The Padres have acquired recent Rule 5 pick Jabari Blash from the A’s, tweets Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. Oakland GM David Forst told reporters that Blash will be the player to be named later in the previously reported swap of Yonder Alonso and Drew Pomeranz.
The 26-year-old Blash has hit quite well in the upper levels of the minor leagues with Seattle, as evidenced by a .271/.370/.576 batting line and 32 home runs this past season between Double-A and Triple-A. Baseball America’s J.J. Cooper is quite bullish on Blash (Twitter link) and wrote in a preview of the Rule 5 Draft that a team can dream on Blash as an immediate contributor given his upper-minors production. MLB.com’s Jim Callis wrote that Blash has a prototypical right fielder’s arm and strength in his own preview.
Because Blash is a Rule 5 pick, the Padres will need to carry him on their roster over the course of the season or expose him to waivers and, if he clears, offer him back to the Mariners for $50K.
Like it more for the Padres.
Kind of win win for both teams since Oakland technically didn’t give up anyone. They just used their Rule 5 pick which they probably didn’t want for anyone else.
If your a Josh Byrnes player on the Padres, be ready to move. Makes sense now why Renfroe and Jankowski are being shopped.. Seems like a solid move.
Preller wants to expel the Ghost of Byrnes from the Padres soul.
I think this was all and all a bad trade for the A’s, they gave up one of the best relievers they had last year and two promising young guys, for what?
A pitcher that struggled and a 1st baseman that can’t hit for power.
This was quite a lobsided trade in my opinion
Don’t like this trade for the A’s.
A good reliever and two promising young players for a struggling reliever and a 1st baseman that can’t hit for power
Have always wondered if a bad disagreement has ever occurred on the player to be named later. Like the team was expecting a better player.
I think it happened a few years back and the trade got voided.
No it was already agreed upon that the A’s would use their Rule 5 pick to take Blash and then trade him to the Padres. That’s why it was a “PTBNL or cash.” If someone who drafted ahead of the A’s took Blash then the A’s were to send cash instead.
Padres now have three Rule 5 guys on the roster. That obviously is not gonna work. Two of them (at least) are going back.