The Braves have acquired right-handed closer Shane Greene from the Tigers for left-hander Joey Wentz and outfielder Travis Demeritte, per an announcement from Atlanta.
Greene has posted excellent results this year, but as a reliever with waning control on a rebuilding team, he has looked like an obvious trade candidate throughout the campaign. The 30-year-old’s on a $4MM salary this season and comes with arbitration eligibility for another winter.
Through 38 innings in 2019, Greene has pitched to a measly 1.18 ERA, but that surely won’t hold. His 3.70 FIP, 3.80 xFIP and 3.45 SIERA are all a good distance away, while there’s also a sizable gap between the weighted on-base average Greene has allowed (.221) and his xwOBA (.282). But that’s not to say Greene can’t be a significant asset going forward. He still owns an excellent 10.18 K/9 against 2.84 BB/9, an easily above-average 53.8 percent groundball rate and a solid 14.3 percent infield fly rate.
Greene, who has 22 saves on 25 attempts this season, may take over as the Braves’ closer immediately. Luke Jackson has been serving in the role, though he has blown seven saves on 24 tries. Plus, while Jackson has done good work for most of the year, he has endured an awful stretch in which he has yielded seven earned runs in six appearances dating back to July 12. With Jackson struggling and the NL East-leading Braves lacking an abundance of dependable relievers aside from him, they’ve now reeled in Greene, former Rangers righty Chris Martin and ex-Giants righty Mark Melancon since Tuesday evening.
Wentz, 21, joined the Braves as a sixth-round pick in 2016. He entered the season as the Braves’ 11th-ranked prospect, according to FanGraphs’ Kiley McDaniel and Eric Longenhagen, who noted at the time injuries and inconsistency have held Wentz back. He has gotten his first taste of Double-A action this season and put up a 4.72 ERA/4.36 FIP with 8.74 K/9 and 3.93 BB/9 over 103 innings.
The 24-year-old Demeritte did not rank among FanGraphs’ top Braves prospects entering the season, but they noted then he possesses “easy plus power and is passable at multiple positions defensively.” Demeritte has since slashed an outstanding .286/.357/.558 with 20 home runs in 399 plate appearances in his Triple-A debut. A first-round pick (No. 30) of the Rangers in 2013, Demeritte became a Brave via trade in 2016. He’s now on the move again.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic first reported a trade was close. Buster Olney of ESPN reported the Braves had acquired Greene. Jon Morosi of MLB.com tweeted Wentz’s involvement. Photo courtesy of USA Today Sports Images.
Great… There goes the farm…
I just want to know what prospects the Tigers are getting in this deal.
Bryce Wilson
I’m guessing Pache as the headliner and possibly Touki
Prolly Acuna and Soroka too if ur tryna acquire a 22 for 25 saves type of reliever
Tigers fans hope not.
Not a chance
Its Shane Greene, not Felipe Vasquez
Lol every other trade post Braves fans are complaining “why didn’t we do that?? We have a ton of prospects!” but then throw their hands up and exclaim “there goes the farm!” when a trade happens.
Well to be fair, it would be easier to accept if we were getting premier players. But we’ve been giving up good prospects for ehh players.
To be fair Allard was excessive
Allard is trash
Gosh you all are idiots.
Gee willickers
No just a handful this is a win as long as if we dont trade pache, anderson, or shae langeleliers. Im fine with a straight up greene for waters deal. Dont get me wrong waters is a stud i played against him during travel ball but pache is basically mlb ready he needs a few more years.
Waters for Greene would be a massive win for Detroit. If you gave that up as a Braves fan you should be angry.
Id prefer a deal with wright and someone else instead but lets see if they will take that
How is Pache mlb ready if he still needs a few more years? Not trying to be funny.
Pache will be on the braves roster opening day or a month or two in the next season
Pache soon
Doesnt happen often because Braves don’t make many deals. Sounds like just trolling.
It’s because we have top lvl prospects and we trade them away for garbage. At least in Allards case we did
Allard is garbage
But he’s not. He was putting up stupid numbers until this year. He’s only 21 and everyone has 1 bad year. He’s a 1st rounder, multi year top 100 prospect. He’s worth more than Martin. I’m sorry, but he is. Martins solid this year, but not Allard worthy. Allard should have at worst been packaged with someone for an elite player
Allard wasn’t going to get packaged for an elite player. He profiles as a backend starter now. That doesn’t do anything for an elite player. He was a really good return for Texas for taking a gamble on a former top prospect but that’s it. He’s a #4 starter at his ceiling at this point. Thought you might get a better reliever for him but you didn’t
. “Elite” anything and Allard were never going together though.
