Mixed in with a whirlwind of deadline trades, the Jersey Shore D-Bags were active and finished deals with both the Baffin Island Beavers and the Chicago Machine. Not that it comes at a surprise, but GM Josh Swain isn't known throughout the BSA community for his wheeling and dealing.
The biggest name brought in is 3 time Gold Glover and and former All Star, Catcher Bryan Sandstrom. The California born and longtime Maui Tropic, comes over from Chicago where he spend the last 3.5 seasons after signing a 5 year deal in the winter of 2019. At 35 years old, Sandstrom doesn't seem to be slowing down and was having the best year he has had at the plate since coming to Chicago, while still posting a positive WAR behind the plate and throwing out near 40% runners trying to steal on him. He definitely adds to the Jersey Shore catching situation which has mainly featured 2nd year player Owen Carter as their starter. As a rookie Carter split time with now departed Fernando Ramos, but now with Ramos gone and Carter given the full time duties his numbers have dropped across the board. Jersey is hoping they can find a medium between Sandstrom and Carter, though both seem to prefer hitting against left-handed pitching. Either way Sandstrom should provide a boost for Jersey on both sides of the ball.
Departing to Chicago is a pair of players, the first most notably is 3B Fabrice Brodeur. Brodeur, a former Jersey Shore 1st round pick, turned 30 years old this past offseason and has another year left on his contract. He did win the Gold Glove at third base last year and where he had primarily played this year as well. What helped make him available was the acquisition of Gerardo Escobedo in the offseason as well as the emergence of rookie Ricardo Gonzalez. Brodeur should slide right into Chicago's lineup. Also going to Chicago is 22 year old CF Adrian Prouse. Prouse was discovered by Jersey scouts in Australia during the 2018 season and is spending his 7th season in the minor leagues. Once heralded a Top 100 prospect, Prouse has speed and plus power and projects as a corner OF. If his 2022 numbers in AA have anything to say about his future, he might be a good one. He finished the season hitting .286/.414/.521 with 29 HR and 89 RBI.
Jersey Shore also shipped off 22 year old AAA starting pitcher Jose Bamuelos to Baffin Island for a trio of players. Bamuelos was originally drafted by San Francisco in 2016 in the 3rd round but failed to sign. Jersey signed him as a free agent after he went undrafted the following season. He spent parts of 4 seasons in A ball, before being promoted in 2022 where he would go 14-10 with a 4.80 ERA last season. This year he is 7-7 in 24 starts while maintaining 10 K/9, but finding control will be make or break for him.
Coming to Jersey were the following 3 players: 2B Orlando Bruno, RF Pat Zimmerman and RF Mark Wells. Bruno was drafted in the supplemental first round and 38th overall by Baffin in 2020 and has played in the majors in every season since. He is a plus contact hitter with above average defense and blazing speed. It's unknown if he will join Jersey or head to Tuscaloosa after struggling with the bat so far this year.
Pat Zimmerman was originally drafted by the Orlando Calrissian in the 6th round of the same 2020 draft and spent 3 years in their minor league system before being traded to Baffin Island just last month in exchange for catcher Yaichiro Sugahara. Zimmerman also has blazing speed with above contact and decent gap power as well as raw power potential. He profiles to be an average fielder at best, but his bat should carry him.
Mark Wells was originally selected by the Calrissian in the 2020 draft but he failed to sign and headed to college where he could play one year at Oklahoma before becoming a 2nd round selection and 50th overall pick by the Madison Bombers in the 2021 draft. He would spend the entire 2022 season playing for Madison's A ball affiliate where he played decent. In a surprise move Wells made the Madison roster this past Spring and has started 79 games for the Bombers this year with less than desired results. His .211/.269/.374 line with 8 HR and 31 RBI to go with a historically bad -24.9 ZR has produced a -3.0 WAR this year. Jersey Shore will send him to AA Gainesville where hopefully he can regain his stroke and improve on his fielding. Overall though, Jersey receives 3 players who all project to have MLB potential for Bamuelos.
Though some blockbuster trades were discussed, not a whole lot will change for Jersey Shore. Look for Sandstrom to be in the Jersey Shore starting lineup this week. Rumors have it that he will wear number 26.
GO D-BAGS
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Friday, October 2, 2015
Friday, April 11, 2014
2019 Trade Deadline; A Missed Opportunity?
Usually the BSA trade deadline is a buzz worthy time with trades coming in from all angles from multiple teams. This year the buzz was low and only 4 teams got in on 2 different trades making it one of the quietest deadlines on record. Who missed out? Did some teams miss opportunities to better themselves for a playoff run? Absolutely. But instead of going that route, let's go look at which teams were holding the pieces and missed out on dealing them. I'm not saying there was a huge market for these players but, here are 8 players IMO that should have been traded:
C Luis Munoz, Madison: Madison, a last place team coming off the #1 overall pick with a younger, talented roster. Now Munoz is a couple years past his all-star days and struggled last year and the current one, but at age 32 he can still hit and is one of the better defensive catchers in the league. With 2 years at relatively small money left on his current deal combined with 23 Juan Sanchez in the pros and 24 year old Derek Roach, who is great defensively, ripping up AAA pitching...there was more than enough there to move forward with. Even getting a mid-level prospect or two for Munoz would have been a win in my book for the Bombers.
C Jaime Torres, Seattle: I know Seattle is built to win now. I have been one of the more vocal voices talking about the age of that roster. Kevin has spent a lot of money building a team to compete for years...but being back 10+ games at the deadline with such a high payroll and not much in the pipeline....I think it would have been a good move. With all the veterans on the team, I think Torres would have been most marketable. With one year, an 8.9M player option left on his contract, at age 34 Torres is still one of the more talented bats at the position in the BSA. I know there isn't much to replace him with, but with a team on pace to lose almost 14M this season, getting anything in return would have been a plus at this point.
IF/SS Bobby McIntosh, New York: With the wealth of young starting pitching that is being stock piled in New York, I'm a little shocked to see the Knights in last place. Though the team does lack depth in the hitting department, and McIntosh was signed just this off season, at age 31 he likely would have made an attractive candidate. He plays everywhere in the infield, though not the greatest and is a 283 career hitter to go along with a 360 OBP. He is only owed 3.6M per season over the next two years, and the 2nd being a team option he is affordable for everyone. With a system that is fairly barren outside of a few gems, a couple of mid-level specs would have been nice to add some depth to a team that is short on it. With veterans Foster, Manuel and probably Scholl gone this off season it would have only made sense to get what they could for Bobby, but at least he has another guaranteed season for the Knights.
