How do you rate the return on the Britton trade?

[Can_of_corn]

Might be comparable but the O's had to have Britton in the payroll for another year to get it.

[weams]

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[Y]ou can imagine the Houston reaction. You missed out on your no.1 trade target TWO years in a row? And this time to the Yankees?

 

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[Camden_yardbird]

When Mark Melanvon was traded the Nationals for Felipe Vasquez (nee Romero) a lot of people said the Pirates may have gotten the better pitcher back in the deal.  

I feel like from what I have read about Carroll that may be true here.  Peak Britton is obviously a stud, but he hasn't been peak Britton and I don't know if the Yankees will get peak Britton this year.

So you get that, and then on top of that you get Tate and Rodgers.

[kramer_]

Tate looks to be a top 4 prospect in our system. That alone is excellent for a rental imo

[Todd-O]

Some of you guys are literally unbelievable.

 

The Os could have traded Britton for 3 sure shot hall of famers and you’d still be bitching that the Orioles didn’t hold out for enough.  It’s like this never ending pitty party where you’re either kicking the team as a whole or questioning the intelligence of some of the folks running the show.  Full-on adult internet tantrums.

 

you gotta relax and enjoy the process.  Look at the bright side and positive for a change.  You’ll be a lot happier for it, that’s for sure.

[TonySoprano]

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As with any deal, timing played a role. A rival executive told The Athletic on Tuesday that the Orioles “significantly lowered” their ask for Britton a few days ago. It created an opening for the Yankees to pounce. It was the first time that the division rivals had made an in-season trade involving players since July 1989, when the Yankees acquired pitcher John Habyan for outfielder Stan Jefferson.

As an added bonus, the Yankees emerged as winners of a sweepstakes that included a couple of rivals in need of bullpen help: the Astros and Red Sox.

“This time of year, anytime you can add to a strength, cover up a weakness or whatever, add good players to your team, then obviously that’s a good thing,” said Boone, addressing the trade before it became official.

For the Yankees, the upgrade came at a cost, though it wasn’t regarded as steep. The package was headlined by right-hander Dillon Tate, 24, the Yankees’ ninth-ranked prospect according to MLBPipeline.com. Tate had posted a 3.38 ERA for Class-A Trenton. The Orioles also received Cody Carroll, 25, the Yankees’ 15th ranked prospect and 22nd round selection in the 2015 draft. With a fastball that touched triple-digits, Carroll had a 2.38 ERA with Class-AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Lefty starter Josh Rogers, 24, rounded out the package. An 11th rounder in 2015, Rogers had a 3.95 ERA at Class-AAA.

As The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal noted, some evaluators see Tate and Carroll as big-league relievers with Rogers seen as a fringe starter. But the price for rental players has dipped all around baseball, allowing the Yankees to make a high-impact addition without touching their elite prospects.

 

 

[atomic]

Reading more about these guys I feel like we got robbed.  Read Tate has a lot of injury problems and has never been able to pitch 100 innings in a season and doesn’t miss too many bats.  Sad day for Orioles.  I guess they are just trying to shed salary.

[Frobby]

I went with “solid.”    For frame of reference, I voted “decent” on the Machado return.    In both cases I was wavering between those two ratings.

I’m not super excited about the return for Britton, but you have to consider the market conditions and the circumstances.     Britton didn’t have a lot of opportunity to reestablish his value, and the returns other teams have gotten for rental relievers haven’t been that good.   Under the circumstances, I think we did about as well as we could.    Hopefully a couple of these guys pan out.    

What both these trades have made me realize is how much weaker our farm system is than the Yankees’ and the Dodgers’, even after these trades.     We have a very steep hill to climb to become contenders again.    

[Ruzious]

I guess it depends on how you rate Tate.  I'm a little surprised he was ranked 6th to 8th among Yankee prospects - depending on who you listen to.  His stats aren't that great for a 24 year old in AA, but maybe he's a late bloomer?  Solid haul - nothing to get excited about.  .    

[Ruzious]

1 hour ago, kramer_ said:

Tate looks to be a top 4 prospect in our system. That alone is excellent for a rental imo

Top 4 based on what?  I'm not sure I'd put him in our top 10.  

[Bart07]

If Tate turns into a solid rotation piece for us over the next few years then the deal was a win in my eyes. Tate has the stuff it just all depends if he can bring it all together in the big leagues.

[kramer_]

9 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

Top 4 based on what?  I'm not sure I'd put him in our top 10.  

Ok, thinking about it more, it think Tate is somewhere between 4th and 6th.  I have read somewhere on here that he was #6 on an updated midseason list.  Obviously that is someone's opinion but if he was top 10 for the MFY he HAS to be rated higher in the Orioles organization.  

Tell me 10 oriole prospects who you rate higher..

[Yardball85]

16 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

Top 4 based on what?  I'm not sure I'd put him in our top 10.  

On MLB.com, he is indeed number four, just ahead of Harvey and Hall.

He was 6 on one Yankees midseason list.  Old because he went to college - I still think he can be a solid mid-rotation piece with his pedigree.

[TouchemAll]

With pitching you just never know, but I rate this as a solid return.

We shall see huh.