Rays right-hander Tyler Glasnow is among this offseason’s top trade candidates. He’s set to make $25MM in his final season before free agency. That’d be the largest single-year salary in franchise history. The Rays committed to that number not long ago, signing the 6’8″ hurler to an extension in August 2022. Even with various subsequent injuries to their rotation, Tampa Bay could move Glasnow to bring in cheaper talent.
Mark Feinsand of MLB.com tweeted this evening that a pair of rival executives believe the Rays will pull the trigger on a Glasnow deal this offseason. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal offered a similar sentiment in an appearance on Foul Territory (X link). Rosenthal suggested Glasnow could be the likeliest of the group of top starters who are frequently mentioned as trade candidates — also including Corbin Burnes, Dylan Cease and Shane Bieber — to move.
If the Rays did pull the trigger on a deal this winter, it’d have to be to a club with legitimate playoff aspirations in 2024. There’s little reason for teams like the Nationals or Rockies to acquire a star pitcher with one year left on his deal. An acquiring team would need to be willing to accommodate a $25MM salary. It’s hard to envision Tampa Bay making a trade of this magnitude within division.
That narrows things down somewhat but still leaves various potential suitors. Let’s identify some fits (listed alphabetically). All salary projections are courtesy of Roster Resource.
- Angels: The Angels arguably stretch the definition of “legitimate playoff aspirations,” especially if Shohei Ohtani signs elsewhere. They have made clear they’re not going to rebuild in any case. Patrick Sandoval, Reid Detmers and Griffin Canning are solid rotation pieces. They’re not true #1 arms, though, something Glasnow would provide.
- Astros: Houston will be without Luis Garcia and Lance McCullers Jr. into the middle of the season. Justin Verlander, Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier make for a strong top three. Hunter Brown and J.P. France tailed off a bit as their rookie seasons wound down. Glasnow fits on paper, although it’s unclear whether the Astros would take on his salary. GM Dana Brown has downplayed the financial flexibility at their disposal.
- Braves: Atlanta made a run at Aaron Nola before his seven-year contract to return to Philadelphia. The Braves subsequently added Reynaldo López on a three-year pact and indicated he could return to the rotation. That doesn’t preclude them from exploring clearer upgrades to join Max Fried, Spencer Strider and Charlie Morton in the middle to upper part of the staff. The farm system has thinned but president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos hasn’t shied away from aggressive strikes on the trade market to support an elite core.
- Cardinals: St. Louis has sought three starting pitchers this offseason. They’ve added two veteran innings eaters on one-year deals, bringing in Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson on consecutive days. That raises the floor but still leaves them in clear need of a top-of-the-rotation arm. St. Louis president of baseball operations John Mozeliak acknowledged the team has yet to dig deeply into trade possibilities (link via Katie Woo of the Athletic). That’ll change now that they’ve added some stability without a ton of upside on the open market.
- Cubs: Marcus Stroman declined his player option for 2024. That leaves the Cubs with a front three of Justin Steele, Kyle Hendricks and Jameson Taillon. There’s clearly room for another high-end starter. Chicago isn’t far off this past season’s Opening Day payroll but projects around $25MM below their franchise high mark. They’re about $50MM south of the lowest luxury tax threshold.
- Diamondbacks: Taking on a $25MM player isn’t typical operating procedure for the Diamondbacks. Yet it’s something they could consider this winter on the heels of a World Series run. Arizona’s $103MM projected payroll is around $13MM south of this past season’s mark. It’s nearly $30MM below their franchise high. Adding another starter to join Zac Gallen, Merrill Kelly and Brandon Pfaadt is a clear priority.
- Dodgers: The Dodgers are going to add a couple starting pitchers. Clayton Kershaw and Julio Urías hit free agency. Kershaw’s return timeline is uncertain after shoulder surgery. Tony Gonsolin and Dustin May will miss part or all of next season. Walker Buehler is back but coming off a second Tommy John surgery. Behind him are a few second-year hurlers (Bobby Miller, Ryan Pepiot and Emmet Sheehan) and swingman Ryan Yarbrough. Any of the top free agent or trade candidates on the rotation front make sense.