LF Errol Hughes, Cleveland: Cleveland is such a strange team. A team chalked full of young talent mixed with gritty veterans yet they are on pace for their 4th straight season of playing ~.475 ball. I like the direction they are going and while only 7 games out of the Wild Card, they still could make a push. Hughes is a former 2 time all-star and is only 31 years old. While his average dipped the last year with the Looters, he still clubbed 29 homers and walked 100 times. He was traded to LA, then on to Hendersonville for the 2018 where he struggled in 150 so at bats and became a free agent. Cleveland stepped in and gave him a one year 960K contract this year and has shown he still has a lot left in the tank. 17 HR to go with a .382 OBP thus far on a very minimal contract makes him an attractive piece. With a young OF core in Cleveland, I think most contenders could have used Hughes, even just as a platoon player and if the Monsters could have scored a 2.5-3* player out of a 960K investment? That's a win in my book
*I really think SS Cassidy would have made a great piece.....if he wasn't struggling so much this season.
SS Brian Cash, Boston: For the record, Dave did inform the league he was on the trade block. Why no one scooped him up? I'm not sure. At age 33, Cash has turned his career around since coming to Boston last season. This year marked his 2nd straight All-Star game and he is only making 4M this season and has a $4M player option next season. LA would have been a perfect fit. I can only imagine the option is picked up and Cash will be shopped next season. Boston is an up and coming team though, maybe Cash was priced out too high and the Rebels are planning on taking a run next season? Who knows.
SS Oliver Hernandez, Los Cabos: For the record I think Don has done a very good job slashing payroll and moving players this season. At age 32, O-Hern has spent his entire BSA career with the same club and is the face of the franchise. While he might not be the player he once was with the stick or in the field, he is still a very popular, above average fielder and can hold his own with the bat. He is making $13M this season and is an upcoming free agent. Without knowing what his contract demands are and his salary this year, he might have been tough to move. He is one of the few players on this list who I think could have brought back a Top 100 prospect. The market has to be right for a player like this though. Either way, I think he becomes a popular target this winter in free agency.
LF Domingo Martinez, San Fransisco: Oh San Fransisco, what happened? Just two years ago you were winning 94 ball games...and now you will be lucky to win 2/3 of that total. The roster looks depleated and the farm doesn't look that much more attractive. I know Martinez is San Fransisco baseball. He has been on the NL All-Star team now 4 years in a row and is the only member on the team to have a WAR above 1.5. While it would be hard to trade someone of his popularity, he is only making $2M this year and is an upcoming free agent. This will mark the 6th year he posted over a 4.3 WAR, and while corner outfielders aren't the most popular targets, he as consistent as they come. I can see a lot of teams giving up a handful of specs for Martinez and the contract of another veteran or two. If Martinez is resigned well then that's that. If he is let go to free agency, I will call this a major mistake for the Bandits.
3B Jud Younger, Orlando: After such a positive 2017, the will be the 2nd year in a row that Orlando is headed for the .500 mark or slightly below it. The ORL has a roster of youth outside of JTF, Richardson and Younger. While I know Orlando gave up a draft pick to sign Younger to a 1 year deal, his 50 XBH and his OBP of 363 shows his value. With being an up and coming free agent, his contract isn't an issue during trade talks. Imagine that bat inserted into Pocatello's offense this year. While a prospect or two might not seem worth it considering his production, at age 32 and just on a 1 year deal it could have given the Calrissian more young talent going forward.
Although I spotted a lot of players I wanted to include, these 8 stood out to me. There were many players who just made too much money to keep them tradeable. Those names include JTF, Jesus Moran, Peter Larson, Jason Jackson, Cade Delaney, Bill Allan and Kyuso Fujita among others. I also didn't include any middle relief or closers. I feel the league is very stocked with quality relief and while some contenders could have used an upgrade there wasn't a single sure fire option at a reasonable price I saw out there.
Enjoy!
GO D-BAGS
C Luis Munoz, Madison: Madison, a last place team coming off the #1 overall pick with a younger, talented roster. Now Munoz is a couple years past his all-star days and struggled last year and the current one, but at age 32 he can still hit and is one of the better defensive catchers in the league. With 2 years at relatively small money left on his current deal combined with 23 Juan Sanchez in the pros and 24 year old Derek Roach, who is great defensively, ripping up AAA pitching...there was more than enough there to move forward with. Even getting a mid-level prospect or two for Munoz would have been a win in my book for the Bombers.
C Jaime Torres, Seattle: I know Seattle is built to win now. I have been one of the more vocal voices talking about the age of that roster. Kevin has spent a lot of money building a team to compete for years...but being back 10+ games at the deadline with such a high payroll and not much in the pipeline....I think it would have been a good move. With all the veterans on the team, I think Torres would have been most marketable. With one year, an 8.9M player option left on his contract, at age 34 Torres is still one of the more talented bats at the position in the BSA. I know there isn't much to replace him with, but with a team on pace to lose almost 14M this season, getting anything in return would have been a plus at this point.
IF/SS Bobby McIntosh, New York: With the wealth of young starting pitching that is being stock piled in New York, I'm a little shocked to see the Knights in last place. Though the team does lack depth in the hitting department, and McIntosh was signed just this off season, at age 31 he likely would have made an attractive candidate. He plays everywhere in the infield, though not the greatest and is a 283 career hitter to go along with a 360 OBP. He is only owed 3.6M per season over the next two years, and the 2nd being a team option he is affordable for everyone. With a system that is fairly barren outside of a few gems, a couple of mid-level specs would have been nice to add some depth to a team that is short on it. With veterans Foster, Manuel and probably Scholl gone this off season it would have only made sense to get what they could for Bobby, but at least he has another guaranteed season for the Knights.
LF Errol Hughes, Cleveland: Cleveland is such a strange team. A team chalked full of young talent mixed with gritty veterans yet they are on pace for their 4th straight season of playing ~.475 ball. I like the direction they are going and while only 7 games out of the Wild Card, they still could make a push. Hughes is a former 2 time all-star and is only 31 years old. While his average dipped the last year with the Looters, he still clubbed 29 homers and walked 100 times. He was traded to LA, then on to Hendersonville for the 2018 where he struggled in 150 so at bats and became a free agent. Cleveland stepped in and gave him a one year 960K contract this year and has shown he still has a lot left in the tank. 17 HR to go with a .382 OBP thus far on a very minimal contract makes him an attractive piece. With a young OF core in Cleveland, I think most contenders could have used Hughes, even just as a platoon player and if the Monsters could have scored a 2.5-3* player out of a 960K investment? That's a win in my book
*I really think SS Cassidy would have made a great piece.....if he wasn't struggling so much this season.
