The Reds have acquired outfielder Mark Payton from the Athletics for cash considerations, Bobby Nightengale of the Cincinnati Enquirer tweets. Cincy took Payton from Oakland during last winter’s Rule 5 Draft, but it returned him to the A’s on July 21.
The 28-year-old Payton entered the pro ranks as a seventh-round pick of the Yankees in 2014, and he hasn’t played in the majors yet. However, he is coming off a 2019 in which he was a tremendous minor league producer. Payton logged 447 plate appearances with the A’s top minors affiliate, mashed 30 home runs and hit .334/.400/.653 – good for a 148 wRC+ even in the offensively charged Pacific Coast League. He only struck out in 17 percent of trips to the plate, so Payton certainly wasn’t selling out for power.
This can’t be good news for Winker….
Winter no Ervin yes
Winker no, Ervin no (RH), VanMeter yes.
Winker is a proven big league hitter, he just needs to prove that he can stay healthy. VanMeter is the guy who’s at risk.
Neither is going anywhere. Likely done to get a LH bat off the bench.
When winker got the every day spot at beginning of last year and end of 18, I thought he was gonna be next Nick markakis. He was fun to watch last season w some swagger too. Watching him get into w cubs and make some plays. Not sure what happened to that guy….
He might be coming around
With all these rule 5 trades I wouldn’t be surprised if Brandon Bailey and Michael Rucker get traded back to the orioles
Bailey is too valuable for the Stros right now
Promote him to manager and can bell
odd. that’s three times now one of the 2019 guys was traded back to the drafting team
Seems like they need a rule change then
i mean its done willingly by the team the player is drafted from. dont need to send the player back