@PhilsPan. I know right? I mean its like there’s more than one of us, all with differing opinions. Crazy!!!
Wentz and demeritte. That is def not giving up the farm. Feel pretty soild about it
I’m hearing it is just Travis Demeritte and Wentz
Solid trade, well done AA!
So much for not backing down on kieboom and end up gettin 0 top 100 prospects
Almost every organization sees the top 100 prospects differently. Baseball America and MLB.com are not gospel when it comes to prospect rankings. Obviously Detroit felt good enough about Wentz as a headliner or the duo as a whole to complete the deal.
As a tigers fan, Yes!!!!
Curious to see how much they paid.
If this does not include Boyd, this team will be a first round exit again.
I hope they exist in the first round at least.
Their fans aren’t going to exist if they blow this game against the Nats!
As this point, why would any Braves fan be content with another division title if it means they get embarrassed in the first round again? Most other teams? Sure good enough. Braves, no!
Slow, this one is.
Matt Boyd with a lifetime 4.50 FiP who is in the midst of a breakout season in a terrible division with a spacious ballpark in which his team wants a haul for? That Matt Boyd? He’s the difference maker in the postseason?
Sure, Ryu/Kershaw/Buehler vs. Boyd. Yes, that gives me ease. Let’s go with that. Tell Pache/Waters, Wright/Anderson & others to buy Pistons/Lions/Wings swag and start to like Home Improvement.
Everybody likes Home Improvement though…classic
False
Boyd would not improve the rotation. He is not better then Soroka, Keuchel, Teheran, or Fried. He is equal to Fried but not better
Nice bias fan glasses you have there!
I’m not actually being biased! I said EVERY team should stay away from Boyd! He is not worth near the package the Tigers are asking for. He had 2 good months! Last year and the other 2 months this year have proved he is a solid #4…not a TOR like some people seem to think!
Boyd will remain with the Tigers, just as Fulmer did…and in a year or 2 his trade value will probably be obsolete as well.
Boyd has far more upside than all those guys including Soroka and it is not even close.
If you think Boyd has “far more upside” than soroka, then you don’t know baseball or you don’t watch soroka pitch
Trust me, I’m as much of a fan of Soroka as the next guy. However, the lack of ability to be a consistent strikeout pitcher might hurt him in a long run. Now, strikeout pitchers can be as vulnerable, but having swing and miss stuff will have more impact long term than relying on contact to get outs.
Regardless who is better, Soroka, Boyd 1-2 is far superior to all the other garbage they have in the rotation long term.
Boyd may have swing and miss stuff…but when they dont miss he gives up dingers! Boyd is a guy that will strikeout 10 guys but give up 4 runs in 6 innings because he gave up 2 2-run bombs…NO THANKS
Trolls are supposed to be clever.
The Braves should hope and pray that any of their overrated prospects (Wright, Wilson) can do the same.
This is also the reason Anderson is the only pitcher i don’t want the Braves to trade. He is the only who has any chance to have impact stuff.
@AllOurGods…
That I can agree with! Anderson has to be off the table. Every other pitcher should be available in the right package. I just dont think Boyd is the guy the Braves should trade for…any team for that matter really…I would have been ok with Wright headlining a trade for Stroman, Bauer, or a guy that can truly anchor the rotation. Boyd has had 2 good months at the major league level…guess who else has had 2 great months at the mlb level? Max Fried
Boyd has more upside than our 21 year old Cy Young candidate? That is by far one of the more ignorant things I’ve read on this site.
Boyd for me was a fall back plan now that Bumgarner nor Syn were traded. Regardless, I’d take a chance with Boyd over Fried, Teheran, DK and Gausman.
And we have a winner. As soon as you think Braves fans couldn’t get any more unrealistic.
I am glad AA didn’t agree with you as Boyd being the backup plan!
Congrats for finding someone with a higher career FiP than Teheran and thinking he’s the difference-maker we needed to sell the farm for.
The Boyd > Soroka post is LITERALLY the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen posted to a site chalked full of horrible, horrible takes.
Not saying Soroka is Maddox but Maddox wasn’t a strikeout guy either. Some guys are 8/9 strikeout per 9 guys some are 6 per 9 guys and still are successful TOR guys.
Uh, ….
Incorrect. The Braves have much bigger needs in the bullpen than the rotation.