SS Brian Cash, Boston: For the record, Dave did inform the league he was on the trade block. Why no one scooped him up? I'm not sure. At age 33, Cash has turned his career around since coming to Boston last season. This year marked his 2nd straight All-Star game and he is only making 4M this season and has a $4M player option next season. LA would have been a perfect fit. I can only imagine the option is picked up and Cash will be shopped next season. Boston is an up and coming team though, maybe Cash was priced out too high and the Rebels are planning on taking a run next season? Who knows.
SS Oliver Hernandez, Los Cabos: For the record I think Don has done a very good job slashing payroll and moving players this season. At age 32, O-Hern has spent his entire BSA career with the same club and is the face of the franchise. While he might not be the player he once was with the stick or in the field, he is still a very popular, above average fielder and can hold his own with the bat. He is making $13M this season and is an upcoming free agent. Without knowing what his contract demands are and his salary this year, he might have been tough to move. He is one of the few players on this list who I think could have brought back a Top 100 prospect. The market has to be right for a player like this though. Either way, I think he becomes a popular target this winter in free agency.
LF Domingo Martinez, San Fransisco: Oh San Fransisco, what happened? Just two years ago you were winning 94 ball games...and now you will be lucky to win 2/3 of that total. The roster looks depleated and the farm doesn't look that much more attractive. I know Martinez is San Fransisco baseball. He has been on the NL All-Star team now 4 years in a row and is the only member on the team to have a WAR above 1.5. While it would be hard to trade someone of his popularity, he is only making $2M this year and is an upcoming free agent. This will mark the 6th year he posted over a 4.3 WAR, and while corner outfielders aren't the most popular targets, he as consistent as they come. I can see a lot of teams giving up a handful of specs for Martinez and the contract of another veteran or two. If Martinez is resigned well then that's that. If he is let go to free agency, I will call this a major mistake for the Bandits.
3B Jud Younger, Orlando: After such a positive 2017, the will be the 2nd year in a row that Orlando is headed for the .500 mark or slightly below it. The ORL has a roster of youth outside of JTF, Richardson and Younger. While I know Orlando gave up a draft pick to sign Younger to a 1 year deal, his 50 XBH and his OBP of 363 shows his value. With being an up and coming free agent, his contract isn't an issue during trade talks. Imagine that bat inserted into Pocatello's offense this year. While a prospect or two might not seem worth it considering his production, at age 32 and just on a 1 year deal it could have given the Calrissian more young talent going forward.
Although I spotted a lot of players I wanted to include, these 8 stood out to me. There were many players who just made too much money to keep them tradeable. Those names include JTF, Jesus Moran, Peter Larson, Jason Jackson, Cade Delaney, Bill Allan and Kyuso Fujita among others. I also didn't include any middle relief or closers. I feel the league is very stocked with quality relief and while some contenders could have used an upgrade there wasn't a single sure fire option at a reasonable price I saw out there.
Enjoy!
GO D-BAGS
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Revisiting Old Trades; Part 2
In my 2nd installment of revisiting old trades we look back on two more deals that happened years in the past that helped shape the BSA as we know it today. Who got the better end? Today we visit trades where two aces both moved from the CL to the NL in mid-season deals. The first being between Kansas City and Boston and the 2nd being between between the LA Bruins and the Reno Cards.
Trade 1:
7/31/2013 (4 years, 2 months ago) Boston receives SP Jean-Thomas Francoeur from Kansas City in exchange for SP Julio Leon, MR Estefan Jimenez, RF Nick Phillips, CL Brian O'Tormey and 1B Judson Backstrom.
One of the brightest and best starting pitchers in the league coming off his first no hitter earlier in the month and in the last year of his contract gets traded on trade deadline day to the defending champions the Boston Rebels. In exchange Kansas City received a handful of young talent to help cushion the loss. Who would get the better in the long run?
To Boston:
SP Jean-Thomas Francoeur - 29 years old. 5/5* - $21M for 1 year, pending FA.
To Kansas Citty:
SP Julio Leon - 26 years old. 3/3* - $7.35M for 2 years.
MR Estefan Jimenez - 26 years old. 3/3* - $1.2M for 1 year.
RF Nick Phillips - 27 years old. 2.5/3* - MLC
CL Brian O'Tormey - 24 years old. 1/2* - MLC
1B Judson Backstrom - 18 years old. .5/4* - MLC
On the surface it looks as though Kansas City was just trying to get something in return for JTF before he left for free agency. The got back 3 younger players in Leon, Jimenez and Phillips who would contribute right away, a project flame thrower in O'Tormey and the big piece was Backstrom a very raw 18 year old. As for Boston, they would sign JTF to 7 year extension worth an astonishing $150 million before the season and pair up aces with Lara and JTF
2013 Stats:
SP Francoeur:
w/KC - 13-3, 2.72 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 2.46 FIP, 142 K, 24 BB, 155.1 IP
w/Bos - 7-1, 1.80 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 2.01 FIP, 90 K, 20 BB, 85.0 IP
SP Leon:
w/Bos - 5-8, 4.92 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 4.40 FIP, 102 K, 42 BB, 126.1 IP
w/KC - 1-4, 6.25 ERA, 1.69 WHIP, 4.69 FIP, 48 K, 18 BB, 63.1 IP
MR Jimenez:
w/ BOS - In Minors
w/KC - 0-1, 7 saves, 5.79 ERA, 1.79 WHIP, 9 K, 5 BB, 14 IP (season ending injury)
RF Phillips:
w/ BOS - .214/.240/.429 70 AB, 3 HR, 15 RBI
w/ KC - In Minors
O'Tormey and Backstrom both were in the minors for both teams in 2013.
JTF was everything and more Boston could have imagined and they still missed out on the playoffs in 2013 severely underperforming winning 14 less games than the year before. They did sign the big extension to keep JTF around, which if they hadn't a rental wouldn't have been worth the price of the trade. KC actually improved by 10 games from 2012 winning 80 games and finishing a solid 3rd place by far out of the division that Regina ran away with. Neither Leon nor Jimenez would help the team much in the few months after the trade while the others were in AAA.