- Giants: San Francisco’s projected payroll sits at $148MM, about $40MM shy of this year’s mark. Logan Webb is an ace. The rest of the rotation is in question. Alex Cobb is coming off hip surgery. Anthony DeSclafani and Ross Stripling had injuries and/or underperformance in 2023. Top prospect Kyle Harrison is still unproven. President of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi has been reluctant to make free agent splashes for starting pitching. A Glasnow trade would add an impact arm without the kind of long-term rotation commitment to which this front office has been averse.
- Mets: The Mets are likely to bring in multiple starters. Kodai Senga and José Quintana are the only locks for the Opening Day rotation. It’s debatable whether they’re positioned to part with noteworthy young talent to add a rental with the team coming off a 75-87 season. New York has made clear they’re not punting the 2024 season entirely, though. Adding a high-end starter is one step of many required to put themselves back in the conversation with the Braves and Phillies in the NL East.
- Padres: San Diego is down to Joe Musgrove and Yu Darvish after seeing each of Blake Snell, Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha and Nick Martinez hit free agency. The Padres are reportedly trimming payroll, which could rule them out on a $25MM arm, but president of baseball operations A.J. Preller has never been afraid to move things around to accommodate impact talent. The Snell trade with Tampa Bay has been one of the best moves of his tenure.
- Rangers: The defending champions could lose Jordan Montgomery to free agency. Jacob deGrom won’t be ready until the season’s second half. Max Scherzer, Nathan Eovaldi, Jon Gray, Dane Dunning and Andrew Heaney is still a good starting five. They could nevertheless take a swing for Glasnow, building a potential playoff rotation consisting of Glasnow, deGrom, Scherzer and Eovaldi as they try to repeat.
- Reds: Cincinnati’s situation is similar to Arizona’s. The Reds aren’t big spenders but could be in position for a lofty one-year salary for a #1 starter. They’re projected at $52MM for next season, $30MM below this year’s Opening Day mark. The young position player group put the Reds on the fringe of postseason contention. Adding a starter to lead a staff that also includes Nick Lodolo, Hunter Greene, Graham Ashcraft and Andrew Abbott is the next step.
No way Bob is going to pay $25 million for anyone.
Besides, Po Boy hasn’t shown the ability to deal for established major league talent.
Po boy, wait we at a southern kitchen? Popeyes! Popeyes!
No Po Boy is the guy that ended up with Jimmy Monroe’s 1952 Andy Pafko Topps card that was stolen when Jimmy was about to sell the card at a card shop to pay for his daughter’s wedding and the shop was robbed.
It sounds crazy, but I actually think the Reds make more sense than anyone.
Yep & I don’t think it’s out of the question either…
Despite what some fans believe the Reds do tend to regularly put 1 or 2 medium to high price pieces on their roster on a pretty consistent basis…. (They haven’t always panned out)…. But Joey Votto, Mike Mustakis; Homer Bailey, Brandon Phillips & even Nick Castanios were all handsomely paid by the Reds in the last decade….
Don’t get me wrong the Reds are never going to be a top payroll team & they’re typically going to be in the bottom half of the league when it comes to payroll but they’re also not normally a bottom dwellers either…. Now with the Votto & Mustakis contracts finally done they virtually have nothing on the books this year…
Would not be shocked at all if they took on a bigger contract they’d normally not be in contention for, especially a short term one…
So what’s a reasonable return for 1 year of Glasnow at $25M? The salary seems pretty close to market rate but it’s only a one year commitment. Edwin Arroyo?
All were under a different mind set in the front office.
If the reds miss out on free agent pitchers and are forced to go to trade market- I can see them pursuing Glasgow. Also a Glasgow and arozarena package makes sense for both sides.
Something like Phillips, Hinds, Richardson, and one of their top international players (duno/Cabrera/Jorge) can prob land both of them. If it’s just Glasnow – something like Fraley/Richardson/ashcraft.