Now that was stupid
please klentak get relief arm. heck, just abduct someone from the opposing dugout.
Hell, at this point, get him from the stands if you have to.
Maybe you can talk Jerry Dipoto into giving you Anthony Bass.
let’s go AA!
Anything is better than what we have currently
Hey after blowing another lead today, why not? Donaldson just put them back up…see if they can get through this game…….Difference between 4.5 or 6.5 game lead over Nats,……….
yeah, I saw the scoreboard change late. I figured that might push then towards RP help.
Good move braves
NL East was sleeping and now the Braves/Nats/Phils all going at it for the deadline.
For who
If the Tigers wouldn’t budge from Kieboom I wonder who is going back for us
Waters would be the comparable player on the Braves, speaking as a Tigers fan. I would be delighted if it were Greene for Waters straight up. More realistically, and given Tiger GM Al Avila’s trades, I’ll predict it will be PTBNL that will turn out to be Shewmake.
I would rather give up Pache than Waters and either would be a DRASTIC overpay.
Neither
No way that will happen.
Yes! The Pen is much better now, even if he regresses some
And you thought braves fans complained when Allard was dealt. This should be interesting
I didn’t complain. Allard’s star has dimmed tremendously and I was never high on him anyway. I’m just upset that we hung on him for so long instead of including him in a deal for a bigger difference maker years ago.
Ditto
After watching 9 th inning not suprised
Hopefully didn’t overpay
I’d hope it’s Wentz and like Alex Jackson, but I fear it may be a massive overpay with like Wright or Wilson
I’m fine with Wilson, tbh.
No way he is that stupid is he ????
Josh Tomlin closing it out what a joke
I’m fine with Wilson too
Send luke Jackson to Detroit as well…
I’d trade wilson not wright
Tigers fan as well…send Castellanos and Boyd on their way too. Wonder what prospects they got in return
Pirates are losing a buyer for Vasquez
More like Dodgers are losing a fallback option from Vazquez
I hope they don’t give up Ian Anderson or Kyle Wright. I’m sure Pache and Waters are safe.
They were asking for Kieboom from the Nats so who knows and the Tigers want position players.
Rangers get Allard for Chris Martin.
Blue Jays get an older arm in Single-A for Daniel Hudson.
Good stuff Toronto. Good stuff.
Cause Allard’s 88mph fastball has played really well in the majors.
Lol exactly
Tigers want position prospects, not pitchers. Hopefully Waters.
Waters is not happening
Maybe Camargo
Very Chapman-like in return then
If they really gave up one of their top four for Greene over Minor Texas is not gonna be happy.
I’ll be shocked if it’s anything more than a Wilson or Wentz
Seems like a fair return
Agreed. Apparently Alex Jackson is part of the package though, according to Bowman
Guess Bowman was wrong
Still got 30 mins Yankees in rain delay Greinke done for the day AA get on the phone and get us Greinke !!!!!
Knowing the Pirates they will now get less than the return for Greene when they deal Vazquez. NH is in panic mode right now
Castellanos may also be included – Braves need an OF
Braves need an OF?
No to Castellanos. Duvall has more power and is far better defender.
maybe it will be reverse mojo for the smoltz-alexander trade of yore
I’m getting the inkling that the Tigers did much better than they should’ve here if the Kieboom ask from earlier was true and has remained steady.
I don’t think so…….The Nats 2nd best prospect was #80 overall. One could argue that Wilson falls in those ranks. That would be my guess. Nats really only had one more player to offer, which was Kieboom.
If Kieboom is a top 30 prospect and the Tigers had to ask for him because the #80 prospect wasn’t enough. How does that equate to Bryce Wilson is enough? He’s definitely not ranked within the #30-75 prospects on anyone’s list. Personally I think Bryce Wilson would be a steal for Detroit to get for Shane Greene. But I disagree w your logic there.
Yep, Wentz and Demerrite. That’s about right. I wouldn’t have paid any more than that. Good deal for the Braves here. AA didn’t do something extremely stupid.
Thank god now Braves fans can shut up on this site about their search for relief and their cheap GM
Shane Greene as Tigers closer….
Was like a gas station for a plug in car.
There just were not that many save chances.
Possibly Contreras????
Braves just got John Ryan Murphy for cash
Could he be to fill Contreras spot ???
Makes sense
No, that’s dumb.
Acuna and Albies
Thanks, we all needed a laugh!
Still need a SP or another strong bullpen arm
total desperation move. AA was watching today’s game and reacted to the blown save.