Let's see what ended up happening since the trade:
Francouer: 2 years, 2 months. 40-20, 2.23 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 2.75 FIP, 555 K, 136 BB (Traded to ORL)
Leon: 2 years, 2 months. 15-29, 4.72 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 5.02 FIP, 315 K, 151 BB (Lost to FA - 2016)
Jimenez: 3 years, 2 months. 10-7, 7 saves, 4.02 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 116 K, 67 BB (Lost to FA - 2017)
Phillips: 4 years, 2 months. .262/.314/.412 142 2B, 48 HR, 298 RBI (Still on KCY)
O'Tormey: 4 years, 2 months. 9-14, 5 saves, 4.41 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 239 K, 162 BB. (Still on KCY)
Backstrom: Yet to play for KCY, 22 years old, 91st ranked prospect in BSA.
Even 4 years later we have yet to see the ramifications for this trade. Having the dual aces for Boston, they went to the playoffs 2 of the 3 years they pitched together but could never repeat as champions. JTF was traded for ORL before the 2016 season for a package at the time looked a lot better than what they paid to get him. Getting good return helps Boston even if they couldn't win the big one.
As for KCY, Leon remained a back of the rotation starter before leaving via free agency and Jimenez proved to be a decent an option out of the pen, even after having major arm surgery. Phillips and O'Tormey are both cogs for Kansas City right now. I would say Phillips is nothing more than average OF while O'Tormey has been an above average reliever for the past 2 seasons. The real wild card is Backstrom, and was at the time of the deal as well. He has broke out in AAA this year and if he plays up to his potential he could be a star for years to come.
So did Kansas City get a good deal trading one of the top starting pitchers in the game? From my point of view, it depends how you look at it. If they couldn't sign him, getting some return was better than nothing. At least they still have 2 players on their active roster and a good hitting prospect still as a result. After seeing the past few years what aces have gone for, especially in their prime, looking back the Cougars probably should have gotten more than they settled for. In the end with the return Boston got for JTF, they probably have more now than they started with before they traded for Francouer which is saying something.
Trade 2:
5/1/2013 (4 years, 4 months ago) LA receives SP Jesus Moran, SP Drake Davis, $5M in cash from Reno in exchange for SP Aurelio Ramos, LF Alexander Head, SP Luis Noriega, SP Carlos Garcia, MR Hector Reyes, MR Yu-shu Kong, 1B Lorenzo Morin, SS Susumu Sugiyama, and 3B Miguel Gonzalez.
Whew, the 9-2 plus cash trade. Moran was the prize being a fully developed 22 year old ace coming off a very good season where he put up an ERA+ of 141 at the age of 22. Davis a 14 game winner, 125 ERA+ at the age of 27 and $5 million cash leave Reno. Coming in are 7 players under the age of 21. Would there be enough talent to off set losing an ace and 2/5 of a pitching staff AND cash? Let's check it out.
To LA:
SP Jesus Moran - 22 years old - 4.5/4.5* - $10.5M for 1 year.
SP Drake Davis - 27 years old - 3/3* - $2.34M for 1 year.
$5M in Cash
To Reno:
SP Aureilo Ramos - 31 years old - 2.5/2.5* - $1.1M for 2 years.
LF Alexander Head - 28 years old - 2/2* - $10.1M for 1 year.
SP Luis Noriega - 17 years old - .5/4* - MLC
SP Carlos Garcia - 18 years old - .5/2.5* - MLC
SP Hector Reyes - 17 years old - .5/1* - MLC
MR Yu-Shu Kong - 17 years old - .5/4* - MLC
1B Lorenzo Morin - 18 years old - 1/2.5* - MLC
SS Susumu Sugiyama - 16 years old - 1/2* - MLC
3B Miguel Gonzalez - 19 years old - 1/3.5* - MLC
The salary swap was almost completely even before Reno decided to throw in an extra $5 million cash in. Moran was a free agent to be and it's possible Reno would have had trouble signing him long term and traded because of that. It's a tough thing to do trading a 22 year old ace. Trading 40% and your 1-2 starters usually has ramifications and this was no different. 2012 the year before the trade was the last time Reno won above 60 games and had more than 60 wins in a season, and we are in year 5 after that. The group of youngsters are finally seeing the higher levels and the major leagues, let's take a closer look:
2013 stats:
SP Moran:
w/REN: 1-4, 5.48 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, 4.16 FIP, 26 K, 16 BB, 42.2 IP
w/LA: 17-5, 2.27 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 3.28 FIP, 135 K, 54 BB, 182.2 IP
SP Davis:
w/REN: 0-5, 11.88 ERA, 2.28 WHIP, 6.38 FIP, 11 K, 10 BB, 16.2 IP
w/LA: 0-2, 7.11 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 3.91 FIP, 8 K, 3 BB, 12.2 IP (traded 20 days later)
SP Ramos:
w/LA: 3-1, 2.28 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 3.12 FIP, 18 K, 7 BB, 23.2 IP
w/REN: 2-8, 7.45 ERA, 1.77 WHIP, 5.13 FIP, 75 K, 39 BB, 96.2 IP
LF Head:
w/LA: .400/.426/.533, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 45 AB
w/REN: .304/.350/.374, 2 HR, 22 RBI, 171 AB
None of the 7 youngsters had any time even close to the ML level at the time of the trade.
As you can see both pitchers were struggling for Reno after very good 2012 campaigns and both players for LA had hot starts and cooled down considerably after reaching Reno. Moran would have the best season of his career until his 2016 season in Jacksonville. Interesting enough, the year of the trade was only year LA didn't make the playoffs, missing the Wild Card by 1 game, even though it wasn't Moran's fault.
How did they fare after the trade? Let's see:
Moran: (2 years, 5 months): 39-19, 3.21 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 3.69 FIP, 326 K, 160 BB (Traded to JAK)
Davis: (20 days) 0-2, 7.11 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 3.91 FIP, 8 K, 3 BB, 12.2 IP (Traded to SF)
Ramos: (5 months): 2-8, 7.45 ERA, 1.77 WHIP, 5.13 FIP, 75 K, 39 BB, 96.2 IP (Become FA 2014)
Head: (1 year, 5 months): .271/.322/.373, 11 HR, 96 RBI, 712 AB (Still in REN, AA club)
Noriega: (3 years): 5-16, 1 save, 8.39 ERA, 1.82 WHIP, 172.2 IP. 20 years old, 1.5/4*
Garcia: (2 years): 1-5, 7.71 ERA, 2.16 WHIP, 63.0 IP. 22 years old, .5/3.5*
Reyes: (1 year): 2-4, 5.30 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, 73.0 IP. 22 years old, 3.5/4* (Traded to VIS)
Kong: Hasn't played yet for Reno. 22 years old, 1/4*
Morin: Hasn't played yet for Reno. 22 years old, 1/2.5*
Sugiyama: (1 year): .329/.363/.429, 17 2B, 2 HR, 30 RBI, 252 AB. 21 years old, 1/3.5*
Gonzalez: Never played for Reno. (Traded back to LA in 2015) 23 years old, 4.5/5*
This is one of those trades which even though it's 4 years later, it's still a little premature. Ramos was space filler and left Reno after the season, Head played part of 2 years before being buried in the minor league system. The trade was really about the other 7 players. Unfortunately for Reno the only 2 that have matured have both been trade away in Reyes and Gonzalez. Still a lot of talent in the system from the trade and it will probably be another 3-4 seasons before we start seeing most of them make a true impact.