Reds really need to move india for a pitcher but rays are loaded with young infielders so don’t see it working out that way
I don’t see Ashcraft going anywhere and not so sure about Phillips. Filling a hole by creating another in its place doesn’t make sense.
Whatever the trade package is, it’s gonna be strong. Too many teams will want him and the Rays can sweat em out.
I am guessing a slew of minor league lottery tickets will be their best return for one year of a guy.
This article does not suggest that Randy Arozarena is likely to be moved by the Rays and I am not sure why the Rays would move him unless they were overwhelmed with an offer.
Randy’s likely Arb 2 contract this year will be 7 million.
Next year probably 10 to 12 million. Those are both steals for his production.
It will be before the 2026 season that the Rays will be considering moving him.
I don’t see the Rays moving Glasnow for any of Frayle/Richardson//Ashcraft.
As a Rays fan, I could see them moving him for Phillips. However, I think that could be construed as an overpay by the Reds. fans
History shows me that there is always someone willing to overpay for a pitcher that has had success at the MLB level.
@ rendon The reds system is as deep as any in the majors and they aren’t going to trade from the depth for a year question mark at market value. And neither will any other non desperate team
@geno
Rays proven over the years they’ll trade anyone. If the package is better for Randy, they could just keep Glasnow. And they could also trade both and still have an increase in payroll like they foreshadowed.
Rays do a good job identifying desperate teams. My guess it’s Glasgow that’s traded to pirates or giants or angels
Sure, I agree the Rays will trade anyone. But Randy then would require a much bigger package than your initial proposal from the Reds.
Just IMO.
But are they willing to part with the prospect capital…
We could afford 25M but do we really want to? Glasgow has great stuff but look at what players we’d have part with. And spend $25M for 1year and the guy has never pitched more than 120 innings in a season. Kick the tires and move on. There has to be a better deal
Who cares
I do.
I don’t
Fair play. Agree to disagree.
@Joey Joey sucks
I don’t care that you disagree with me
I don’t care that you don’t care that he doesn’t agree with you about caring about Tyler Gladnow trade destinations
I don’t care that you don’t care about me not caring that JohnFishers$1BlumpkinSpecial doesn’t agree with me about caring about Tyler Gladnow trade destinations
The Cardinals and Rays match up as good trade partners because the Cardinals need a pitcher like Glasnow, and because the Cardinals have young players that the Rays organization could turn into All Stars.
Have to question is he worth $25M for one year as he going FA after 2024. That would be a sticking point him going to STL or for that matter quite a few other teams. Rental arm.
Mozeliak should just convince them to send Glass on the cheap since Arozarena worked out so nicely for them?
That is really the determining factor for the Rays. The team that is willing to part with cheap, young and most importantly, controllable talent. Using those metrics the Cardinals are a perfect fit, and possibly the Reds.
Waiting for the “12 Possible Fits” for Free Agent Julio Urias.
None, her is this years Trevor Bauer!
drpofsps, agreed. Case closed. Next!
Julio Urias & Trevor Bauer package deal…
That Dodgers rotation was criminally good.
California penal league should be the number one fit
Matty D Wins..I’ll get back to you Matty I got a guy on the other line about some white walls.
You won’t find a fit for Glasnow until almost every decent starting pitcher is off the board. The types that might normally wait out the market like Lynn and Gibson (smartly) signed early and others might follow suit.
Teams that missed out on TOR arms or didn’t want to pay too dollar will come knocking for Glasnow.
$25m is top dollar. At least thr AAV is. Definitely less risky though.
Sorry, I meant top dollar over long term. Heck even $25 million is decent when you see Degrom/Scherzer/Verlander. When Glasnow is healthy he’s up there. He just doesn’t get the career performance bump. But like degrom, the health is the issue.
Don’t trade with Tampa.
Agreed. I think acquiring former White Sox pitchers makes the most sense. The White Sox were one of the worst defensive teams I’ve ever watched play. Any of their pitchers would figure to improve just by playing in front of even an average defense.
