2021 MLB Trade Deadline Deals

[ShoelesJoe]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

I guess if we watch the Orioles fail to draft pitchers in the top round year after year, the "grow the bats, buy the pitchers" philosophy seems to be in place -- the Padres are the ones to emulate.   Sure they developed Lamet, and mostly developed Paddack (traded for him early in his minor league career).   But those guys are mostly afterthoughts as they go out and get established pitchers to fill their rotation:  Darvish, Musgrove, Scherzer, Snell, Clevinger.   Meanwhile they tend to trade away a lot of their own original pitching talent when they are still young (Lauer, Lucchesi, Quantrill, Logan Allen.

It's almost as if they never intend to develop their own starting pitching, they just want to fill their rotation with established veterans who established themselves elsewhere.   If you aspire to be in the Padres rotation, the last thing you want to do is get drafted by them.   Make your bones elsewhere and wait for them to acquire you.  

Worked for the Astros. 

[Il BuonO]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

I guess if we watch the Orioles fail to draft pitchers in the top round year after year, the "grow the bats, buy the pitchers" philosophy seems to be in place -- the Padres are the ones to emulate.   Sure they developed Lamet, and mostly developed Paddack (traded for him early in his minor league career).   But those guys are mostly afterthoughts as they go out and get established pitchers to fill their rotation:  Darvish, Musgrove, Scherzer, Snell, Clevinger.   Meanwhile they tend to trade away a lot of their own original pitching talent when they are still young (Lauer, Lucchesi, Quantrill, Logan Allen.

It's almost as if they never intend to develop their own starting pitching, they just want to fill their rotation with established veterans who established themselves elsewhere.   If you aspire to be in the Padres rotation, the last thing you want to do is get drafted by them.   Make your bones elsewhere and wait for them to acquire you.  

And I’m not so sure that strategy is incorrect.

[ShoelesJoe]

Danny Duffy + money to the Dodgers for a PTBNL. 

[SteveA]

1 minute ago, ShoelesJoe said:

Worked for the Astros. 

Yeah, although a good chunk of the current rotation is homegrown (Framber Valdeez, Jose Urquiddy, Luis Garcia).

[Can_of_corn]

I love that we live in a world in which the Yankees and Dodgers get money sent to them in trades.

[Il BuonO]

2 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

Danny Duffy + money to the Dodgers for a PTBNL. 

Seems risky.

[Il BuonO]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Yeah, although a good chunk of the current rotation is homegrown (Framber Valdeez, Jose Urquiddy, Luis Garcia).

And McCullers. Two notable trades for high priced guys JV and Greinke, though. 

[yark14]

Rizzo to Yankees

[Il BuonO]

Seems like the deal for Scherzer is taking too long.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

Seems like the deal for Scherzer is taking too long.

Added hurdle of a player with trade protection.

[Il BuonO]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Added hurdle of a player with trade protection.

He’s already said he was willing to go to a west coast contender.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Il BuonO said:

He’s already said he was willing to go to a west coast contender.

That doesn't mean he's just going to be willing to waive it. 

[Just Regular]

Yankees Gallo + Rizzo is like they are Elias' assistant cultivating a Mancini market.

Maybe Luke Voit just bounces into Mancini/Cron/Aguilar bucket.   21 hours to go.

[ShoelesJoe]

38 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

Two notable trades for high priced guys JV and Greinke, though. 

...and two years of Gerrit Cole. 

[ShoelesJoe]

32 minutes ago, yark14 said:

Rizzo to Yankees

With the Cubs paying his remaining $$ for the year. Sheesh. 

Also, this keeps Rizzo away from the Red Sox, so its a two-fer for the Yankees.