As for LA, Moran pitched well for them for 2+ seasons and was traded the off season before LA won it's first championship. They did get 3 valuable players who all played key roles in their championship run though. As for Davis, he lasted 3 starts in LA before Mikey shipped him off to division rival San Fransisco. That trade looked like this:
LA gets:
SP Tyler Law (3/4* at the time, 2/2* now) $3.869M for 1 year.
382K
SF gets:
SP Drake Davis
MR Jose Castro (.5/2* at the time, 2.5/4* now)
RF Miguel Montes (1/2* at the time, 2/2* now)
You should by now Mikey wasn't done trading, as he sent Law away less than 2 months later and that trade looked like this:
LA gets:
MR Zi-jun Chou (4/4* at the time, 4.5/4.5* now) 3.35M for 2 years.
$5M Cash
New Orleans gets:
SP Tyler Law
After the season was over the trade looked like this for LA:
LA gets:
SP Jesus Moran
MR Zi-jun Chou
$10.382M CASH
LA gives:
SP Aureilo Ramos - 31 years old - 2.5/2.5* - $1.1M for 2 years.
LF Alexander Head - 28 years old - 2/2* - $10.1M for 1 year.
SP Luis Noriega - 17 years old - .5/4* - MLC
SP Carlos Garcia - 18 years old - .5/2.5* - MLC
SP Hector Reyes - 17 years old - .5/1* - MLC
MR Yu-Shu Kong - 17 years old - .5/4* - MLC
1B Lorenzo Morin - 18 years old - 1/2.5* - MLC
SS Susumu Sugiyama - 16 years old - 1/2* - MLC
3B Miguel Gonzalez - 19 years old - 1/3.5* - MLC
MR Jose Castro -18 years old - (.5/2* at the time, 2.5/4* now)
RF Miguel Montes - 16 years old - (1/2* at the time, 2/2* now)
While the trade will be hard to judge for Reno for a couple of seasons, LA did give a lot that season in terms of their farm system. 9 players under the age of 20, all between 2-4* potential. They got back an ace, a very good middle reliever and over $10 million in cash, not to mention giving away equal salary. They turned Moran and Chou into valuable parts that help win a championship. I would say this trade was surely a win for the Bruins and depending on what a couple of the youngsters still in Reno's system, could very well end up being a win for them as well.
GO D-BAGS
Trade 1:
7/31/2013 (4 years, 2 months ago) Boston receives SP Jean-Thomas Francoeur from Kansas City in exchange for SP Julio Leon, MR Estefan Jimenez, RF Nick Phillips, CL Brian O'Tormey and 1B Judson Backstrom.
One of the brightest and best starting pitchers in the league coming off his first no hitter earlier in the month and in the last year of his contract gets traded on trade deadline day to the defending champions the Boston Rebels. In exchange Kansas City received a handful of young talent to help cushion the loss. Who would get the better in the long run?
To Boston:
SP Jean-Thomas Francoeur - 29 years old. 5/5* - $21M for 1 year, pending FA.
To Kansas Citty:
SP Julio Leon - 26 years old. 3/3* - $7.35M for 2 years.
MR Estefan Jimenez - 26 years old. 3/3* - $1.2M for 1 year.
RF Nick Phillips - 27 years old. 2.5/3* - MLC
CL Brian O'Tormey - 24 years old. 1/2* - MLC
1B Judson Backstrom - 18 years old. .5/4* - MLC
On the surface it looks as though Kansas City was just trying to get something in return for JTF before he left for free agency. The got back 3 younger players in Leon, Jimenez and Phillips who would contribute right away, a project flame thrower in O'Tormey and the big piece was Backstrom a very raw 18 year old. As for Boston, they would sign JTF to 7 year extension worth an astonishing $150 million before the season and pair up aces with Lara and JTF
2013 Stats:
SP Francoeur:
w/KC - 13-3, 2.72 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 2.46 FIP, 142 K, 24 BB, 155.1 IP
w/Bos - 7-1, 1.80 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 2.01 FIP, 90 K, 20 BB, 85.0 IP
SP Leon:
w/Bos - 5-8, 4.92 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 4.40 FIP, 102 K, 42 BB, 126.1 IP
w/KC - 1-4, 6.25 ERA, 1.69 WHIP, 4.69 FIP, 48 K, 18 BB, 63.1 IP
MR Jimenez:
w/ BOS - In Minors
w/KC - 0-1, 7 saves, 5.79 ERA, 1.79 WHIP, 9 K, 5 BB, 14 IP (season ending injury)
RF Phillips:
w/ BOS - .214/.240/.429 70 AB, 3 HR, 15 RBI
w/ KC - In Minors
O'Tormey and Backstrom both were in the minors for both teams in 2013.
JTF was everything and more Boston could have imagined and they still missed out on the playoffs in 2013 severely underperforming winning 14 less games than the year before. They did sign the big extension to keep JTF around, which if they hadn't a rental wouldn't have been worth the price of the trade. KC actually improved by 10 games from 2012 winning 80 games and finishing a solid 3rd place by far out of the division that Regina ran away with. Neither Leon nor Jimenez would help the team much in the few months after the trade while the others were in AAA.
Let's see what ended up happening since the trade:
Francouer: 2 years, 2 months. 40-20, 2.23 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 2.75 FIP, 555 K, 136 BB (Traded to ORL)
Leon: 2 years, 2 months. 15-29, 4.72 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 5.02 FIP, 315 K, 151 BB (Lost to FA - 2016)
Jimenez: 3 years, 2 months. 10-7, 7 saves, 4.02 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 116 K, 67 BB (Lost to FA - 2017)
Phillips: 4 years, 2 months. .262/.314/.412 142 2B, 48 HR, 298 RBI (Still on KCY)
O'Tormey: 4 years, 2 months. 9-14, 5 saves, 4.41 ERA, 1.73 WHIP, 239 K, 162 BB. (Still on KCY)
Backstrom: Yet to play for KCY, 22 years old, 91st ranked prospect in BSA.