In other words, the Cardinals should offer Giolito a contract.
Or trade for Cease.
I have absolutely loved all the “fans” this off season saying no team is gonna pay $25m for glasnow next year unless the rays send money too…. Kyle Gibson just got $12m…. Pitching is a prized possession people… use your head
Gibson has 4.9 WAR compared to Glasnow’s 4.7 over the last three years. Glasnow will also cost the signing team other players. Tampa will be wanting premium players as usual. Let’s see who wants to pay the $25 million plus other players for one year of Glasnow.
57 you’re correct, sounds dumb enough Mozeliak might just fall for it.
I guess Dodgers makes most sense. Still, can’t say for sure what looks best on paper since a trade like this won’t happen until FA pitchers get knocked off.
Not sure even the Dodgers are gonna want to take on the prospect cost and $25m for a rental. There most likely spending $50m-$60m a year for Ohtani. They don’t even have a SS or a 2B right now
Whichever team likes injuries the most…
Dodgers it is…
Injuries and an average of 66 innings pitched per season. What’s not to love?
But probably not the way GMs think. They will value the more recent stats. Injuries are still a consideration, but my guess is that other GMs will be expecting closer to 120 IPs.
What would the rays want, position wise? Does the $25 mil + 1 year deal impact a deal significantly?
That’s the scary part. The Rays would probably take it easy on you asking for players you have no issue giving up. Immediately after the trade you feel like the Cardinals after getting Nolan Arenado. In two years you feel like the Cardinals getting Marcel Ozuna. Your throw away prospects are now All Stars. Tyler Glasnow playing for someone else and you’re left wandering what went wrong.
The Rays got Glasnow from the Pirates for Chris Archer.
I don’t see a lot of surplus value here. He will inevitably be hurt at some point, no matter how dominant he is when healthy. As a free agent who could only sign for one year, what would he get…$30M?
I would think so. Not so much the $25mil but the 1 year. Unless they hold until the deadline and a team overpays hoping he’s the final piece. However, usually a team gains more from a trade when a team can have them a full season. If StL can’t get Yoshinobu, I’d be happy with Glasnow
Rays need mlb ready pitching in return. A couple controllable pieces w upside today.
Rays could also unload some other players that would create a fielding need as they are surely going to reduce payroll somewhere even though they are committed to spending more. Guys like Randy and Ramirez are getting costly
Personally, I see the Rays moving Randy before the 2026 season.
Randy costs them about 7 million this year.
Then about 10-12 million in 2025.
Those feel like a steal of value to me for his production.
That’s typically the spot rays unload their talent
The cardinals are not fit. Last place teams don’t make trades to $25mm for a one year rental. Even with Glasnow, they aren’t getting above .500 this year.
I liked the wording “added some stability without a ton of upside”. Great way of saying the Cards added innings eaters who suck. They will be bad, but they will be bad a minimum of two times thru the order, so they got that going for them.
cardinals offense should be top 10 in baseball, assuming they dont trade much from active roster. they performed really bad last year in situational spots. lots of blown saves,below average babip despite a good hard hit %, bad at stranding ruunners, bad in 1 run games. those things can turn around. so if the pitching staff is just mediocre, with a little change in some of the “lucky” stats, they can be a playoff team again.
I admire your positivity, but your wrong. Baseball history shows us 36 year first basemen don’t have good years. Goldschmidt’s second half plunder continues into ‘24. Who knows if Winn can hit? Carlson can’t hit from the left side. O’Neil, why bother? Donovan was really bad for two months last year and good for two months. Donovan, Edman and Nootbaar have no power but can all take walks to first base and get stranded there, can’t drive in runs, Nootbaar barely swings the bat. Gorman is great when plays, but already has back issues. Those don’t go away. Walker, Arenado and Contreras are left. Good players but not enough. I’ll stop the reply with Victor Scott right here. You can add him to the weak outfield group.
sadly,i dont disagree with any of your comments. i think all of these issues are on a spectrum and i guess i dont think theyre all as extreme as maybe you do. i think a healthy lineup of something like donovan, walker, arenado, gorman, goldy, nootbar, contreras, oneil, edman has the potential to be very good. then with winn, carlson,burleson thats the start of a good bench. if they can sign some one of yamamoto/gray/snell, plus 2 relievers out of like stephenson, robertson, neris, matsui, chafin, matt moore then theres at least improvement in the rotation and pen.