This was reported as a possibility early yesterday
The Tigers were staunch on Kieboom because they know the Nats farm is crap, and Kieboom is the only decent prospect. The Braves can offer volume.
They just got melancon, too. Now I’m worried
Now THIS is big.
this deadline might come and go it looks like without the yankees, redsox, astros or twins making a move. anyones game i guess
Wentz’ and Demeritte
It’s been to long for nobody to know the return smh
Is it possible Avila might have just forgot to ask for something in return for Shane Greene?
Fair trade value all around
Braves did good at the deadline and the Dodgers held. They aren’t as good as Dodgers but they definitely closed the gap. Who knows would be cool if they knock of the Dodgers because of their late acquisitions and the Dodgers not acquiring what they needed Vasquez.
Braves should give us Langeliers just for dumping Castellanos on Chicago
Travis Demmeritte is very underrated by alot of fans. He had a bad year adjusting to AA and is a very small guy, kinda like Abies but thinner and a couple inches taller, but he could be a really good get for a throw in. Can play 2d,c3rd, and corner outfield. We have 2 great utility IF and he was taking up 40 man spot so he had to go. Has some power and is very athletic on bases and in the field. Just has to keep K’s down.
Wentz is a flyer. His stuff never developed,and had dead arm issues but hes big, athletic, and knows how to pitch. Could be a #3 or could be a flameout. His velocity changes alot based on the day of the week. Hes got potential though. Great hitter, not that it matters now.
Wentz is the get here, imo. If I recall the Braves got Demmeritte for next to nothing from Texas when they got him.
Demerritte was the throw in, like I said, but a very good one. His stock was up with people paying attention, The juiced balls really helped his batting approach as a little guy with power. Wentz was going down, but hes still got alot potential. Hes never going to be the ace people thought he had the chance to be though, because his walk issues, combined with his velocity staying in the low 90s isnt going to allow him to be more than a #3 if he puts it all together.
Wentz is good at everything but great at nothing, with walk issues. Hes big and athletic enough to hit his ceiling still though. Perfect guy for a stacked farm like ours to trade while keeping someone relatively as valuable like Muller, who has a higher ceiling but lower floor.
Hate giving up Wentz, bit understand that is the price of improving the current bullpen. I could definitely see Wentz as a future #3 and his bat is good for a pitcher (which would have definitely been good in Atlanta).
Was hoping the Braves wouldnt go after the regression candidate. I guess it depends on the price though. Obviously the Braves werent going to go after Giles with the Blue Jays FO and all their hurt feelings with AA.
Hahahaha good deal for braves. Told all u tiger fans you not getting premium talent for Greene lol. Wentz ??? LMAO
Good job man. You rock
I know I do, thanks fella.
Giving up wentz for Greene really hurts… especially sense he’s a rental and I love wentz…. but… I get it. But it hurts… but I get it….. but did I say it hurts?
I liked Wentz, too. I guess you have to give up something, though.
Greene still has another year of control, right?
Correct. Good luck Braves! Loved Shane Greene, can’t wait to see him in October
I think both guys the tigers are getting will do well for them TD was just a casualty of too many prospects
Yes
yes
What exactly do you love about Wentz? His blazing 90 mph FB or his horrible BB/K ratio?
this hurts donut won’t last long, nothing like the big tex rental trade.. We still have our big 3-4 guys on the farm and the pen is two folds better. Give AA a solid B+ grade for the trade deadline.
Grienke would have been amazing but we’d be sitting here without Anderson and waters in a trade or Wilson and pache IMHO.
October will tell but the future is awful bright with Anderson and our future Outfield still on its way.
Keep doing what you’re doing Duvall! You’ve picked up where Riley left off before his struggles and proved to be the savior in this latest absolutely HUGE series man.. “Cap tip”
A position player….any position player Avila you moron. A middling lefty???? The Tigers have pitchers coming by the boatload…but no….Avila gets another pitcher….idiot
Tigers can always trade from their wealth of pitching prospects for anything else they need.
Tigers needs: Every offensive position on the Baseball field.
For all the Tigers fans that aren’t familiar with the Braves’ farm system. Wentz’s ceiling is a #1 TOR pitcher and his floor is a solid #3 starter. Good acquisition by the Tigers.
Who has said he has a #1 ceiling?
I like him as a prospect and hope he has a successful career in Detroit, but he has a 91 mph fastball.
Yeah hes wrong, going off old information, as Braves fan WhO kNoW tHe SyStEm tend to do.