Even 4 years later we have yet to see the ramifications for this trade. Having the dual aces for Boston, they went to the playoffs 2 of the 3 years they pitched together but could never repeat as champions. JTF was traded for ORL before the 2016 season for a package at the time looked a lot better than what they paid to get him. Getting good return helps Boston even if they couldn't win the big one.
As for KCY, Leon remained a back of the rotation starter before leaving via free agency and Jimenez proved to be a decent an option out of the pen, even after having major arm surgery. Phillips and O'Tormey are both cogs for Kansas City right now. I would say Phillips is nothing more than average OF while O'Tormey has been an above average reliever for the past 2 seasons. The real wild card is Backstrom, and was at the time of the deal as well. He has broke out in AAA this year and if he plays up to his potential he could be a star for years to come.
So did Kansas City get a good deal trading one of the top starting pitchers in the game? From my point of view, it depends how you look at it. If they couldn't sign him, getting some return was better than nothing. At least they still have 2 players on their active roster and a good hitting prospect still as a result. After seeing the past few years what aces have gone for, especially in their prime, looking back the Cougars probably should have gotten more than they settled for. In the end with the return Boston got for JTF, they probably have more now than they started with before they traded for Francouer which is saying something.
Trade 2:
5/1/2013 (4 years, 4 months ago) LA receives SP Jesus Moran, SP Drake Davis, $5M in cash from Reno in exchange for SP Aurelio Ramos, LF Alexander Head, SP Luis Noriega, SP Carlos Garcia, MR Hector Reyes, MR Yu-shu Kong, 1B Lorenzo Morin, SS Susumu Sugiyama, and 3B Miguel Gonzalez.
Whew, the 9-2 plus cash trade. Moran was the prize being a fully developed 22 year old ace coming off a very good season where he put up an ERA+ of 141 at the age of 22. Davis a 14 game winner, 125 ERA+ at the age of 27 and $5 million cash leave Reno. Coming in are 7 players under the age of 21. Would there be enough talent to off set losing an ace and 2/5 of a pitching staff AND cash? Let's check it out.
To LA:
SP Jesus Moran - 22 years old - 4.5/4.5* - $10.5M for 1 year.
SP Drake Davis - 27 years old - 3/3* - $2.34M for 1 year.
$5M in Cash
To Reno:
SP Aureilo Ramos - 31 years old - 2.5/2.5* - $1.1M for 2 years.
LF Alexander Head - 28 years old - 2/2* - $10.1M for 1 year.
SP Luis Noriega - 17 years old - .5/4* - MLC
SP Carlos Garcia - 18 years old - .5/2.5* - MLC
SP Hector Reyes - 17 years old - .5/1* - MLC
MR Yu-Shu Kong - 17 years old - .5/4* - MLC
1B Lorenzo Morin - 18 years old - 1/2.5* - MLC
SS Susumu Sugiyama - 16 years old - 1/2* - MLC
3B Miguel Gonzalez - 19 years old - 1/3.5* - MLC
The salary swap was almost completely even before Reno decided to throw in an extra $5 million cash in. Moran was a free agent to be and it's possible Reno would have had trouble signing him long term and traded because of that. It's a tough thing to do trading a 22 year old ace. Trading 40% and your 1-2 starters usually has ramifications and this was no different. 2012 the year before the trade was the last time Reno won above 60 games and had more than 60 wins in a season, and we are in year 5 after that. The group of youngsters are finally seeing the higher levels and the major leagues, let's take a closer look:
2013 stats:
SP Moran:
w/REN: 1-4, 5.48 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, 4.16 FIP, 26 K, 16 BB, 42.2 IP
w/LA: 17-5, 2.27 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 3.28 FIP, 135 K, 54 BB, 182.2 IP
SP Davis:
w/REN: 0-5, 11.88 ERA, 2.28 WHIP, 6.38 FIP, 11 K, 10 BB, 16.2 IP
w/LA: 0-2, 7.11 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 3.91 FIP, 8 K, 3 BB, 12.2 IP (traded 20 days later)
SP Ramos:
w/LA: 3-1, 2.28 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 3.12 FIP, 18 K, 7 BB, 23.2 IP
w/REN: 2-8, 7.45 ERA, 1.77 WHIP, 5.13 FIP, 75 K, 39 BB, 96.2 IP
LF Head:
w/LA: .400/.426/.533, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 45 AB
w/REN: .304/.350/.374, 2 HR, 22 RBI, 171 AB
None of the 7 youngsters had any time even close to the ML level at the time of the trade.
As you can see both pitchers were struggling for Reno after very good 2012 campaigns and both players for LA had hot starts and cooled down considerably after reaching Reno. Moran would have the best season of his career until his 2016 season in Jacksonville. Interesting enough, the year of the trade was only year LA didn't make the playoffs, missing the Wild Card by 1 game, even though it wasn't Moran's fault.
How did they fare after the trade? Let's see:
Moran: (2 years, 5 months): 39-19, 3.21 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 3.69 FIP, 326 K, 160 BB (Traded to JAK)
Davis: (20 days) 0-2, 7.11 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 3.91 FIP, 8 K, 3 BB, 12.2 IP (Traded to SF)
Ramos: (5 months): 2-8, 7.45 ERA, 1.77 WHIP, 5.13 FIP, 75 K, 39 BB, 96.2 IP (Become FA 2014)
Head: (1 year, 5 months): .271/.322/.373, 11 HR, 96 RBI, 712 AB (Still in REN, AA club)
Noriega: (3 years): 5-16, 1 save, 8.39 ERA, 1.82 WHIP, 172.2 IP. 20 years old, 1.5/4*
Garcia: (2 years): 1-5, 7.71 ERA, 2.16 WHIP, 63.0 IP. 22 years old, .5/3.5*
Reyes: (1 year): 2-4, 5.30 ERA, 1.67 WHIP, 73.0 IP. 22 years old, 3.5/4* (Traded to VIS)
Kong: Hasn't played yet for Reno. 22 years old, 1/4*
Morin: Hasn't played yet for Reno. 22 years old, 1/2.5*
Sugiyama: (1 year): .329/.363/.429, 17 2B, 2 HR, 30 RBI, 252 AB. 21 years old, 1/3.5*
Gonzalez: Never played for Reno. (Traded back to LA in 2015) 23 years old, 4.5/5*
This is one of those trades which even though it's 4 years later, it's still a little premature. Ramos was space filler and left Reno after the season, Head played part of 2 years before being buried in the minor league system. The trade was really about the other 7 players. Unfortunately for Reno the only 2 that have matured have both been trade away in Reyes and Gonzalez. Still a lot of talent in the system from the trade and it will probably be another 3-4 seasons before we start seeing most of them make a true impact.
