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Angels Acquire Jabari Blash

By Steve Adams | February 21, 2018 at 6:47pm CDT

The Angels announced today that they’ve acquired outfielder Jabari Blash from the Yankees in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. In a corresponding move, the Angels have placed right-hander Alex Meyer on the 60-day disabled list. Blash was designated for assignment yesterday when the Yankees acquired Brandon Drury. Meyer was never likely to pitch in 2018 after undergoing shoulder surgery last September.

Blash, 28, has long boasted impressive power in the minors but hasn’t put that together in the Majors. Blash logged a career-high 195 plate appearances with the Padres this past season, hitting .213/.333/.341 with five homers and six doubles but an alarming 66 strikeouts in that time (33.8 percent). While he’s limited to the outfield corners, Blash has strong on-base skills to go along with his considerable power, as evidenced by his career .258/.381/.571 batting line and 65 homers through 235 games at the Triple-A level.

The Halos already have Chris Young on hand as a fourth outfield option, and Blash isn’t an ideal fit for that role anyhow, given his lack of prowess in center field. He could stick as an additional source of pop off the bench, though Blash also has a pair of minor league options remaining, so it seems likelier that he’ll head to Triple-A Salt Lake to open the season.

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  1. acarneglia

    3 years ago

    The Yankees essentially traded Chase Headley for a PTBNL or Cash

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    • rols1026

      3 years ago

      Pure salary dump

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    • YankeesBillsNets305

      3 years ago

      Even still….a fantastic trade for Cashman. Allowed us to get out from under that contract…gave us flexibility to accommodate more of the Stanton contract (and thereby reduce the prospect capital we had to give up to acquire him) and freed up 3B to give a shot to Andujar (and failing that Drury). 10/10 would do again.

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    • srechter

      3 years ago

      Which was their only intention to begin with. There was little to no excess value on headley’s contract. The padres bought Bryan Mitchell, essentially, by taking it on. Blash was always just a throwaway piece, though he does have enticing potential with the bat.

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      • acarneglia

        3 years ago

        Oh yeah I knew what the ideology behind it was I’m just like reiterating what it boiled down to

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    • BronxBombers14

      3 years ago

      Think beyond the original trade. The Yankees essentially got Headley back last night in the Drury deal. Both players are statistically Similar. The Only difference is that Drury is 8 years younger, makes $12.5mm a year less, and is much more flexible defensively. Smart move on Cashman’s part.

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      • Harry Scout

        3 years ago

        George Arias was a very streaky hitter but he did hit 38 homeruns for the Hanshin Tigers back in 2002. It’ll be interesting to see what he can bring to the clubhouse in terms of veteran leadership.

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      • jbigz12

        3 years ago

        In that case they still dealt Headley Mitchell, widener and kolak for Brandon Drury. Drury’s OBP skills aren’t as good as headley’s but he has some more power and upside. That’s not magic. They paid the price.

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      • brucewayne

        3 years ago

        So essentially , nothing like Headley then!

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        • NYY42

          3 years ago

          Correct… Nothing at all like Chase!

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    • lowtalker1

      3 years ago

      The padres essentially traded for chase headley just to get Mitchell

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  2. Jubilee3333

    3 years ago

    Nice trade. I see big things happening for the Angels now.

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    • Long Duc Dong

      3 years ago

      Never heard of someone named David Arias. Drafted and 92 by Seattle Mariners traded in 96 to the Twins released in 2002 by the twins in signed by the Red Sox and change his name to Ortiz how much he had a pretty good career to

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      • Axel612

        3 years ago

        Hmmmm good strategy suggestion, so if Jabari Blash changes his name to something like Jabari Jerell (his middle name), that could be the key difference.

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        • Long Duc Dong

          3 years ago

          Yes

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      • Kolukonu

        3 years ago

        Ortiz was never released by the Twins. BoSox drafted him in the Rule 5 draft.

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        • start_wearing_purplestart_wearing_purple

          3 years ago

          He was released: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_5_draft_results

          If you listen to the way Pedro Martinez tells the story he was instantly in Epstein’s office pitching him that they had to sign Ortiz.

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        • lowtalker1

          3 years ago

          You should never trust wiki

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        • terrymesmer

          3 years ago

          From Ortiz’ B-Ref page: “December 16, 2002: Released by the Minnesota Twins.”

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      • HalosHeavenJJ

        3 years ago

        So Jabari should start doing tons of roids and be like Artificially Big Papi?

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        • Long Duc Dong

          3 years ago

          Yes

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  3. FriendOfBoras

    3 years ago

    I’ve always like Blash….but man does he suck at the Major League Level….in tripple A he plays looks MLB ready and when he gets a call to the big show he doesn’t do much.

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  4. pjmcnu

    3 years ago

    Salt Lake City is getting a fine power hitter….

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  5. silverrose

    3 years ago

    Maybe the best name in baseball

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    • start_wearing_purplestart_wearing_purple

      3 years ago

      Completely agree.

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      • camdenyards46

        3 years ago

        Yeah. Jabari Blash sounds so awesome.

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        • lowtalker1

          3 years ago

          John Jay gots him beat
          How often do you see a founding father play baseball?

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        • bastros88

          3 years ago

          Jon Jay is a walking collehe

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        • lowtalker1

          3 years ago

          Whatever that is

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        • wrigleywannabe

          3 years ago

          I loved when he was a Cub. Jon Jaycub Jingleheimer Schmidt..

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    • sheacrazies

      3 years ago

      almost as cool as Lastings Milledge

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  6. greatdaysport

    3 years ago

    Minor league bound. If he excels he can be traded later in the season.

