroy have to be moved now? can another team get on for a lower price? I'd be all over that
Weird. Maybe the Red Sox can take advantage and try to buy low on Lucroy: Swihart and T.Ball. Get it done, DD.
This is silly. The Brewers can just keep him, pick up the option, and unload him in the offseason. I doubt his play works.
So you're suggesting that anyone else who had interest in Lucroy will lower their offers now that they have another crack at him?
Yup.
Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 2m2 minutes ago
Sources: Jonathan Lucroy wanted Indians to rip up 2017 club option to get him to waive no-trade clause. Understandably, Cleveland said no.
If Lucroy is demanding his option for 2017 is declined, then you could argue that 2-3 months of Lucroy is worth substantially less than 2-3 months with a very cheap team option for 2017.
But alternately the Brewers might need to decide what will fetch more: Lucroy for 2+ months now, or Lucroy for one season in December.
Seems like a pretty similar haul to the one SD got for Kimbrel; less impressive if anything, I think. And Miller right now is better (and cheaper) than Kimbrel. So if they're on crack, Dombrowski must be on heroin.
That would certainly bring the price down, but that's not something that we're sure of yet and I'm not convinced that ensures that the Sox get to "buy low" on him.
Frazier I rate higher than Margot. That dude is going to be legit. The SD deal at least could work out for both sides. Outside of winning the WS in the next 2 years I don't see how this Miller deal is a win for Cleveland.
The Indians do have a legit chance to win a WS the next two years with their rotation and now their bullpen. If Brantley does come back healthy in September, look out.
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 34m34 minutes ago
Sources: Lucroy rejected trade over concerns about playing time in 2017, as @BNightengale said. #Indians did not offer financial inducement.
Adam McCalvy @AdamMcCalvy 2m2 minutes ago
Lucroy on how vetoing trade squares with his previous comments about wanting to win: "I'm looking for long-term, not short term."
Sources: Lucroy rejected trade over concerns about playing time in 2017, as @BNightengale said. #Indians did not offer financial inducement.
Adam McCalvy @AdamMcCalvy 2m2 minutes ago
Lucroy on how vetoing trade squares with his previous comments about wanting to win: "I'm looking for long-term, not short term."
Wow. Cleveland. Great news for the fighting Franconas.
Combined with the news on Wade Davis, and the White Sox general offensive incompetency, the Indian's window is wide, wide open.
Combined with the news on Wade Davis, and the White Sox general offensive incompetency, the Indian's window is wide, wide open.
paul hoynesVerified account@hoynsie
Source: If Tribe was going to offer SS Chang, C Mejia and OF Allen, it wasn't going to do it for parttime catcher. Lucroy was going to start
Source: If Tribe was going to offer SS Chang, C Mejia and OF Allen, it wasn't going to do it for parttime catcher. Lucroy was going to start