As for LA, Moran pitched well for them for 2+ seasons and was traded the off season before LA won it's first championship. They did get 3 valuable players who all played key roles in their championship run though. As for Davis, he lasted 3 starts in LA before Mikey shipped him off to division rival San Fransisco. That trade looked like this:
LA gets:
SP Tyler Law (3/4* at the time, 2/2* now) $3.869M for 1 year.
382K
SF gets:
SP Drake Davis
MR Jose Castro (.5/2* at the time, 2.5/4* now)
RF Miguel Montes (1/2* at the time, 2/2* now)
You should by now Mikey wasn't done trading, as he sent Law away less than 2 months later and that trade looked like this:
LA gets:
MR Zi-jun Chou (4/4* at the time, 4.5/4.5* now) 3.35M for 2 years.
$5M Cash
New Orleans gets:
SP Tyler Law
After the season was over the trade looked like this for LA:
LA gets:
SP Jesus Moran
MR Zi-jun Chou
$10.382M CASH
LA gives:
SP Aureilo Ramos - 31 years old - 2.5/2.5* - $1.1M for 2 years.
LF Alexander Head - 28 years old - 2/2* - $10.1M for 1 year.
SP Luis Noriega - 17 years old - .5/4* - MLC
SP Carlos Garcia - 18 years old - .5/2.5* - MLC
SP Hector Reyes - 17 years old - .5/1* - MLC
MR Yu-Shu Kong - 17 years old - .5/4* - MLC
1B Lorenzo Morin - 18 years old - 1/2.5* - MLC
SS Susumu Sugiyama - 16 years old - 1/2* - MLC
3B Miguel Gonzalez - 19 years old - 1/3.5* - MLC
MR Jose Castro -18 years old - (.5/2* at the time, 2.5/4* now)
RF Miguel Montes - 16 years old - (1/2* at the time, 2/2* now)
While the trade will be hard to judge for Reno for a couple of seasons, LA did give a lot that season in terms of their farm system. 9 players under the age of 20, all between 2-4* potential. They got back an ace, a very good middle reliever and over $10 million in cash, not to mention giving away equal salary. They turned Moran and Chou into valuable parts that help win a championship. I would say this trade was surely a win for the Bruins and depending on what a couple of the youngsters still in Reno's system, could very well end up being a win for them as well.
GO D-BAGS
Friday, May 31, 2013
Revisiting Old Trades; Part 1
With the commish dealing with personal issues and a lull in the league I thought I would create a new series revisiting some of the bigger trades we have seen in the league's past. After looking over some of the proposed trades to look at I have decided I want to focus on trades that happened AT LEAST 2 plus years ago. A lot of the big trades included prospects at the time and some might still be hard to analyze if they are still raw and haven't matured yet. Today we visit 2 trades. The first being between the Hendersonville Hitmen and the Quebec Les Capitales (Cleveland) and the Sacramento Mentalists (Los Cabos) and the Springdale Dynamos (Greenville).
Before I start I want to say I am using MY TEAM SCOUT for all historical scouting reports.
Trade 1:
3/2/2012 (5 years, 6 months ago): Hendersonville receives RF Luis Padilla, SP Mal Windham and $5M in cash from Quebec (Now Cleveland) in exchange for SP Carlos Arevalo, MR Tomomi Sanu, SP Jack Wolochow, and CF Jesus Carrillo.
Everyone knows 2012 was a different time and era for the BSA. Quebec finished with one of the worst records in the league in 2011, losing 106 games. Hendersonville won 109 games in 2011 after being ousted by surprise Long Beach who went on to win the championship.
To Hendersonville:
RF Luis Padilla - 21 years old. 2.5/4.5* 400K
SP Mal Windham - 24 years old. 3.5/4* 400K
$5,000,000 in cash
To Quebec:
SP Carlos Arevalo - 26 years old. 4/4* 1 year, $7.25M
MR Tomomo Sanu - 25 years old. 4/4* 1 year, $5.275M
SP Jack Wolochow - 27 years old. 1/1* Unknown
RF Jesus Carrillo - 29 years old. 1.5/1.5* 1 year, $1.7M
On the surface it looks like kind of a head scratcher for Quebec. They were by far the worse team, traded the 2 younger players both under team control AND gave $5 million dollars and took on 3 players who had just hit arbitration for the first time. While Padilla wasn't what he was today, nor did scouts have him as a monster prospect he still had the most talent in the deal. But like I said on the surface isn't always what "wins" the trade or gets the better end. Arevalo was coming off a very nice season for the Hitmen while Windham got quite shelled in his rookie season, even though it seems he was called up a little early having never played past AA ball before. Sanu was also one of the better relievers in 2011.
2011 stats:
Padilla: .337/.486/.590 83 AB, 5 HR, 17 RBI. (Rookie season)
Windham: 4-23, 6.62 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, 5.81 FIP, 115K, 105BB in 178 IP.
Arevalo: 14-10, 3.62 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 4.37 FIP, 184K, 70BB in 203.1 IP.
Sanu: 8-2, 1 save. 2.23 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 3.61 FIP, 81K, 27BB in 72.2 IP.
Wolochow: 2-3, 5.45 ERA, 1.56 ERA, 5.63 FIP, 58K, 34BB in 74.1 IP. (with OKL & SF)
Carrillo: .231/.315/.387. 186AB, 13 2B, 4 HR, 28 RBI, 24 SB.
On the surface HEN gets the young talented rookie slugger and a talented pitcher (ratings wise) while Quebec gets a quality starting pitcher, quality reliever, a 4th OF type and throw in Wolochow. The main part of the trade is my mind is the Hitmen lost almost 19M off their bottom line before the 2012 season where they would have a payroll of 123M, one of the largest we have ever seen in the league and lose $36M for the season. The money cut was well needed.