He has walk issues at max effort over 91-92. But he still has alot going for him.
Yeah, no.
Maybe when he was drafted. His walk issues and low velocity preclude him from being a TOR anymore. Good floor though.
wentz is NOT a future #1. he’s pitch to contact guy who would settle in at #4 or #5. His BB/K ratio is horrible.
According to BA Wentz ceiling is as a mid-rotation starter not a number 1.
Like others have mentioned, ceiling of a mid rotation starter.
Greene for Wentz, straight up? Are we sure that’s it? If so, I’m a happy Braves fan.
It shouldn’t surprise Braves fans. GM’s have far too much information to pay for bottom line results that don’t appear sustainable. Greene is a surefire upgrade for the Braves but he is not an elite closer. Which is fine for Atlanta because they had an awful closer. A slightly above average one is a huge upgrade
Yep. Greene is a good addition but he also won’t keep up this production. Im really glad AA didnt pay like he is a top closer.
Dude, stoked that it’s only Wentz. Any tiger fans wanna buy my Wentz prospect auto card now? Lol jk
Wow, you’re really krillin it.
Lol
I can live with this trade. Not the closer I was hoping for but not a prospect I was concerned to lose either.
Great another pitcher when we need position players. I just don’t understand the approach the tigers are taking with the rebuild.
They are rebuilding on pitching. Every year teams always need more pitching. They will trade arms for bats to fill the spots they still have open.
I don’t think the Tigers front office know what their doing
That’s probably the best they could do. We still have plenty of hitting prospects in the minors with Greene, paredes, Castro. Hopefully Stewart will have a bounce back second year next year too, and Jake Rogers seems like he could be a decent hitter which is all you ask for from a guy who’s as good of a defender as he is
Pitching is a route to rebuild. The Braves rebuilt through pitching and they STILL need pitching. The Cubs did it with bats and they are still struggling to fill the rotation with world series calibre starters.
IMO Pitching trades higher than position. Not that it matters now..just saying. We could use another young southpaw.
Great job Friedman. No point in winning division when your pen will crap out in the playoffs. Same old same old.
Travis demeritte
FIRE AVILA NOW!!!! BRINGS IN THREE MIDDLING PITCHERS FOR THEIR TWO GUYS. Maybe we can teach some of these pitchers to hit since we have no one else in the minors that can
We should’ve never extended him. But this trade for Greene bean doesn’t look to bad to me honestly.
Lol chill, Riley Greene can rake, paredes and Castro are both hitting pretty well, and we’ll probably have the top pick in the draft too. Castellanos did not have much value and we got a a pretty good pitching prospect from the braves for Greene which is about what his value was. You can never have too many pitching prospects
Castro is a mess defensively. He won’t be the SS of the future if he can’t field routine ground balls
But he’s hitting well so he’ll probably move to 2nd base or even maybe outfield
True. CF or 2B
The trade with the Braves was fair. Not what I was after (Position player) but Wentz has upside while Demeritte was a nice “toss in”. Greene was having a great season but numbers point toward regression.
Castallanos had virtually zero trade value. Getting a couple projects for a butcher in the field rental.
Granted…..I don’t LOVE what the Tigers did but it was fair return for what they were giving.
Agreed. Well said
In addition to Greene, Braves have acquired Melancon, JR Murphy and Brien Taylor.
Travis demeritte also to the Tigers
Maybe tag this as “Tigers” because as of right now, when you filter by team, the top story is Detroit insisting on Kieboom. Kind of worthless at this point…
This isn’t Vietnam dude, this is MLBTR..there are rules.
Lot of upside on 21 year old Wentz but Braves needed a closer badly, maybe they resign Greene next season also.
He is controlled for next season.
Wentz for Greene isn’t bad for the Braves. If he is included in the deal, Demeritte is just a throw in because he will be Rule 5 loss this offseason anyway. He is not good enough to 40-man him, but good enough for someone to take a flier on him.
Not a bad trade for either team.
Demeritte is hitting .286 20HR 74RBI with a .944 OPS in AAA. He’s probably batting third for the Tigers tomorrow lol
That is great for Demerritte then. He wouldn’t have gotten a chance with the Braves.
Tigers finally get Sweet Revenge for the Smoltz for Alexander trade!!! Bless You Boys!!
Wow. Tigers couldn’t get more than one struggling AA pitcher?
if that’s all that’s highway robbery. Wentz isnt even all that great and Demeritte would need rule 5 protection.