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    • wrigleywannabe

      3 years ago

      for what, the cash they may give up?

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  7. xabial

    3 years ago

    As I’ve said in the Jabari Blash DFA thread…

    ZIPS projects 25 home runs, 70 RBI, 61 Runs,

    +1.2 WAR in 448 PA for this guy in 2018. Could be a steal, Lol

    fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=11247&posi…

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    • deej

      3 years ago

      The guy who does ZIPS must be related to Bash.

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    • lowtalker1

      3 years ago

      Not in Anaheim
      Maybe into a tiny stadium like cini or Pitts
      Or in Texas
      He hits a lot of pop flys
      Some go out

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    • Wolverines2

      3 years ago

      If Jabari gets 448 PAs for the Angels this year, things did not go as planned. He is Pedro Serrano. Great batting practice…not so much able to handle big league off-speed. Wanted him to be that guy in SD and after a while, it became clear he was a AAAA power hitter.

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    • CowboysoldierFTW

      3 years ago

      I haven’t seen him live to see his swing… but he’s at the very least a cheap source of power. Defense?

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      • xabial

        3 years ago

        Neutral (negative #’s in LF, positive #’s in RF, even out)

        This guy played in the minors 2010-2016. He graduated to the majors in 2016, split time in AAA and MLB, played more AAA, in 2017.

        With that being said, defensive metrics (like UZR and DRS) only measure a player’s defense performance, in MLB.

        147.2 Innings in LF worth -4 Defensive Runs Saved (130 Inn in 2017)

        393.1 Innings in RF worth +4 Defensive Runs Saved (264 Inn, 2017)

        Uzing the sameLF/RF sample size in the majors UZR has him:

        -2.3 UZR LF and +1.4 UZR in RF, for total of -0.9 UZR in OF.

        Hope this helps. I never saw him play. Just looking at the #’s. I wish they calculated defensive metrics in inors, but not worth their time I guess. Even Trout didn’t get his insane UZR, DRS calculated until he graduated 2011. I use fangraphs to get all my data.

        fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=11247&posi…

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        • xabial

          3 years ago

          wish they calculated defensive metrics in minors*

          -4 DRS in LF, +4 DRS in RF, comes out 0 DRS in 541 OF Inn Lol

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        • lowtalker1

          3 years ago

          He is bad. He isn’t a major leaguer

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  8. hittingnull

    3 years ago

    “in exchange for a player to be named later…”

    Mike Trout?

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    • Pitches Love Velocity

      3 years ago

      Only if its him delivering a truck of trout to the yankees. About as close as theyll come to acquiring mike trout.

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  9. Pitches Love Velocity

    3 years ago

    I really wish he would succeed at the mlb level.

    I mean blash off every time he hits a home run just writes itself.

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  10. Johnnycakes

    3 years ago

    If you’re reading this Jabari, my fiancé travels a lot for work and Salt Lake City is one of her favorite places to stay! So I’m sure you’ll have a great time.

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    • Axel612

      3 years ago

      There’s a joke in there that I’m not going to make out of respect for your fiancé.

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    • Dan Rogers

      3 years ago

      Maybe she can show I’m around some time….and he can give her a Blash

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    • mcdusty31

      3 years ago

      Sometimes there’s just things you don’t say on the internet, no matter how harmless and positive your intent is

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  11. WaterfallEconomics

    3 years ago

    That’s a 3-run Blash to center! And from Statcast, the number of Jabaris the ball traveled is …

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    • halos101

      3 years ago

      Lol

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  12. macstruts

    3 years ago

    Do the Angels understand they need Pitching… Especially Relief Pitching? They might be able to get by with their current starters. There is no chance they can get by with their current set of Relief Pitchers.

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    • Begamin

      3 years ago

      Maybe Jabari is going to turn into a pitcher. Only he hits balls off the tee directed at the catcher

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    • Long Duc Dong

      3 years ago

      Same problem every year for the last 15 years

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    • Harry Scout

      3 years ago

      I don’t believe Mo Vaughn was ever a switch hitter. He batter from the right side a few times in ’97 but that was a failed experiment. Not sure what he’ll bring to this clubhouse in terms of output, but it will be interesting to see what he brings to this clubhouse in terms of veteran leadership.

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      • lowtalker1

        3 years ago

        He isn’t a veterans
        He barely passed rookie time

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    • cakirby

      3 years ago

      They have plenty of starters, and most likely, if they like what they see with them, JC Ramirez will go back to the pen. Their bullpen isn’t bad, and if Ramirez can be reliable out of the pen, it’s actually pretty good. Remember that the Angels had one of the best pitching staffs in the league last year, primarily because of the pen. Also, why in the world would this move make you believe they aren’t trying to get more help in the pen as well?

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      • thegreatcerealfamine

        3 years ago

        They were 12th in the league last year and if you look at their home/away splits it’s even worse.. they need pitching…

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      • brucenewton

        3 years ago

        Petit was a great workhorse for the pen last year. Parker seemingly came out of nowhere and will need to do it again at 33. Lots of question marks.

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    • halos101

      3 years ago

      Dude… this move has nothing to do with their efforts in the bullpen.

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    • wrigleywannabe

      3 years ago

      and this does nothing to stop them from getting it

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    • GoRav114GoRav114

      3 years ago

      It’s the same philosophy as the Os. Need pitching so keep stocking up on fourth outfielders.

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  13. Rounding3rd

    3 years ago

    I was hoping Blash would go the A’s, team up with Khris Davis as the “Blash Brothers.”

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