Latos, Morse to Dodgers

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Since we've had threads for all the larger trades...

 

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SO grateful this means Latos has no chance of becoming a Cub. He is the worst.

[davell]

Why in all of blue [expletive] is Gordo breaking a Dodgers/Marlins trade?

[Smack]

Why in all of blue [expletive] is Gordo breaking a Dodgers/Marlins trade?

 

Probably because the Cubs have been linked to Latos?

[rawaction]

Mean they're out on Hamels?

[ARCubsFan]

Bet Gordon has a connection with Ned Coletti still

[davell]

Mean they're out on Hamels?

 

Nah, they've been expected to get 2 starters. Everyone seems to think Hamels winds up in Texas though.

 

It needs to be mentioned how [expletive] broke this CBA is though. The poor Marlins selling off the 34th pick to the Dodgers is just pathetic. Basically to get them to take the Morse contract.

[Andy]

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[SouthSideRyan]

Mean they're out on Hamels?

 

Nah, they've been expected to get 2 starters. Everyone seems to think Hamels winds up in Texas though.

 

It needs to be mentioned how [expletive] broke this CBA is though. The poor Marlins selling off the 34th pick to the Dodgers is just pathetic. Basically to get them to take the Morse contract.

 

That's how [expletive] fucked up the Marlins are, not the CBA. Stealing money from everyone.

[jersey cubs fan]

Mean they're out on Hamels?

 

Nah, they've been expected to get 2 starters. Everyone seems to think Hamels winds up in Texas though.

 

It needs to be mentioned how [expletive] broke this CBA is though. The poor Marlins selling off the 34th pick to the Dodgers is just pathetic. Basically to get them to take the Morse contract.

How does that make for a broke CBA?

 

 

The Marlins will do anything for a buck.

[davell]

Eh, maybe so. Can't remember if it's just been them selling off comp picks in deals like that. Probably so though.

 

The fact this is now evidently a 3 team trade makes this extremely interesting. Comp picks can only be dealt one time, so it's conceivable that it just becomes part of a package for an impact SP for the Dodgers.

[davell]

Deal may be falling apart.

[sontensei]

Eh, maybe so. Can't remember if it's just been them selling off comp picks in deals like that. Probably so though.

 

The fact this is now evidently a 3 team trade makes this extremely interesting. Comp picks can only be dealt one time, so it's conceivable that it just becomes part of a package for an impact SP for the Dodgers.

 

yeah maybe the mets are involved?!

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[davell]

This appears to be a major trade, as they're getting a young SP that's heading straight to the Dodgers rotation.......Miller, Wood, or Teheran?

[BrockLanders]

Looks like Alex Wood.

[davell]

Wow. So Morse and the comp pick are heading to Atlanta. Wood, Latos, and Jim Johnson to the Dodgers.

[Guest]

If the Braves really gave up Wood for Morse and a pick I just don't get it. Am I missing something on Wood? He looks good and cheap and under control for the next four years.

[davell]

LOL, Dodgers also getting Jose Peraza.

 

 

Meanwhile the Astros are making strides with the Padres.

 

While the only guy we've been connected to tonight so far is Kennedy.

[davell]

If the Braves really gave up Wood for Morse and a pick I just don't get it. Am I missing something on Wood? He looks good and cheap and under control for the next four years.

 

Well, no one thinks Wood will stay healthy over the long haul. But there's definitely much more coming back in a deal like this.

[sneakypower]

Looks like Alex Wood.

what the [expletive]

 

Puig?

[davell]

The Dodgers appear to be trading them Hector Olivera. Damn near the equivalent of a sign and trade, since he's yet to play in the majors and hurt himself twice since being signed as it is.

 

They gave him a 28 mill signing bonus, which I'm assuming they're eating. He got 62.5 over 6 to begin with.

 

Why in the [expletive] can't we have our own Mark Walter?

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Fake bruh.

[toonsterwu]

I absolutely don't get this trade for the Marlins, and I don't love it for the Braves. This deal makes a ton of sense for the Dodgers, and I'm not sure how they walk into trades like this. Sort of feels like how Mike Rizzo walked into a trade for Joe Ross/Trea Turner for Steven Souza Jr.

 

I get Latos has his warts - injuries, supposed clubhouse issues iirc, and so forth ... but he's still a quality arm and that's all the Marlins got for him? I mean, I think they probably could've packaged the comp pick with Morse to any team and gotten a lot of teams to bite if they simply wanted to shed salary. Those three prospects, on paper, look very pedestrian, even accounting for the fact that it's a rental.

 

I get the Braves motivation, I guess, but I don't like it. They are really buying on a 30 year old Olivera. I wouldn't be surprised if they valued the Comp pick as much as Olivera, since they are looking to the future. Bird is an intriguing arm as well, I guess, and Paco Rodriguez, if healthy, could slot in the pen. Still, they gave up a quality young MI prospect in Peraza, a good young, cost-controlled arm in Alex Wood, and two solid pen arms in Johnson/Avilan. Johnson might've been one of the better arms available on the market for the pen. It looks like Wood's taken a step back, but for a young, cost-controlled arm that showed as well as did in the past, even accounting for some concerns about him long term, I don't like it. I get it, though.

 

Love the deal for the Dodgers. Maybe it doesn't pan out, but they shored up the pen, shored up the rotation, adding a quality young talent at the cost of two veterans that weren't necessarily going to fit into the long term outlook (or, in Rodriguez's case, weren't necessary for the long term outlook), and 4 young arms, none of them looking like surefire bets. They basically got a better overall talent in Peraza, and if they decide to go all-in on this year, they are better suited now to go after Price (or someone else) without giving up Seagar or Urias. Just a quality deal for them, IMO.