Would be interesting to see the Rangers trade Heaney and two prospects for Glasnow.
A big part of why Tampa would trade Glasnow to begin with is to shed payroll. They wouldn’t want to take on Heaney’s contract in the deal, perhaps unless they got a couple high end prospects in addition to him. That being said, I could definitely see the Rangers as being one of the favorites to land him. They have the prospect talent and payroll space still to make it work.
Glasgow is good but he’s on a 1 year at market value with an extensive injury history. He won’t be returning multiple top end prospects.
Something like Leiter and Harris prob can get it done
Makes sense for whoever signs Ohtani to get a top arm for 2024 when Ohtani won’t be pitching.
Angels should offer Rengifo.. Their SS won’t be back…. he crossed the line…….ahem……
The Angels have no one to trade.
Insert Jo Adell joke here:_____________.
The Jo Adell being more prospect than suspect days are over.
Aren’t the Mets the natural fit here? They wouldn’t mind taking on the big contract, especially as a one-year gamble. And the Rays probably don’t need that much in return, as long as they’re getting that money off the books. Besides, they’ll probably take the Mets’ 27th ranked prospect and turn him into an all-star.
The Mets want to keep their farm system entact.
The Mets seem to be setting their sights more on 2025 and onwards. 2024 is looking like a “bridge year” for them, so Glasnow doesn’t make a whole lot of sense for them in my opinion.
Your crazy if you think the Mets are doing nothing this off-season and can’t make up the few games to compete for the playoffs.
They missed the playoffs by 9 games, and traded away two of their three best pitchers. If they want to compete, they need to go on a huge buying spree, again.
They get the best closer back in the game without any moves. That’s good for a chunk of that. No one needs to go on a huge spending spree to improve nine games. The right small moves can do that but they will still spend more than 90% of the league this off season.
Diaz’ ERA in his Mets career is 3.20. You are doing the typical fan hope that he comes back and somehow repeats his best season ever.
I mean if you want to go under the norm of the 3.20 and think that he has an ERA of 2.80 or 2.7 fine. By the way, there were 15 guys in MLB last year with an ERA of 3.2 or lower and over 20 saves.
Diaz would be the closer of every team in the league. Whatever irrelevant stat you put out there won’t change h that.
Julio Urias “hit” free agency alright…
So Tampa Bay would unsurprisingly be willing to trade someone who has NEVER pitched more innings in a season than the 120 in 2023 BUT will also cost $25 million???
LoL, I think everyone should pass.
Most of baseball feels different. He’ll be in very high demand.
Ironically, part of the reason a lot of teams will be interested is BECAUSE it’s only a one year commitment. $25 million isn’t cheap, but it’s only one year. If it doesn’t work out, they aren’t on the hook for years and years afterward.
Also, Glasnow may be brittle, but when he is on the mound he’s put up legitimate ace numbers. And legitimate aces do not grow on trees or come cheaply. Look at what Texas gave to deGrom last year, when he was several years older than Glasnow is now and just as injury prone.
Your not a legitimate ace if you can’t stay on the mound. Aces are reliable.
With Glasnow there is a ton of risks despite his obvious upside. I knew that when I posted my initial response above. Will someone be willing to take that risk for the potential of great rewards?
Sure.
Will a team be willing to trade significant talent to acquire him?
Most likely someone is desperate enough to roll that dice if for no other reason than to make themselves better on paper and sell season tickets.
But the big question is, will the cost of obtaining Glasnow both monetarily AND talent wise actually be worth the returns?
And the overwhelming answer is most likely not.
He has proven himself as undependable and that isn’t likely to change.
