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Nationals Acquire Asdrubal Cabrera

By Steve Adams | July 31, 2014 at 2:47pm CDT

2:32pm: The Indians are paying the entirety of the $3.33MM remaining on Cabrera’s deal, tweets MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian, who says that Cleveland is very high on Walters.

2:21pm: The Nationals have officially announced the acquisition of shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera from the Indians in exchange for  infielder Zach Walters and cash considerations.

Asdrubal Cabrera

The 28-year-old Cabrera is hitting .246/.305/.386 with nine homers and seven steals on the season. While defensive metrics have never liked his glovework at shortstop, his bat is above average for the position, and he could fill in for the Nationals at second base, with Anthony Rendon sliding back over to third base on a full-time basis in the wake of Ryan Zimmerman’s injury.

Cabrera grades out better in his career at second base than his career at shortstop, albeit in a much smaller sample size (1341 innings at second base). Cabrera has about $3.33MM of this season’s $10MM salary remaining, and he is a free agent at season’s end.

The 24-year-old Walters entered the season as Washington’s No. 14 prospect, per Baseball America. He received a brief promotion to the Majors but didn’t capitalize on his time there, hitting just .205/.279/.462 in 43 plate appearances. While he did belt three homers, he also whiffed 16 times in that small sample. BA praised his raw power but questioned his plate discipline and noted a high number of seemingly careless throwing errors. While he has a chance to stick at shortstop with some offensive upside, BA feels he likely profiles as a utility infielder that can fill in at various positions.

Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer first reported that Cabrera had been traded (Twitter link). MLB.com’s Jordan Bastian added that the Nats were his destination (Twitter link).  Hoynes then tweeted Walters was going to Cleveland, and ESPN’s Buster Olney tweeted details on the cash considerations.

Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.

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39 Comments

  1. AZDbacksfan1

    11 years ago

    Gotta love them mystery teams

    Reply
    • jalora

      11 years ago

      Well that mystery lasted all of ninety seconds.

      Reply
  2. seth

    11 years ago

    Yankees, Red Sox, A’s or Mets?

    Reply
    • Noah Baron

      11 years ago

      Definitely not the Mets. Cabrera’s contract expires at end of year

      Reply
  3. Greg Smith

    11 years ago

    Must be the A’s

    Reply
  4. Teddy Toronto

    11 years ago

    Jays

    Reply
  5. mlbaustin

    11 years ago

    A’s for Hammel?

    Reply
    • mlbaustin

      11 years ago

      Nope, Nats

      Reply
      • Alex Foltz

        11 years ago

        Things can’t ALL go well for the A’s this trade deadline

        Reply
  6. Cabro Epico

    11 years ago

    A’s again? LOL

    Reply
    • Rally Weimaraner

      11 years ago

      Nah A’s need more pitching

      Reply
  7. Jon 27

    11 years ago

    Nats

    Reply
  8. Ray Ray 4

    11 years ago

    It’s the Nationals, going to play second.

    Reply
  9. Eric Danger Hart

    11 years ago

    Report that he went to the Nationals

    Reply
  10. B Fritz

    11 years ago

    its the Nationals

    Reply
  11. cjr45

    11 years ago

    The unknown and unclear teams are really scoring some deals today

    Reply
  12. Ryan Jasper

    11 years ago

    Oakland

    Reply
  13. Alex Foltz

    11 years ago

    Can’t wait to see who the Nats gave up for Cabrera

    Reply
  14. The_Porcupine

    11 years ago

    Nat’s have an infield full of low average, toolsy players now. So much for Espinoza.

    Reply
    • jalora

      11 years ago

      The Giants could use Espinosa. He’s no Dan Uggla.

      Reply
  15. Jose Villasano

    11 years ago

    i wonder if they gave up Ian Desmond

    Reply
    • oaklandfan22

      11 years ago

      No way

      Reply
      • Jose Villasano

        11 years ago

        the only reason why they should is because they have to many infielders

        Reply
    • FacelessGeneralManager

      11 years ago

      Ummmmm. LOL?

      Reply
  16. Natsfan89

    11 years ago

    No Cole/Michael Taylor *crosses fingers*

    Reply
    • Danny Phillips

      11 years ago

      It’s a rental. Hearing it’s Walters which I’m fine with. He is Espinosa Jr. who is weak defensively.

      Reply
  17. teddy

    11 years ago

    its for Walters

    Reply
  18. Allismileo

    11 years ago

    Rizzo does it again!

    Reply
  19. Grizzy

    11 years ago

    This move is somewhat confusing.

    Reply
    • Danny Phillips

      11 years ago

      Nats needed a cheap rental 2B with Zimmerman out. Espinosa can’t hit RHP.

      Reply
  20. max l

    11 years ago

    Ehh…when you take into account his bad defense (I think he has 14 errors this year already) I don’t think his offensive production is that much better then Espi’s. When you combined both Espi & Cabrera offense and defense I don’t think Cabs is that much better….if he’s even better at all. There’s not even that many redeeming qualities about him; sure he has postseason expierence….but he has 5 hits in 50 AB’s (.200 average). Like Espi he still strikes out a lot (79 in 378 Ab’s [once every 4.8 AB’s he strikes out]; Espi strikes out once every 2.7 AB’s), neither walk much (27 for Cabrera, 17 for Espi) but Espi is so much better on defense does Cabrera’s .246 .305 .386 .691 batting line really make up for his short-comings on defense, moving to a position he hasn’t played in 5 years?? I don’t.

    Reply
    • Natsfan89

      11 years ago

      He’s a significant upgrade over Espi so far as hitting rightys is concerned. I mean, I like the dudes glove as much as the next guy but he’s so, so bad against RHP.

      Reply
    • blovy8

      11 years ago

      Espinosa strikes out about 10 percent more, it’s not close. Cabrera has even shown more power, the real knock will be the defense, and they can still get Espinosa in there against LH starters and for late defense. Frandsen is the expendable guy who they should punt for an actual bench hitter, but that’s probably a waiver pickup

      Reply
    • discollama

      11 years ago

      That bad defense came at SS, the hardest position on the diamond. Cabrera should be ok at 2B

      Reply
  21. discollama

    11 years ago

    Walters’walk rate is 7.7% this year to go along with 42 extra base hits in a total of 304 PA’s. Seems to me like he might be ready for a break out.

    Reply
  22. Roger

    11 years ago

    The Cabrera and Masterson trades were to save money and get something for guys with expiring contracts. But trading 2 starters for 2 guys with zero plate discipline , um we already have a team filled with guys like that. They could’ve gotten more for Masterson.

    Reply
    • discollama

      11 years ago

      When was the last time Ramsey posted a walk rate below 11%?

      Not to mention that the Indians team walk and strike out rates are 9th and 7th best in baseball.

      Reply
  23. bagsmd

    11 years ago

    As a Nats fan/STH, I wanted to see Walters get more of an opportunity. Less than 40 big league at-bats spread-out with only a few starts is no way to get adjusted to Major League pitching. It will be interesting to see how he does with an extended stretch of playing time with the Tribe. He’s got good power from both sides of the plate and had the best-rated infield arm in the Nats farm system last year.

    Reply
  24. baseballbeisbol

    11 years ago

    Mr. Lindor, your table is ready.

    Reply

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