Off-Season (non-NYM) trades

[Frayed Knot]

Billy Beane continues to swim against the current by dealing the thought-to-be untouchable Josh Donaldson to Toronto for a package of young players headed by Brett Lawrie.
Donaldson, turning 29 next week and not a FA until 2019, is coming off back to back seasons where he was a top-10 MVP (4th & 8th).

Infielder Lawrie goes to Oakland along with pitching prospects Sean Nolin & Kendall Graveman, plus 18 y/o infielder Franklin Barreto.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Wow. Donaldson is a killer and fwiw Brett Lawrie always struck me as an asshole. Inasmuch as this trade makes it even more difficult for the MFYS to compete in 2015 I applaud but think Beane is probably still a mad genius.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, Lawrie was a fairly highly touted prospect IIRC, but seemed more interested for a while there to have his tattoo count keep up with his ML HR totals.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Well, Beane's certainly selling high, and he's sure-as-William-Tell buying low.

[ashie62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Yeah, Lawrie was a fairly highly touted prospect IIRC, but seemed more interested for a while there to have his tattoo count keep up with his ML HR totals.

That's the rep.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Frayed Knot wrote: Billy Beane continues to swim against the current by dealing the thought-to-be untouchable Josh Donaldson to Toronto for a package of young players headed by Brett Lawrie. Donaldson, turning 29 next week and not a FA until 2019, is coming off back to back seasons where he was a top-10 MVP (4th & 8th).

And also, like, at least a top-20 Sass-Above-Replacement-Sasser, apparently.

(Beane probably isn't doing a trade like this for this reason, though, right?)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Prolly not. But he gave that table-dancing-after-losses Jeremy Giambi what-for in Moneyball. Not only did he trade him, but to Philadelphia.

[Frayed Knot]

OF Michael Saunders dealt from Seattle to Toronto for former Philly hurler JA Happ

[ashie62]

Blockbuster

[Frayed Knot]

Brandon Moss from Oakland to Cleveland for infield prospect Joe Wendle.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

That's so A's.

(And seems especially so since I looked up Moss' age-- I would've guessed he was 28 or 29.)

[Frayed Knot]

DBacks catcher Miguel Montero heads to Wrigley in exchange for two minor leaguers (nothing special ones as far as I can see).

[Gwreck]

Jimmy Rollins traded to Dodgers.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Not even saying for who yet.

I'd have liked J-Roll on the '14 Mets, I woulda.

[Vic Sage]

but he wouldn'ta

[A Boy Named Seo]

Doyers sorta have a glut of INF'ers with Rollins, Gordon, youngin Kyle Seager, and the one-eared Cuban, Alex Guerrero. Just sayin'.

[G-Fafif]

With Rollins's departure and subsequent Dodger participation, the active MLB player who's played the most games for one team and one team only is...David Wright.

Wright, NYM: 1,508
Utley, PHI: 1,478
Howard, PHI: 1,331
Molina, STL: 1,328
Mauer: MIN: 1,298

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Doyers sorta have a glut of INF'ers with Rollins, Gordon, youngin Kyle Seager, and the one-eared Cuban, Alex Guerrero. Just sayin'.

Solved. Dee Gordon > Marlins // Haney > Dodgers (maybe)

[A Boy Named Seo]

WOW. Heaney's a stud. I kinda like it for the Dodgers.

[A Boy Named Seo]

For the record, Ned Colletti does NOT make that trade if he's still GM.

[Lefty Specialist]

So what will this trade look like when Haren refuses to go to the Marlins?

[Frayed Knot]

Just so I have this all straight:
- the Dodgers, in what looks to be an intent to get younger & cheaper, traded Dan Haren (who they just signed as a FA one year ago) & Dee Gordon away in a seven player to the Marlins for all young players, part of which will have to get re-worked if Haren follows through on his threat to retire if he's not pitching in either LA or Anaheim next year
- they then reversed that trend by flipping the biggest piece from that haul, pitching prospect Andrew Haney (#9 overall pick 2012 draft), to Anaheim for 2B Howie Kendrick to replace Gordon
- they then continued that youth movement by signing Jimmy Rollins
- they then (reportedly) are replacing Haren by signing 31 y/o Brandon McCarthy [32-41, 3.81, 1.25 over the last four seasons] to a 4-yr deal at $12 mil per (Haren was slated to make $11)
- and there are rumors that a Matt Kemp swap to SD is getting close, possibly for catcher Yasmani Grandal

Amazing how much retooling is needed for a 94-win team with a 1/4 billion dollar payroll.

Edited December 11, 2014 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

The one side note to all this is that McCarthy was inexplicably good for the Yanx following his mid-season trade from Arizona and was a factor in allowing them to hang in the pennant race far beyond all reason.

2014 w/ARZ: 18 starts; 3-10; 5.01 ERA; 1.38 WHiP
2014 w/NYY: 14 starts; 7-5; 2.89 ERA; 1.15 WHiP

... so this signing w/LA leaves one more hole in the MFY rotation.

[Benjamin Grimm]

SAN DIEGO �The Los Angeles Dodgers continued their makeover Thursday morning by agreeing on a deal that will send outfielder Matt Kemp to the San Diego Padres, a high-ranking official with direct knowledge of the deal told USA TODAY Sports.

[Frayed Knot]

Well that was quick (especially seeing as how it's only 6AM in Sandy Eggo).

Reportedly a five player deal with the Padres getting Kemp and catcher Tim Federowicz -- in exchange for C Yasmani Grandal, P Joe Wieland and a minor League pitcher believed to be Zach Eflin.

[MFS62]

CJ Nitkowski tweeting that Porcello has been traded to the BoSox for Cespedes.

Later

[Edgy MD]

The Dodgers are going nuts, aren't they?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dodgers are so smug. I hope they lose 150 games next year.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Yeah, they totally are. I guess it'll be like this:

CF Joc Pederson (Matt Kemp)
SS Jimmy Rollins (Hanley Ramirez)
2B Howie Kendrick (Dee Gordon)
C Yasmani Grandal (AJ Ellis)
edit:
SP Brandon McCarthy (Dan Haren)

Coming back are Adrian Gonzalez (1B), Juan Uribe (3B), Puig, Crawford, and Ethier (OF)

That's a lot of tinkering with a 94-win team, huh!?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Marlins get Mat Latos. He seems like a Marlin.