In-Season Trades and Transactions

[JD94]

15 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

Rays/Padres:

Rays: Dylan Lesko, Homer Bush, Jr and JD Gonzalez.

Padres: Jason Adam. 

The Rays will turn Lesko into prime Pedro but right now, that guy just can’t consistently throw strikes. Elite stuff, no control. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

They got Lesko in that trade?! Wtf is Hoyer waiting on, jump in the trade scene already

[Jason Ross]

7 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

They got Lesko in that trade?! Wtf is Hoyer waiting on, jump in the trade scene already

Take the name out of the equation for a moment. Lesko has been awful. He's walked 52 hitters in just under 70 innings at the high-A level. His fastball is sitting in the low 90's, so it's not a case of "he throws really hard but doesn't know where it's going". There's still something there, but it's not like the Rays just acquired a stud prospect. They got the equivalent of roughly Drew Gray's 2024. 

For the Rays it's a worthwhile gamble. You hope you can find the control and turn Lesko into a dude. But there's a reason the Padres gave up Lesko, too, so it's far less than a slam dunk return outside of knowing that two years ago Lesko was selected in the first round.

[Bertz]

[Tryptamine]

9 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Rumors had it the WSox really wanted Walker from the Cardinals, we'll see I guess.

[Tryptamine]

White Sox get Miguel Vargas from the Dodgers, what they get from the Cardinals still to come.

[WhyCantWeWin]

They got Vargas

[Tryptamine]

Dodgers also got Kopech along with Edman

[WhyCantWeWin]

Have to give credit to the sox, they suck but they were able to flip a cheap guy they signed into a great haul

[Tryptamine]

Flaherty just got scratched from his start.

[CubinNY]

The Dodgers got significantly better in one trade. 

[Tryptamine]

Waiting to see the foot drop on what prospect the Cardinals gave up to the WSox

[Tryptamine]

and there's the rest

 

[Tryptamine]

I don't know if I've ever seen a trade involve this many people before

 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Isnt that all from the dodgers? Did the cardinals give nothing up lol

[Tryptamine]

So as of now we have

LAD Gets Edman+Kopech

STL Gets Fedde+Pham

CHW Gets Vargas+Perez+Albertus+Miller

 

Cardinals prospects still coming

[Tryptamine]

So maybe the Cardinals aren't giving up anything else after all. I can't believe they got Fedde+Pham for Edman who hasn't even played a game this year and only has one more year of control.

[Eeyore]

Bleacher report says no Miller in the deal

[Tryptamine]

12 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

Bleacher report says no Miller in the deal

Something isn't right about this trade. CHW got completely hosed if there is not a big piece missing.

[KCCub]

1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

So maybe the Cardinals aren't giving up anything else after all. I can't believe they got Fedde+Pham for Edman who hasn't even played a game this year and only has one more year of control.

Idk, Edman is sneaky valuable with being a plus defender at SS and OF. Fedde also only has one year of control and Pham is a 36 year old rental with a 102 wRC+. Wouldn't be shocked to see Edman pushing 5 fWAR again for the Dodgers next season. 

[Tryptamine]

10 minutes ago, KCCub said:

Idk, Edman is sneaky valuable with being a plus defender at SS and OF. Fedde also only has one year of control and Pham is a 36 year old rental with a 102 wRC+. Wouldn't be shocked to see Edman pushing 5 fWAR again for the Dodgers next season. 

He's basically worse Nico, but with one standout year that had twice the defensive value of every other year.

[Eeyore]

13 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Something isn't right about this trade. CHW got completely hosed if there is not a big piece missing.

I agree.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10130044-mlb-rumors-erick-fedde-to-cardinals-tommy-edman-to-dodgers-in-3-team-trade-with-cws

[KCCub]

7 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

He's basically worse Nico, but with one standout year that had twice the defensive value of every other year.

And you're going to see his defensive value jump back up when the Dodgers use him at SS fulltime. We can revisit next year, but I think there's a good chance the Cardinals gave up the player who ends up being the most valuable. 

[Tryptamine]

It's not exactly the same, but this isn't all that far off from the Cubs trading Taillon+Leiter+Tauchmann. If Jed got the same return the WSox got, I would be so pissed off.

[JD94]