Jays acquire Joaquin Benoit from Mariners for Drew Storen + Cash

[King]

Ryan Divish ‏@RyanDivish 11s12 seconds ago

Benoit traded to the Blue Jays for Drew Storen and cash

[Lil Looper]

Hes having a bad year but his past numbers were always top notch

 

this is good

[Slade]

Man that announcement came at the perfect timing. Can't hate on the move, hopefully it turns out like Grilli.

[gbill2004]

What's the salary difference?

[eastcoastjaysfan]

Still striking out a ton. I like it.

[L54]

Happy Birthday Joaquin!

[King]

Drew Storen era is over.

[CJ-Freeway]

Hmmm can't be worse than Storen

[dineke]

Hes having a bad year but his past numbers were always top notch

 

this is good

 

so exactly like drew storen?

[Laika]

Man that announcement came at the perfect timing. Can't hate on the move, hopefully it turns out like Grilli.

 

It smells so much like the Grilli trade.

 

Interesting.

 

Benoit is still throwing as hard as ever. He has a long track record of being quite good.

 

Just seems like a random BB spike in 24 innings this year.

[Terminator]

What's the salary difference?

 

Storen is 8.4 and Benoit is 8.

[2lowitzki]

Great trade.. Benoit is better..

[gbill2004]

Storen is 8.4 and Benoit is 8.

Thanks so no savings.

[closetjaysfan]

Some more exp for the bullpen. Wish he was LHP but cant do worse than Storen

[Inklink]

Didn't the Jays completely destroy him in Detroit a couple of years ago. That's my foremost memory of Benoit.

[fatcowxlive]

Wow we probably got as much cash to offset Storens salary which would be damn good

 

This looks like Grilli A LOT. Great success before, high K#s and for some reason high BB#...

 

How has his velo been?

[Laika]

Shatkins is so refreshing.

 

So many shrewd little moves.

[Grant77]

I think a guy to target is Joaquin Benoit. He's a lot like Grilli, a veteran that maintained his velocity and K's, but saw a spike in his walks. We could probably get him for salary relief.

 

Posted in general discussion last week.

[Captain Adama]

Didn't the Jays completely destroy him in Detroit a couple of years ago. That's my foremost memory of Benoit.

 

Gave up game tying GS to Papi in 2013 CS.

 

He's a choker under pressure. s*** trade.

[BTS]

Real life challenge trade!

[King]

Posted in general discussion last week.

Nice call, Grant.

[Inklink]

Shatkins only trades with visiting teams.

[BTS]

Posted in general discussion last week.

 

Congratulations.

[GreekFatAss]

Might as well plug him at the back of the pecking order and see if he can pull a Grilli. At least he still throws hard right?

[Pendleton]

Wow we probably got as much cash to offset Storens salary which would be damn good

 

This looks like Grilli A LOT. Great success before, high K#s and for some reason high BB#...

 

How has his velo been?

 

Still averaging 94.5 with his fastball

[L54]

Wow we probably got as much cash to offset Storens salary which would be damn good

 

This looks like Grilli A LOT. Great success before, high K#s and for some reason high BB#...

 

How has his velo been?

 

Benoit is still throwing as hard as ever. He has a long track record of being quite good.

 

Averaging 94.1 averaged 94.2 last year

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1437&position=P#pitchtype

[KingKat]

Thanks so no savings.

 

No but when you DFA a guy, you have to be pretty happy just to not be taking a loss. This is a worthwhile swap. I'd rather give the 8 million to the guy with the K/9 over 10.

[Brownie19]

Wow. I like this. Why not?

[King]

I like it though. Seems like he's a command tweak away from being good again - or he's still good and the BB spike is just random variance (entirely possible).

 

Could really go either way though. Storen could be good again. Benoit could be good again. Just a good trade for both teams.

[glory]

Grilli part 2.

 

Benoit's velocity is right where it normally is. His struggles in 2016 could just be a small sample size, whereas Storen lost mph on his FB and was giving up a s*** ton more hard contact than he ever had before.

 

Lateral move, but might be an upgrade.