Jays Trade Deadline Thread

[Stoneyen]

Would much, much prefer a few lotto tickets in the low minors to another replacement level 2B

[Boxcar]

Ugh.

 

I'm a Shatkins fan, but they struck out on this one. Hopefully Drury becomes as good as some in this thread think he can be.

 

I don't think him being average is such a huge thing to ask for.

[Terminator]

We just traded for younger versions of Yangervis Solarte and Dwight Smith Jr. What a dud of a trade.

[THANOS]

WTF Shatkins? This is a terrible return.. I could be wrong, but would guys like Medina, Contreras and Garcia not be within asking price instead?

[Terminator]

Your dumn

 

No u

[King]

I heard Drurys trackman readouts were nuts after being developed by NYY dev guys.

[Jonn]

Dammit I thought we were getting Erik Swanson as a second or third piece.

 

Drury I guess will be playing a lot of LF because we currently have no place for him on the infield. Unless this means they are moving Solarte.

[GeorgiaPeach]

Whats up with Schmidt? Thrown 14 innings since being drafted 16th overall.

 

Had TJS and was recovering.

[Brownie19]

WTF Shatkins? This is a terrible return.. I could be wrong, but would guys like Medina, Contreras and Garcia not be within asking price instead?

 

How in the f*** would anyone on here know? How do you judge when you literally know absolutely nothing about the options?

[Jonn]

We just traded for younger versions of Yangervis Solarte and Dwight Smith Jr. What a dud of a trade.

 

My thoughts exactly lol.

[LGBJ29]

He wasn’t a high draft pick or overly promising prospect ever. Him being AAAA fodder isn’t labeling him a bust. He is pretty much living up to his expectations, which aren’t high.

 

He was a Dbacks #3 prospect at one point

[Brownie19]

He’s AAAA fodder at best.

 

So today we landed Drury, McKinney and a new, below average troll. Great.

[Krylian]

I like the Oh trade better than this one. Oh well.

[Stoneyen]

Drury has been a bad fielder everywhere he's played: 2B, 3B, LF, RF.

 

He projects for a 92 wRC+.

 

He's Devon Travis and Solarte, but worse in basically every category.

[Pendleton]

Feels like a safe and unexciting return unless they have reason to really believe Drury has break out upside remaining in his bat.

 

I get that we weren't going to pull a top prospect, but it's tough to not come away with any of those high upside arms who could really come back to salt their onions down the line.

[Boxcar]

I think we have been expecting too much from a Happ trade, myself included. All things considered, though, this seems like a pretty decent deal. I guess if you're a dummy that doesn't like looking at underlying stats this trade sucks so you know...keep hating it I guess.

[TheRustler]

So today we landed Drury, McKinney and a new, below average troll. Great.

 

I’m a troll because Brandon Drury doesn’t get me hard? f*** off.

[Stoneyen]

I think we have been expecting too much from a Happ trade, myself included. All things considered, though, this seems like a pretty decent deal. I guess if you're a dummy that doesn't like looking at underlying stats this trade sucks so you know...keep hating it I guess.

 

What underlying stats are you looking at that says Drury is anything more than a replacement level utility guy. Serious question

[Boxcar]

So today we landed Drury, McKinney and a new, below average troll. Great.

 

Don't forget Wall and Spanberger

[Terminator]

Drury isn't a terrible player, maybe he becomes a league average guy. But how is he any better than (a) what we already have in Solarte, Travis, Diaz, etc. or ( a player we could acquire via a small signing or trade in the offseason?

 

This doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

[Brownie19]

I’m a troll because Brandon Drury doesn’t get me hard? f*** off.

 

As I said - below average.

[Terminator]

I think we have been expecting too much from a Happ trade, myself included. All things considered, though, this seems like a pretty decent deal. I guess if you're a dummy that doesn't like looking at underlying stats this trade sucks so you know...keep hating it I guess.

 

What underlying stats are you looking at that Steamer isn't?

[TheRustler]

As I said - below average.

 

You’ve got absolutely nothing.

[Boxcar]

What underlying stats are you looking at that says Drury is anything more than a replacement level utility guy. Serious question

 

- hits ball hard

- hits ball in the air

- acceptable walk and strikeout rates

- given the mixed bag of results, too early to write him off as a s***** defender

 

It's not a stretch to believe he could be a average or even slightly above average player with proper coaching. It seems the Yankees have helped him be more selective at the plate as well.

[LGBJ29]

What underlying stats are you looking at that says Drury is anything more than a replacement level utility guy. Serious question

 

He's hit at every level of the minors. His peripherals are good and he's only 25 with 3 years of control at a cheap price.

 

initially I was underwhelmed when I looked at his surface stats, but I dont understand how people can look deep into his numbers and scouting profile and say he's truly awful. What in his numbers suggests he is truly a terrible baseball player? That seems to be more disappointment in the return rather than fair evaluation of the player.

[Daniel Labude]

Awesome we traded for Solarte 2.0

 

Now we have Solarte, Drury, Gurriel, Travis, Diaz, Urena, Bo, VLADITO, Biggio, Smith, etc....all probably within 1-2 years of being here. Plus we should have signed Donaldson if we were not trading him...yeah we are headed in the right direction lol

I'm sure I missed a few as well

[Stoneyen]

What underlying stats are you looking at that Steamer isn't?

 

Exactly. The "value" of this return lies in a replacement level guy having a sudden breakout at age 26, and becoming an average player. Its not like we desperately need more IF depth.

[TheRustler]

Really hope the Jays hang on to Osuna until he can rebuild his trade value at least.

 

Seems to be a buyers market.

[Jonn]

I just can't fap to this deal at all.

 

[Boxcar]

What underlying stats are you looking at that Steamer isn't?

 

What was Aaron Judge's steamer projection for his first season again? Was it a 180 wRC+?

 

Drury is clearly still developing and everything is trending in the right direction. Sometimes players really do benefit bigly from better coaching.

 

Unless you think Arizona is a better org than the Yanks for that sort of thing. You know, given how interesting the Yankees farm system is despite the fact that they almost always pick at the back of the draft.