Hopefully, this means the Braves release or send down Minter as well. I would say the same for Sobotka, but there is something about him that makes be think….uhhhh just not yet!
What a soft package…nice work Dodgers smh
Article states Wentz was a 6th Rd pick. According to Baseball Reference he was a 1st rounder (#40 overall).
That’s right. I believe the Braves took Ian Anderson at 3 because they believed they could sign him under slot and used the money they saved on his deal to go over slot value for Wentz.
That’s true… for Wentz and Mueller both.
The Melancon trade itself was bad, but…overall…the Braves improved their bullpen pretty significantly at a reasonable price.
The deal also centered around the Braves taking on his full salary for this year and next. The giants are just trying to cut payroll. They won’t win and they know it.
Greene is an above average reliever who got to be a Closer in Detroit. Braves barely gave up anyone worth worrying about for a guy you can depend on as a late inning reliever or even a Closer if needed. It’s a great move for them because he’s not a rental & is very dependable. Tigers got something for a guy that most likely comes back down to his normal stats next year. The most the Tigers get is a situational Lefty Reliever next year.
THE ALLARD DEAL WILL HAUNT ATLANTA FOREVER.
Hardly. It will not even register next week when Martin starts helping in late relief.
Wentz would be a higher ranked pitcher/prospect on most farms except Braves are loaded in pitching prospects. He has potential to be good someday. Demeritte has been raking in AAA. Braves farm is also deep at OF, so Demeritte will get a chance elsewhere. Both of these guys needed a new environment or else be lost in the Braves prospect shuffle.
Greene is not the best closer but he will be an immediate upgrade in Atlanta.
Any idea why Demeritte has almost no prospect value but continues to produce at every level? Fangraphs has him as a 35 FV prospect but wRC+ above 100 at every stop. He has a high BABIP this year I think he’s shown enough pop and patience to have value
Yeah, I don’t get that either. Maybe a Braves fan who followed him has more insight. .286BA .944 OPS and 20HR/74RBI at AAA seems like someone who slides right into a LF everyday job audition in Detroit
He hasn’t raked at every level. His OPS in 2017 was .708 and in 2018 it was .732 so I wouldnt trust that BABIP.
The biggest winner is Shane Greene. I think Travis Demeritte is the best Braves AAA position players (not the best in the system) and will hit in MLB. He doesn’t look very good defensively. Since the Tigers are working to be a pitching first franchise, they need to concentrate on more solid defenders. All their OFs are not much better than bad.
Joey Wentz fits in what the Tigers are trying to do. There’s no such thing as too much pitching.
Jones was one of the best defending OF in MLB last season.
Wentz went 40th overall in the first comp round, not in the sixth round.
I thought the Braves did quite well. With Jackson not being the closer any more maybe he’ll be a better 7th inning guy since it’s less pressure. But use malancon and green as setup and closer. It’s not bad at all. They’re gonna hit so there was really no need for them to get an impact bat. The starters are good(for the most part) and I think they have a well rounded bullpen now. But we’ll just have to see in October.
Did anyone see what the Arizona Diamondbacks received from Zack Greinke trade?. It was a far better deal then Al “The Man Without A Plan” Avila made for Justin Verlander. Arizona received the Astro’s 3rd, 4th, 5h, and 22nd top prospects. Plus, get this, Arizona does not have to 8 million a year on Zack’s contact. Al are you taking notes?
The Astro prospects in the D-backs deal are not that better compared the what Detroit got in there deal. 1 injured pitcher, 1 overhyped struggling pitcher, and a first base prospect (I actually like Beer) plus a scrubby throw in. Don’t see any panning out. I have hope Franklin Perez can stay healthy for the Tigers and show his potential. Plus, Rogers will be the Tigers starting catcher for the next 6 years.
As for Al’s trades for today, I thought the goal was to acquire major league ready talent, in particular positional players. Yet we get three pitchers and an outfielder. None are major league ready. At this rate, we will be lucky if the rebuild is complete by 2027. Yes, that is a 10 year reboot.
Demeritte can play all positions. His best position is actually 2B. I don’t see him part of the “plan” moving forward but he could bat cleanup with the current roster. Neither player had much trade value in today’s market, especially Nick.
“Surely won’t hold up”. Well how do you know that? It has so far! Why not longer? Please stop stating speculation as if its a fact. You can twist stats any way you want to make anyone look good or bad.
Well, the relay problem was solved I wish they had changed to an elite pitcher but let’s see what happens.
The Tigers have the tools to contend this year. What a Team