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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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  1. AZDbacksfan1

    6 years ago

    Gotta love them mystery teams

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    • jaloraJ. Alora

      6 years ago

      Well that mystery lasted all of ninety seconds.

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  2. Seth

    6 years ago

    Yankees, Red Sox, A’s or Mets?

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    • Noah Baron

      6 years ago

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

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  3. Greg Smith

    6 years ago

    Must be the A’s

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  4. Teddy Toronto

    6 years ago

    Jays

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  5. mlbaustin

    6 years ago

    A’s for Hammel?

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    • mlbaustin

      6 years ago

      Nope, Nats

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      • Alex Foltz

        6 years ago

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

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  6. Cabro Epico

    6 years ago

    A’s again? LOL

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    • WhoKilledTheRallyMonkey

      6 years ago

      Nah A’s need more pitching

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  7. Jon

    6 years ago

    Nats

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  8. Ray Ray

    6 years ago

    It’s the Nationals, going to play second.

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  9. Eric Danger Hart

    6 years ago

    Report that he went to the Nationals

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  10. B Fritz

    6 years ago

    its the Nationals

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  11. cjr45

    6 years ago

    The unknown and unclear teams are really scoring some deals today

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  12. Ryan Jasper

    6 years ago

    Oakland

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  13. Alex Foltz

    6 years ago

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

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  14. The_Porcupine

    6 years ago

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

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    • jaloraJ. Alora

      6 years ago

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

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  15. Jose Villasano

    6 years ago

    i wonder if they gave up Ian Desmond

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    • OaklandFan22

      6 years ago

      No way

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      • Jose Villasano

        6 years ago

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

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    • FacelessGeneralManager

      6 years ago

      Ummmmm. LOL?

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  16. Natsfan89

    6 years ago

    No Cole/Michael Taylor *crosses fingers*

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    • Danny Phillips

      6 years ago

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

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  17. teddy

    6 years ago

    its for Walters

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  18. Allismileo

    6 years ago

    Rizzo does it again!

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  19. Grizzy

    6 years ago

    This move is somewhat confusing.

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    • Danny Phillips

      6 years ago

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

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  20. max

    6 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.

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    • Natsfan89

      6 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.

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    • blovy8

      6 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

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    • discollama

      6 years ago

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

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  21. discollama

    6 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.

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  22. Roger

    6 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.

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    • discollama

      6 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.

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  23. bagsmd

    6 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.

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  24. BaseballBeisbol

    6 years ago

    Mr. Lindor, your table is ready.

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