MLB Trade Rumors

08 May 2020 19:39:17
Yankees Offseason


Let Brett Gardner and J.A. Happ Walk


Trades

Trade #1

Indians get Luke Voit, Jonothan Loaisiga, Jonathan Holder, Deivi Garcia, Clint Frazier, Estevan Florial, and Anthony Volpe

Yankees get Francisco Lindor and Brad Hand


Trade #2

Rockies get Gio Urshela, Clarke Schmidt, Mike King, Lucas Gil, and Luis Medina

Yankees get Nolan Arenado


Free Agency

Resign D.J. LeMahieu for 3 years and $60 million

Resign James Paxton for 4 years and $80 million

Resign Masahiro Tanaka for 2 years and $30 million

Resign Tommy Kanhle for 3 years and $27 million


Roster

Lineup

SS Lindor
RF Judge
2B Torres
3B Arenado
LF Stanton
C Sanchez
DH Andujar
CF Hicks
1B LeMahieu

Bench

C Higashioka
1B Ford
IF Wade
IF Estrada
OF Tauchman

Rotation

Cole
Severino
Paxton
Tanaka
Montgomery

Bullpen

German (Swingman)
Green (Opener/Middle Reliever)
Kanhle (Middle Reliever)
Ottavino (Middle Reliever)
Britton (7th Inning Setup Man)
Hand (8th Inning Setup Man)
Chapman (Closer)

10 May 2020 15:09:27
Another delusional Spankee fan. Believe every team will give up superstars for marginal talent at best.

12 May 2020 02:12:53
ignore the poster, he will just keep posting this same thing over and over again, he's been doing it for years.

21 May 2020 12:43:23
Brad Hand and Francisco Lindor will both be in the last full year of control. Lindor for his ARB III is projected above $ 25 MM. Brad Hand has a club option for $ 10 MM ($ 1 MM buy out) . This addition to the yankee payroll. $ 35 MM, would warrant good, not elite talent. The guys chosen. could vary. Deivi Garcia is a little guy who doesn't fit with the kind of hurler the indians typically covet, so he could be replaced. The indians expressed their interest in Clint Frazier by trading him, so he could be replaced. Estevan Florial is an interesting prospect that ran face first into the wall when facing advanced minor league pitching. The Indians have several guys just like him. they don't need more. So. three of the six guys may not work for the Indians.

The other guys in this deal would be serviceable for the Tribe. So, we'd start with Volpe, Voit and Loaisiga. Add a pair of "better" prospects in Kevin Alcantara and Antonio Gomez, while "throwing in" and Miguel Andujar and call it a done deal.

and make no mistake. the Yankees are not the only game in town when it comes to receiving Frankie Lindor, even for a single season in return.

12 Feb 2020 20:23:55
COL- Nick Madrigal, Michael Kopech and Dane Dunning
CHW- Nolan Arenado


CF) Luis Robert
SS) Tim Anderson
3B) Nolan Arenado
1B) Jose Abreu
DH) Edwin Encarnacion
LF) Eloy Jiminez
2B) Yoan Moncada
C) Yasmani Grandal
RF) Nomar Mazara

SP) Lucas Giolito
SP) Dallas Kuechel
SP) Reynaldo Lopez
SP) Gio Gonzalez
SP) Dylan Cease

10 Feb 2020 03:42:47
The Mookie + Price and Ca$h deal seems to be stalled.. The structure of the deal originally reported that the Dodgers traded Maeda to the Twins for Graterol. Graterol was then flipped to the Red Sox along with Verdugo to complete the deal. Turns out, the LAD / Red Sox deal had the Red Sox doing the flipping of Maeda to the Twins.. not the LAD's. The Red Sox can now deal Maeda to the Twins for Graterol plus a top 10 from the Twins farm system while keeping Graterol in the deal or the Twins will give up a prospect from 11-20 along with Graterol for Maeda.

So, Boston holds the reigns on what's going to happen.. They can accept the original deal (unlikely) or the Twins can add a prospect:

Boston's 1st choice for the additional prospect = Jhoan Duran

Twins' choise for the additional prospect = Jorge Alcala

or the Red Sox will trade Maeda to a team like the Atlanta Braves:

Boston gets Kyle Muller and William Contreras

Atlanta gets Kenta Maeda

Making the Dodgers/Red Sox deal complete..

Thoughts?.

05 Feb 2020 02:04:15
Just posting this for posterity sake:

Dodgers:
Betts
Price
Cash

Red Sox:
Verdugo
Graterol

Twins:
Maeda

My goodness, what an absolute haul for Boston. 12 years of team control (for 2 50+ FV players) for a horrible contract in Price and a rental of Betts.

Red Sox not having to take on a bad contract was a big key. And getting legitimately good young players was even better.

05 Feb 2020 23:29:54
Good trade overall since the primary objective was to shed payroll. I still think the Red Sox could've gotten more. Verdugo is a great pick up and a future all star. Only time will tell on how this trade works out.

06 Feb 2020 14:21:30
It's hilarious that my presence is spawning troll accounts. It was a valiant attempt, Insider27. Really good attempt, but not quite close enough.

Try again a little bit harder next time.

06 Feb 2020 14:30:32
The amount of nonsense about "top 100 prospect lists" is pretty silly. Those lists are compiled by people who don't work for MLB front offices. We don't know where the Red Sox would rank Graterol.

Also, don't forget that Mookie Betts is a rental who is almost all but a sure thing to test free agency. Teams aren't giving up the laughably absurd packages this site has suggested for just one year of him and no guarantee he'll sign an extension (he won't sign an extension) .

Until we know how much money they are sending to LA, we know they shaved over 100M in total dollars, and nearly 50M just for 2020 alone. They got 2 MLB-ready youngsters out of the deal, that's 12 years of service time in exchange for 100M in salary (including a rental) .

I'm not sure what people honestly think the Red Sox could have gotten in return, but they are delusional if they think it's more than this.

11 Feb 2020 15:52:52
Sorry Thestatbook, you assumed wrong. I just got back from Las Vegas so you might have to search for a different Troll. As for your post, I actually agree with you. I don't see why Bloom is taking so much heat for the return. Price had an awful contract and Betts made it clear he wanted to test FA. To grab two solid guys in Verdugo and Downs, they now can use their flexibility to sign Devers and Benetendi to long term deals.