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[glory]

So if that's the price of a rental the Jays are getting s*** all. Not even sure Bautista would get salary relief at this point.

 

Was any team going to trade a good prospect for Bautista anyway? He makes $18mm, average at best offensively now, bad base runner, bad defence, bad reputation around the league (whether we like it or not). Not exactly desirable. Estrada and Liriano s***ing the bed hurts a lot more.

[burlingtonbandit]

Was any team going to trade a good prospect for Bautista anyway? He makes $18mm, average at best offensively now, bad base runner, bad defence, bad reputation around the league (whether we like it or not). Not exactly desirable. Estrada and Liriano s***ing the bed hurts a lot more.

 

Yeah hell they might as well just hold on to Estrada and Liriano. Funny that Smith probably returns more than the other 3 combined.

[L54]

Sounds like Frazier is on his way out of Chicago

[Orgfiller]

Yeah hell they might as well just hold on to Estrada and Liriano. Funny that Smith probably returns more than the other 3 combined.

 

After what Doolittle and Madson returned, that's no guarantee either.

[Angrioter]

Sounds like Frazier is on his way out of Chicago

 

Devers?... Please

[Spanky__99]

Sounds like Frazier is on his way out of Chicago

 

Yup, pulled from the line-up and was hugging team-mates. Likely the Bosox.

[L54]

Devers?... Please

 

Dave is dumn but not that dumn

[Grant77]

Frazier, Robertson, and Kahnle go to the Yankees. I'm intrigued to see who goes back. The Yankees have a lot of depth.

[Slade]

 

I really want to see what the sox got from the yankees.

[jays4life19]

holy s***.

[P2F]

[Jonn]

With 13 days until the deadline how do the Tigers pull the trigger on that deal. My goodness just awful. Take it down to the wire. Just goes to show you why you should trade players with another year of control instead of waiting until their final year.

[Orgfiller]

I hope the Yankees gave up a lot because this trade doesn't seem to make a lot of sense for them. Frazier is barely an improvement over Headley if he's playing third, and a terrible option if he's playing first, and the Yankees already have one of the best bullpens in the league so adding two - albeit excellent - relievers is overkill and is going to experience diminished returns.

[BTS]

So the D'Backs basically get JD Martinez for free?

[P2F]

So the D'Backs basically get JD Martinez for free?

 

I can't, for the life of me, understand this trade. Even as a rental player, there's just no way the Tigers should have accepted anything less than a return involving at least one - if not two - truly impact prospect(s) for JD Martinez.

 

Al Avila is dumn.

[Spanky__99]

I hope the Yankees gave up a lot because this trade doesn't seem to make a lot of sense for them. Frazier is barely an improvement over Headley if he's playing third, and a terrible option if he's playing first, and the Yankees already have one of the best bullpens in the league so adding two - albeit excellent - relievers is overkill and is going to experience diminished returns.

 

Agreed, 100%. Don't get it at all.

[Slade]

So the D'Backs basically get JD Martinez for free?

 

Pretty much that is a horrendous trade with 13 days left.

[John_Havok]

Pretty much that is a horrendous trade with 13 days left.

 

That's a horrendous trade anytime. I don't get it.

[John_Havok]

I hope the Yankees gave up a lot because this trade doesn't seem to make a lot of sense for them. Frazier is barely an improvement over Headley if he's playing third, and a terrible option if he's playing first, and the Yankees already have one of the best bullpens in the league so adding two - albeit excellent - relievers is overkill and is going to experience diminished returns.

 

Frazier is sporting like a .210 babip, whIle, posting really good contact, walk and K rates. And even his pedestrian line is an improvement from what the Yankees have received from their 1b this season. Frazier could be a monster in the second half if his babip regressed to his career avg.

[Orgfiller]

Frazier is sporting like a .210 babip, whIle, posting really good contact, walk and K rates. And even his pedestrian line is an improvement from what the Yankees have received from their 1b this season. Frazier could be a monster in the second half if his babip regressed to his career avg.

 

He also did that last year. I think he decided to completely sell out for power which raised his IFBB rate a ton. I agree that he's likely suffered from bad luck, but projections have him settling in around a .260 BABIP while providing basically the exact same offensive output.

[P2F]

The timing of this article by Jeff Sullivan from earlier today is impeccable:

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-w...or-trade-chip/

[P2F]

Edited July 19, 2017 by P2F

[Ray]

White Sox over the past week have added Eloy Jimanez, Dylan Cease, and Blake Rutherford to a farm that already included Yoan Moncada, Michael Kopech, and Luis Robert. Pretty insane.

[Orgfiller]

Good stuff from the White Sox.

[John_Havok]

Harper hits a solo HR in the 1st, answered by Trout with a solo job of his own in the bottom.

 

What a series that would be to watch.

[P2F]

Harper hits a solo HR in the 1st, answered by Trout with a solo job of his own in the bottom.

 

What a series that would be to watch.

 

Angels feed:

 

http://www.sportshd.me/mlb/491507/h

[John_Havok]

Angels feed:

 

http://www.sportshd.me/mlb/491507/h

 

f***ing jays broadcast just stole my material.

[Ray]

[John_Havok]

 

7 in the top 36 is a bit of a reach, but it's just 1 list

[burlingtonbandit]

Seems like a pretty light package from the Yanks. So far 2 of the 3 deadline deals have really favoured the buyers.