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The D-back side of the trade. https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/gabriel-moreno-lourdes-gurriel-jr-traded-to-d-backs D-backs get Moreno, Gurriel Jr., send Varsho to Toronto PHOENIX -- When he attended the General Managers Meetings in early November, one of the first people D-backs GM Mike Hazen met with was his Blue Jays counterpart, Ross Atkins. The D-backs, Hazen told Atkins, were interested acquiring one of Toronto's catchers, while the Blue Jays wanted to talk about Arizona's surplus of outfielders. With Daulton Varsho, Alek Thomas, Jake McCarthy and Corbin Carroll, the D-backs had four young left-handed-hitting outfielders, and there had been chatter since the final month of the season about how they would alleviate the logjam. The two sides circled each other for six weeks afterwards to find just the right combination of players before finally agreeing Friday on a trade that sent Varsho to Toronto in exchange for catcher Gabriel Moreno and outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. TRADE DETAILS D-backs get: C Gabriel Moreno, OF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Blue Jays get: OF Daulton Varsho With one fell swoop, the D-backs filled their need for another catcher as well as adding two right-handed bats to a lineup that was left-handed heavy. In Moreno, the D-backs are getting one of the best rising stars in baseball. He was ranked as the Jays' No. 1 prospect and No. 4 in the sport when he was called up to the big leagues in June, before he graduated out of MLB Pipeline's prospects list. "We think he has the ability to be an impact catcher behind the plate, offensively and defensively," Hazen said. "He can throw the ball really well. I know some of his receiving stuff, we need to continue to work through and improve. We feel like he’s going to be a really good blocker. He’s a really good hitter. He’s always been a good hitter. He’s hit since the day he came into baseball. I think that’s the reason people think as highly as they do. He has the ability to get on base. He makes contact. He has a great two-strike approach. He’s just a really good hitter." Moreno, 22, will not be eligible for salary arbitration until 2026 and cannot become a free agent for another six seasons. The acquisition of Moreno does not spell the end of Carson Kelly's time in Arizona. The D-backs view Kelly's presence as a way to ease Moreno's transition to the big leagues. While regarded as one of the best prospects in the game, Moreno has just 73 plate appearances in the Majors. As for Gurriel, he's hit .285 in five years with Toronto, including two 20-homer seasons. Gurriel has played primarily left field for the Blue Jays. He played some first base the past couple of seasons as well, and earlier in his career he played 46 games at shortstop and 33 at second base. For right now, the D-backs see him as an outfielder, but Hazen did not rule out talking to Gurriel, who will be a free agent at season's end, at some point to gauge his comfort level playing in the infield. "He’s always been a very good hitter," Hazen said. "We’re excited to add this guy into our lineup. We think he has a chance to be one of our better hitters." While the D-backs were excited about what they acquired, they were equally anguished by what they had to give up. Varsho was not only an elite defender and above-average hitter, but he was also extremely popular with his teammates. With that in mind, the D-backs baseball operations staff took the step of calling a number of key players to explain to them the thinking behind the move. "I think they just had questions about what was our thought process behind what we were trying to do," Hazen said. "Explaining our valuations of the players that we acquired. I think in Daulton’s case, because he had the most tenure of that group, I think a little more explanation was needed, frankly. I don’t blame them for wanting more explanation for that. I don’t ask them to blindly trust us. Trust is earned and frankly over the last couple of years I haven't really done that. But we have a fairly robust thought process behind what we are doing and why we’re trying to get where we’re going."

Varsho Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKiUZNnHIko

Last year we had the top catching tandem in baseball, We took Gabby and got a 4.6 War CF/C without even changing our teams look. Im a " prospect Hugger' and dont like trading them away But if one had to go between Gabby and Ricky....I would choose Gabby.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Jays may have said if you get Moreno, you have to take LGJ. So Im ok with losing LGJ. Im not happy about losing Gabby but excited to see our new OF defence also glad Ricky wasnt involved.

Fans can expect to see considerable changes to the 33-year-old stadium come next April, Shapiro said during a news conference Thursday. This will include a new outfield fence line that aims to provide new angles to the game. "t will not be a symmetrical outfield fence — there will be some uniqueness to both the height of the outfield fence throughout the outfield and the dimensions," he said, adding that the details will not be revealed just yet, but the coming alterations will keep pitcher-hitter fairness in mind. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/blue-jays-rogers-centre-renovations-1.6534114

Not sure who this was meant for but this would fit well in almost all of the threads

I find it funny that out of all the owners, its the Yankees being quoted. https://www.thescore.com/news/252402...i3dllWxzwUaEQM Report: MLB owners concerned about Cohen's big spending Tom Ruminski 15h ago Mary DeCicco / Getty FLUSHING, - APRIL 15: New York Mets owner Steve Cohen speaks to the crowd during the Tom Seaver Statue Dedication at Citi Field on Friday, April 15, 2022 in Flushing, NY. Multiple MLB owners are worried after New York Mets owner Steve Cohen went on an unprecedented shopping spree in free agency this offseason, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Some owners are reportedly concerned they won't be able to compete for players and, inevitably, in games. Other owners were fine with Cohen signing Edwin Diaz, Brandon Nimmo, and Justin Verlander but thought landing Carlos Correa was "over the top," sources told Heyman. New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said Wednesday that Cohen's spending was something that had to be "looked at" after the latter dished out over $800 million to free agents. The Mets' total payroll for 2023 currently stands at around $500 million, which includes a luxury-tax penalty of over $100 million. Meanwhile, the Yankees have the second-highest projected payroll in baseball but are still 33% behind their crosstown rivals, notes Heyman. Cohen is by far the wealthiest MLB owner, with an estimated net worth of $17.4 billion.

Dodgers won’t have to pay him for the first 50 games of the season, but they’ll remain on the hook for the rest of his $32MM salary. He’ll still be owed approximately $22.12MM after accounting for his docked pay. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/trevor-bauers-suspension-reduced-to-194-games-bauer-reinstated-effective-immediately.html

So Yankees get Reynolds AND Bednar Orioles get Burnes Rangers get Lopez and we get Verdugo? BS.... I honestly dont see them trading Verdugo because he was the main piece for Mookie. But Like Danger says, if they add Houck (which they won't) I would do it as well. The trade Values site has them close to even on this trade. I honestly can't stand Verdugo but I also didnt like KK...so whats another.

I think it was 30 games edit: yes it was 30.... https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2016/3/1/11142362/aroldis-chapman-suspension-yankees-domestic-violence-mlb

yeah really https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/03/01/victims-advocate-aroldis-chapmans-statement-disturbing/81179790/ Chapman said: “I want to be clear I did not in any way harm my girlfriend that evening. However, I should have exercised better judgment with respect to certain actions, and for that, I am sorry. “The decision to accept a suspension, as opposed to appealing one, was made after careful consideration.’’ Chapman, 27, was accused of choking his girlfriend, Cristina Barnea, during an Oct. 30 argument at his Davie, Fla. home. Chapman then smashed a window of a car in the home's garage, grabbed a handgun and fired nine rounds inside the garage.

As expected

No chance I trade RT for anyone ...I know he's only a prospect, I know Reynolds is very good, and I know Batter> pitcher but we need to keep our young guys and it starts with him on my no trade list.

Take the Cubs off the list of teams looking for a catcher

They will work out a trade and you know it wont be to the Jays.