The Padres announced Thursday that they’ve traded minor league outfielder Buddy Reed to the Athletics as the player to be named later in this month’s Jurickson Profar deal. Oakland traded Profar to San Diego in exchange for catcher Austin Allen and a PTBNL back on Dec. 2.
Now 24 years old, Reed starred at Florida in college and was selected by the Padres with the 48th overall pick in the 2016 draft. Scouting reports at FanGraphs and MLB.com tout him as a plus-plus runner with the potential to be a plus defender in center field, but he’s struggled with the bat at every level in the minors to this point outside of a strong half season in Class-A Advanced last year (which preceded additional struggles in Double-A).
In 2019, Reed hit .228/.310/.388 with 14 home runs, 15 doubles, two triples and 23 stolen bases with the Padres’ Double-A affiliate in Amarillo. Reed did post a career-best 9.5 percent walk rate in the Texas League this year, but he also whiffed at a 28.6 percent clip. Even if he’s unable to make substantial gains at the plate, Reed could still draw enough walks, run well enough and play strong enough defense to eventually be a fourth outfielder in Oakland. That said, he was eligible to be selected in today’s Rule 5 Draft and went unclaimed, so it’s fairly clear that other clubs are wary of his flimsy offensive profile at the moment.
Athletics fans looking to learn more about their new outfield prospect can check out MLBTR’s Q&A with Reed shortly before he was drafted back in 2016.
Bye Buddy. Hope you find your dad.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Beat me to it.
Beat me to saying “beat me to it.”
Do tell, please. I’m not familiar with him or this story.
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Lol ah. And I thought I was gonna
hear a compelling story of a missing loved one. Elf = overrated.
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Hes an angry elf
Does somebody need a hug?
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ah thank you Mr. Porkins
So basically Preller traded two minor league players for another minor league player worth over $5MM…
As a bonus, if Profar is any good, Preller gets him for a whole year.
And who is a FA in one year.
Someone in the Texas Rangers organization?????
*paid over $5MM…
Remains to be seen whether Profar is *worth* that in comparison to other 2B options that the Padres may have had,
Just a quick reminder that the Rockstar talent evaluator actually drafted Reed twice, once in Texas and again in San Diego. Looks like he nailed that one.
Also stole Paddack and tatis Jr from other organizations. Made out like a bandit claiming hand and Yates too. You take the good with the bad. Not every move is gonna work not every move is a disaster. If you seriously have nothing better to do than moan excessively on chat rooms I’d find a hobby or life. Quickly.
Sadly you can’t win more than 70 games with two good moves.
I guess we will see how long a GM keeps his job “because Tatis”.
I’ve said it before, I may say it again: I’m just glad I no longer have to watch Profar throw to first base
They were just waiting to see if Reed cleared Rule 5, which to no one’s surprise, he did.
GREAT speed, prolific defense, can’t hit. Everybody’s got one (see Fox, Lucius, TB).
Good call. He likely was the PTBNL in the trade all along but they wanted to make sure no one took him in Rule 5 before locking it in.
Which is funny, because the A’s usually trade those types (GREAT speed, prolific defense, can’t hit) to KC (Merrell, Blanco).
If they trade end up trading Reed for Tim Hill it will be really funny. KC cant say no to speed.
Reed is all personality with a little baseball talent. If he was that great, someone woulda grabbed him in the Rule 5. Best of luck in Oaktown
Ditto Jurickson Profar. And he is a one year rental making $5.7m.
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Proceed with caution.
Malloy- Is the straight jacket in the trunk?
Reed- 10-4
is this a brickleberrry ref? nice.
TV cop show from the 70’s. “Adam 12.”
Great hair though
Good get for the A’s. Reed is still very raw but he has serious talent.
But not hitting talent.
Really Reed stinks. He couldn’t hit in college at Florida. He hasn’t shown anything in the minors to show he can hit either(outside of A+ Cal league). Only the best hitting league in all of baseball. He stinks
Two top 30 prospects for Profar who was about to be a free agent and who is not as good on offense of defense as the prospect the Padres traded away. This is making less and less sense. Guess the only good news is that Preller will be gone soon.
Allen 26 and Reed 25 but are both running out of time. At this point, Allen seems to have limited upside and Reed is a lottery ticket. Seems like a reasonable trade for both sides.
Allen just came up this year. the only reason he was part of the trade was because he was expendable
Profar ran out of time 2 years ago. He has the least upside of the three. A’s are doing cartwheels over this trade.
Prefer has the least upside? Profar has the least years of control. that’s for sure, but you have to be kidding…Reed has proven he CANNOT hit AA pitching. He is 25. Allen has power and is a bad defensive catcher. These are facts.
Because Billy Beane doesn’t know what he’s doing lol
If they A’s are doing cartwheels in acquiring a catcher that cant catch and an outfielder who’s one tool is speed, they need to learn to calm down.
You just described Reed’s floor. Not his ceiling. And he is only 24.
Allen has upside as a DH/bench bat. And if you wanna talk about defense, let’s talk about the guy who can’t make the throw from 2nd to 1st.
And to top it all off, if Profar does magically turn into the player Preller thinks he is, the Padres won’t even have the upside of several years of cheap control.
THOSE are the facts.
Doing cartwheels over acquiring two top 30 prospects from arguably the best farm system in the game for a non-tender candidate.
Profar has no upside. His numbers tell the story.
His 2019 splits tell a *weird* story.
