Trade Deadline News

[old nurse]

7 hours ago, Danchat said:

I am very confused by the Brewers shipping out Hader now... if they were going to move him, why not do it a year ago when the return would have been bigger? Now they're going into their playoff run without their stud closer? I get that Rogers and Lamet have high rebound value... but I wouldn't be happy to be a Brewers fan.

Hader had a bad month. Maybe they think it is the downturn time 

[Danchat]

Robbie Grossman to the Braves, trying to mimic their 2021 deadline moves, perhaps?

1 hour ago, old nurse said:

Hader had a bad month. Maybe they think it is the downturn time

Rogers had a worse month!

[ashbury]

1 hour ago, old nurse said:

Hader had a bad month.

15 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Rogers had a worse month!

Emilio Pagan had an even wo-... wait, his ERA in July was 3.48. 

[whosafraidofluigirussolo]

Jake Odorizzi and Will Smith swap between Houston and Atlanta:
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/braves-astros-to-swap-will-smith-for-jake-odorizzi.html

[old nurse]

8 hours ago, ashbury said:

Emilio Pagan had an even wo-... wait, his ERA in July was 3.48. 

The ERA stays low when they are the other pitcher’s base runners 

[mnfireman]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/orioles-trade-jorge-lopez-twins-closer.html

[old nurse]

43 minutes ago, mnfireman said:

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/orioles-trade-jorge-lopez-twins-closer.html

Treade the prospect before they become a suspect. Cano gives them a 40 man spot. This is a great trade. 

[Puckett34]

Soto a Padre

[Vanimal46]

 

[nicksaviking]

8 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

 

Groshans is basically Austin Martin. Big names mostly due to draft position and a sketchy ability to play SS. Neither has any power and both are struggling this year. I'd have done that trade for two controllable relievers.

Though this might be the first time I've heard about Zach Pop.

[Vanimal46]

 

[cmoss84]

Hosmer to Red Sox

[Cap'n Piranha]

15 minutes ago, cmoss84 said:

Hosmer to Red Sox

And according to MLBTR, the Padres are paying most of his salary.  If true, this makes no sense to me, unless they literally just don't want Hosmer on the team under any circumstances.

[Danchat]

 

[nicksaviking]

Jeurys Familia was dumped? Color me interested.

He's got a .408 BABIP this year. That doesn't seem sustainable.

[Vanimal46]

Old friend Brent Rooker traded to the Royals 

[Brandon]

On 8/1/2022 at 10:31 AM, nicksaviking said:

Wow. Rogers and Lamet seem like damaged goods and the two minor leaguers they got have never been top 100 players on any prospect list.

 

This is eerily similar to the Paddack / Pagan for Rogers trade

[rwilfong86]

I’m actually quite surprised they made some solid moves. I didn’t expect them to add a starter and 2 relievers.

[nicksaviking]

Jordan Montgomery for Harrison Bader.

Too bad the Twins OF got so beat up; I’d have done that for Kepler if Kirilloff/Larnach were playing.

[weitz41]

One thing I wonder about is if we all think about is if these trades are getting players closer to playing in the big leagues. Today we traded a bunch of 2nd base and 3rd base prospects. A few pitchers also. The league minimum is likely life changing amount of $ for them and many others. Maybe we lost a couple of all-stars today...But their families just gained a couple. I'm just trying to say I hope we gained as great of players to root for as we've lost. Best of luck to the new Twins and to the guys I'm sure we'll talk about in the future.

[stringer bell]

I'm kind of surprised about who didn't get traded. How are Contreras and Happ still with the Cubs? The D-Backs All-Star Mantiply also comes to mind as someone who should have been moved. What are the Nats going to do with Nelson Cruz? 

The Braves added Jake Odorizzi, Robby Grossman and Ehire Adrianza--wow an ex-Twins trifecta!

[Mike Sixel]

3 hours ago, stringer bell said:

I'm kind of surprised about who didn't get traded. How are Contreras and Happ still with the Cubs? The D-Backs All-Star Mantiply also comes to mind as someone who should have been moved. What are the Nats going to do with Nelson Cruz? 

The Braves added Jake Odorizzi, Robby Grossman and Ehire Adrianza--wow an ex-Twins trifecta!

I'm not sure what the Cubs are doing, but I'd bet a lot Contreras gets a qualifying offer. Imo, it's better to trade guys than get another pick, but I'm no GM.

[nicksaviking]

3 hours ago, stringer bell said:

I'm kind of surprised about who didn't get traded. How are Contreras and Happ still with the Cubs? The D-Backs All-Star Mantiply also comes to mind as someone who should have been moved. What are the Nats going to do with Nelson Cruz? 

The Braves added Jake Odorizzi, Robby Grossman and Ehire Adrianza--wow an ex-Twins trifecta!

Yeah, the Cubs were a weird team. You'd have to think their asking prices were just too high, although I don't think the return they got for Robertson was very good. 

Happ is still under contract for next year, but I think we saw around the league, that rental players aren't fetching as much as they used to, it's better to move them when there's still a year and a half of control left.

Knowing that Contreras is staying, it seems weird that they didn't at least trade Yan Gomes. Multiple back up catchers went, but he might have been better than all of them.