Post by Robbie (Padres) on Dec 16, 2013 5:27:19 GMT
Padres Trade:
2B Kolten Wong (prospect - 59 MLB AB)
Angels Trade:
2B Taylor Lindsey LAA (prospect) 2B Alex Yarbrough LAA (prospect) OF Phil Ervin CIN (prospect) OF Drew Vettelson TBR (prospect)
Definitely was not planning on trading Wong. He's the best 2B prospect in the game and under team control for the next 6 years, which is awesome given that this is a salary-cap league. However, his next 2 years will be wasted with my team because it is far from being ready to compete. With this trade I get guys that have a chance to be decent MLBer's, though not superstars like Wong. Their timelines also match up perfectly with the rest of my core prospects, so my system will be ready to compete year-after-year starting in 2016.
C: Austin Hedges
1B: Prince Fielder
2B: Micah Johnson
2B: Alex Yarbrough
3B:
SS: Luis Sardinas
SS: Jose Peraza
SS: Dorssys Paulino
SS: Roman Quinn
OF: Jesse Winker
OF: Andrew Toles
OF: Phillip Ervin
SP: Tyler Glasnow
SP: Matt Wisler
SP: Zach Eflin
SP: Enny Romero
SP: Burch Smith
Angels Accept. Its hard giving up the prospects in this trade, however getting Wong is huge. We feel he is the best 2B prospect in the game, and is going to be a huge piece in rebuilding this team to competitiveness. While we feel the prospects we give have a very good chance to be good in the future, we want to be able to compete now, and getting wong will help. Thanks for the quick, painless padres and I look forward to working with you again in the future.
C: Buster Posey
1B: Anthony Rizzo
2B: Kolten Wong
SS: Jose Iglesias
SS: Hak-Ju Lee
3B: Ryan Zimmerman
3B: Kaleb Cowart
OF: Avisail Garcia
OF: Kole Calhoun
OF: Randal Grichuk
OF: Austin Jackson
SP: Justin Verlander
SP: Trevor Cahill
SP: John Lamb
Post by Troy (Cubs) (LM) on Dec 16, 2013 5:56:44 GMT
Wow, I think this is a bad trade for LAA for many reasons.
1. Cardinals just signed Mark Ellis, I highly doubt Ellis signed to back up Wong. Considering Wong hit .153/.194/.165 in his 60 AB cup of coffee, probably going to give a lot of time to Ellis at 2B. Not sure how much he will help you right off the bat.
2. Taylor Lindsey and Alex Yarbough are very good 2B specs as well, (Lindsey hit 17 HR in AA, Yarbrough hit over .300) honestly, probably not a huge differential between Wong and those guys alone. And added 2 pretty good OF in Ervin and Vettleson, (Both 1st Rounders who have performed, especially Ervin) just overpaying IMO.
- I love this trade for San Diego, HUGE return. Makes out like a bandit.
- I think Matt takes it hard, but I may be alone. I didn't really think about veto'ing, as I like to let owners maneuver how they want most of the time. Just wanted to express my opinion on this.