He’s a switch-hitter who hit .305 batting right vs lefties, with unremarkable power. Hitting left against a RHP, he didn’t break the mendoza line but knocked 17 home runs. He had twice the plate appearances as a lefty than as righthanded, due to the A’s being short of lefthanded batters.
1. Allen wasn’t even the 5th best catcher in our system. Torrens will easily take his place
2. Reed is so good that no one took him in the Rule 5 draft
I think you missed the point. Profar would have been a FA in a day or two. No one was going to pick up the nearly $6 million he was projected to make in arbitration. The Padres didn’t need to give away any prospects at all and they didn’t need to spend $5.8 million.
It’s also confusing that they made a trade in the first place. Profar has no value. Career 88 OPS+ players with one year of team control and a relatively high salary are not exactly in high demand.
So trading the #3 catcher on the Padres depth chart behind two guys that may both be traded and another top 30 prospect even if he did just pass through the Rule 5 draft just seems a silly thing to do. .
Profar is in his last year of arbitration.
If he was non-tendered,he would not a FA. Whoever picked him up would still be on the hook for the arb price. As it was, he agreed to a $5.7 million contract with the Padres.
Allen and reed, both needing 40 man roster spots, had no room in the system. Least preller got something for Jesus Montero 2.0 and Terrance gore 2.0 rather than lose them for nothing.
How do you know he would have signed with the Padres? Perhaps he would have gone somewhere else. By trading for him, Preller was assured to get his guy.
Koamalu is correct in this instance…
No csspackler. You’re wrong. If Profar had been non-tendered, he would have been free to sign with whoever he wanted (including the A’s) for whatever they offered him.
@dvmin98 he would have signed with the Padres because they valued him the most. If they offered up the best trade package for him, it stands to reason they would have offered him the most money had he been non-tendered. It’s also possible that his familiarity with Preller would have made it easier to sign him.
And if he did sign elsewhere, who cares??
@Daboofus he wasn’t going to lose Reed for nothing. He cleared the Rule 5 draft.
And I’m not sure I’d call Profar “something.”
Not true. If he was non-tendered, he would have been a FA, and subject to market value, NOT arbitration.
Pinch running defensive specialist could have a chance to contribute in September. Not a bad get.
I don’t care about losing Reed or Allen, but they seriously could have gotten Profar for nothing when he would be non tendered.
Amen!
Everyone says that, but it’s not true. You are still in competition with 28 other teams that have the exact same opportunity to sign him in the event he is non-tendered. Plus, what if Profar preferred to go somewhere else? You don’t just get to sign someone because you want to. Giving up the two prospects is a GUARANTEE to get Profar for the 2020 season. Anything else would have just been a chance to get him.
Profar might be the worst defensive 2B in the game though. Why would anyone want him unless planning to play him at 1B like the Rangers did.
Suddenly, Profar was in demand? I don’t think so.
The Padres gave up the best trade return for Profar so it stands to reason they’d offer him the most $ if they had waited and let the A’s non-tender him. And given his preexisting relationship with Preller I doubt Profar would have signed elsewhere for less money.
That stands to reason. But only because Preller (ego?) way over values Profar. Just like he over values Margot. And Myers. And Hosmer. This is a disturbing trend for a GM.
SDHotDawg I’m not saying he does or doesn’t overvalue those players. What I am saying is that Profar 100% would have signed with the Padres had they waited and let the A’s non-tender him.
And probably for less than Preller gave him. By trading for him, Preller left his arbitration intact.
Maybe. But definitely when you include Austin Allen and Buddy Reed as part of the “real cost” of acquiring him.
looks like the A’s got their Kyler Murray replacement
You may run like Mays, but you hit like ****.
Thought there was a slim chance somebody was going to scoop him up in the Rule V draft. The A’s and Pads probably thought so too and that’s why they waited to complete this trade. Has some potential if he can put it all together at the plate. Really good athlete
Meh…
This trade just keeps getting more and more interesting and more embarrassing for the Padres. Profar would have been released a day later and instead the Padres trade 2 prospects from their top 30 for 1 year of a .218 hitting 90 OPS+ batter. His career numbers are even worse .234/.315/.394/.709 with an 88 OPS+ Confusing trade at best.
It could very well be there were other trades in the works, and the Padres deal was the one that was done.
Profar was a 2.8WAR player in 2018. Last year his numbers were almost identical … BB/k, line-drive rate, O-swing … everything. Except his BABIP was identical to his overall average (.218). That’s absurdly low.
I don’t know if Profar will turn out well or not. But the price wasn’t very steep. Allen might turn out to be a decent offensive-minded C/DH. Buddy simply can’t hit.
Fine, let someone else trade for him! They’re the ones who are gonna have to have Jurickson Profar on their team…
Profar always has a low BABIP. He didn’t get unlucky, that’s his profile.
Nah, youre reading too much into it, all the players are kinda bad low ceiling types. Its moving trash around so it fits better.
I still have no clue why Preller would target a 2B who spent the entirety of 2019 showing everyone he can’t make throws to 1B. Profar probably hits enough to be a decent 1B/LF but the A’s and Padres both made terrible choices to not play him there, and totally eradicated any value he has.
Now SD should go sign Dozier and stick Profar in LF to save face.
Except Profar is a one-year rental making $5.7m while the other two are making league minimum and still have all 6 years of control.
Boooya!
Like AJ Preller says: You got to give up quality to get quality…
Oh, hold it. That might be a bit of an exaggeration in this case.
He gave up quality to get nothing of quality back.
This trade is terrible! For the Padres.