Let's see how they fared after the trade:
Padilla: 6 years, 139 HR, 516 RBI, .308/.408/.493 (Still on HEN)
Windham: 1 year, 10-9, 5.17 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 5.33 FIP (Traded to GRN)
Arevalo: 1 year, 4-11, 6.50 ERA, 1.64 ERA, 5.10 FIP, 98K, 54BB, in 106.2 IP (Traded back to HEN)
Sanu: 6 years, 22-10, 17 saves, 475 K, 407.5 IP, 3.27 ERA
Wolochow: 1 year, 1-2, 5.91 ERA, 1.64 ERA, 4.79 FIP, 19K, 13BB
Carrillo: 2 years, .180/.278/.281, 18 2B, 6 HR, 46 RBI, 20 SB (Released)
In the end, Padilla has been far and away the best player becoming one of the best all around bats in the league. At the time no one could have seen it coming. The only player of value ended up being Sanu for Cleveland who has been an above average reliever for the Monsters for 6 seasons now. SP Arevalo was traded back to Hendersonville 4 months later, where again Quebec gave up money...and a lot of it, $10 million in cash along with shut down bullpen arm Oliver Donahue in exchange for CF Ingo Backx and 2B Bryce Hester.
At the end of the season the trade ended up looking like this:
RF Luis Padilla
MR Oliver Donahue
SP Mal Windham
$15M in cash
MR Sanu
SP Wolochow
RF Carrillo
CF Backx
2B Hester
While Hester and Backx ended up being BSA players, one word for this debacle for Quebec was ouch.
Trade 2:
1/13/2012 (5 years, 8 months ago) Springdale (Now Greenville) receives LF Stan Hickman, SP Ron Eager, CF Augusto Grinaldo, SP Ramon Cruz, MR Jesus Salazar, C Carlos Martinez from Sacremento (Now Los Cabos) in exchange for RF Arturo Morin and MR Javier Martinez.
In 2011 both teams struggled finishing 3rd and 4th in their respective divisions. Stan Hickman had been picked with the 9th overall pick in the 2011 amateur draft and SP Eager was coming off a shaky sophomore year. At 31 years old Morin had a monster year in 2011 (and the last time he would get over over 350 AB) and had just signed a 3 year deal making an average of $12M per season. It was the simple case of trading good young players for at the time a superstar caliber player.
To Springdale:
LF Stan Hickman, 22 years old, 1/4*, MLC
SP Ron Eager, 22 years old, 4/4*, 1 year $8.5M
CF Augusto Grinaldo, 21 years old, 1.5/1.5*, MLC
SP Ramon Cruz, 27 years old, 1/1*, MLC
MR Jesus Salazar, 24 years old, 1.5/2.5*, MLC
C Carlos Martinez, 23 years old, 1/2.5*, MLC
To Sacramento:
RF Arturo Morin, 31 years old, 4.5/4.5*, 3 years, $12M per year.
MR Javier Martinez, 28 years old, 4.5/4.5*, 1 year, $5.32M
On the surface here Sacramento gets the superstar and a very good middle reliever coming off 2 very good seasons in a row, but pays the price taking on almost $10M dollars and giving up the two very valuable pieces in Hickman and Eager. Interesting at the time and 6 years later, still interesting to see how things turned out.
2011 stats:
Eager: 5-14, 5.15 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 4.65 FIP, 131K, 63BB, 173IP
Hickman, Grinaldo, Cruz, Salazar and Martinez had yet to see the Major League Club
Morin: .303/.412/.502, 30 2B, 28 HR, 123 RBI, 140 OPS+
Martinez: 5-3, 5 saves, 3.12 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 3.84 WHIP, 97K, 23BB, 89.1 IP
What's not to like about those numbers? A middle of the order hitter and a middle relief/set up man both at ages where they should be in their prime. Eager, 22 at the time, was probably pre maturing brought up to the majors and was taking his lumps and the rest were just young minor league players at that point.
Let's see how they fared after the trade:
Hickman: (5 years): .281/.378/.472, 80 HR, 298 RBI. (Still on team)
Eager: (4.5 years): 51-33, 4.08 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 518K , 248 BB, 696.9 IP (Traded to LA)
Grinaldo: (1.5 years): .260/.344/.379, 436 AB, 19 2B, 11 HR, 58 RBI ( Traded to STL)
Cruz: (1 year): 1-1, 7.04 ERA, 2.05 WHIP, 5.52 FIP, 30.2 IP (Released)
Salazar: (1 year): 1-2, 7.79 ERA, 1.85 WHIP, 6.72 FIP, 17.1 IP (Claimed on Waivers by ORL)
Martinez: Never played (Traded to MAU)
Morin: (4 years): .271/.359/.435, 38 HR, 192 RBI, 1135 AB (Retired)
Martinez: (2 years): 9-7, 29 saves, 3.55 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 160K, 46BB, 135.2IP (Traded to BAF)
What a direction this trade took! In the following 20 months after the trade, Morin missed 7+ with multiple injuries which ended up derailing his career. He never came close to matching the numbers he put up with Springdale and last played in 2015 hitting an abysmal .186 before retiring. Martinez was a quality closer for a year then was moved to middle relief before being sent to Baffin in a 9 player deal. He played 1 season there before retiring at the age of 33.
Looking at it from the view point of Sacramento, things could have been a lot worse. Hickman, while very talented, has also been ravaged with injuries, only seeing 400AB twice in his 5 year career, but still putting up solid numbers the last 3 years, is only 28 years old, and on a very team friendly contract. Eager had a solid run with Greenville before being traded to LA which netted them stud MR Hassan and current 23 year old catcher and ROY candidate Chris Moore which looks to be the real deal. Grinaldo and Martinez were both pieces in bigger deals that brought the 84's CF Perez and SP Manning. Cruz and Salazar were both basically fillers that never amounted to anything for Greenville.
This turned out to be quite the bust for Sacramento. Making the playoffs in 3 of Morin's 4 years with the team, if he could have stayed healthy who knows if LCC could have advanced further in the playoffs. Not only did it hurt by him not playing up to expectations, it seems to be the trade that keeps on giving for Greenville. Both players they traded are long retired and to show for it they have Stan Hickman in his prime, 23 year old stud Catcher Moore, 28 year old stud MR Hassan on their roster now and pieces that helped them getting Manning and Perez.
This is an example of the repercussions a trade can have when a group of young players are traded for a veteran trying to put a team over the top. If one of the players going to Springdale would have flopped and declined there were 5 more who could have made an impact. Morin's injuries and decline killed the deal for Sacramento and leaves LCC sitting here 5+ years later wondering what might have been.
GO D-BAGS
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