I would say realistically this list of 12 teams could be whittled down to 6: Cardinals, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Giants, Rangers
I’d replace the Cardinals with the Reds, but other than that I agree with your list.
And I think there’s better odds of him going to a team off your list.
Mets
Glasnow
White Sox
Peterson
Rays
Cease + McNeil
you can’t be serious….
Youre amazingly high
*You’re
So the WS give up Cease and get Peterson back? Does that really make sense to you?
Don’t do it Farhan
Lol. I think they are the favorites. Price won’t be as bad as u will expect
I think we’re going to be trying to promote guys to MLB from A ball again next year
I really don’t get the appeal of Glasnow. Yes he is a very good talent and has shown flashes of TOR ability in the majors. However, In his 8 seasons in the major leagues, he has started more than 14 games just once and only pitched more than 100 innings twice. His career ERA is 3.89, which is good, but not exactly screaming #1 starter either. For $25 million a year, you can probably find two similar arms.
Snell and Yamamoto are the only two remaining pitchers in free agency that offer the kind of upside that Glasnow does. There is plenty of risk with him, but the upside he possesses and the fact that teams will only have to commit to him for one season will make him a very attractive commodity. I’d much rather have Glasnow for one year than commit 7-8 years for Snell or Yamamoto, personally.
With his injury history, that one season is even more of a gamble. If you had him for 2-3 years, the chance of getting a full season out of him is greater. With just one shot, it is an incredible roll of the dice.
I also disagree that those are the only two with his upside, and I would even argue that Yamamoto is proven yet. Sonny Gray is up there. As far as proven upside goes, Clevinger, Flaherty, Giolito, Lorenzen, Manaea, Montgomery, Paxton, Plesac, E-Rodriguez, and several others could all make the claim of being more proven than Glasnow.
It is, but one that plenty of teams will be willing to make. Because of his price tag and injury history, he shouldn’t cost a massive haul of talent. Teams with deep enough farm systems can afford to roll that dice.
I could see a team like the Dodgers going for him. They always seem to have a great rotation even though they have 6-7 starters on the IL or suspended list every year.
I’d much rather have Glasnow for one year than commit 7-8 years for Snell or Yamamoto, personally.
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I wouldn’t rate one deal over the other, but Glasnow’s appeal, by far, is the one-year commitment. IMO, way too many people think you can only trade for players that you can extend. In a lot of cases, I’d be glad to trade for a player and get a comp pick when he walks.
Cease will be 30 his first year of free agency. Woodruff will be 32. If I traded for those guys, I would not be thinking that I want to extend them until age 35-36.
No way Glasnow is worth $25 million this year, & he undoubtedly will seek at least that going forward. First of all, has he ever pitched a full season?
Secondly, after baseball cracked down on pine tar; he bitched, then hurt his arm (again) trying to pitch without it. I should have said trying to throw without it, because after years of throwing heat aided by a gripping agent, he had to try to actually learn to pitch.
Most teams would take Glasnow at that price and contract. But he’s not being waived. You have to give up talent for the privilege. Many teams will decline because there is no surplus value during that one year.
Cardinals should be a good fit because they have many young pitching prospects. not all elite but many sort of 2nd tier specs that project as #2-4 starters. And all have a chance to be mlb ready by 2025. prob in some order like Hence, Roby, Liberatore, Thompson,Graceffo, Robberse, Hjerpe, Mcgreevy, Bedell, Kloffenstein. Id think theyd trade any 2 of those besides Hence or maybe Roby for 1 year of Glasnow.
The Cardinals aren’t going to actually compete this year. Why on earth would they want one year of an often injured pitcher? I’d much rather roll the dice with those prospects for 2025 than Glasnow.
Why would you think that they aren’t going to compete? Because they had a down year? They still have Goldy and Arenado and a lot more talent surrounding them. Until St. Louis trades one or both of them, I will not accept that they are not competing.
They still have bad pitching. They just signed two of the worst free agent pitchers. So far the pitching will be worse this year than last year.
Well all I can say is that if you have it all figured out right now, then why do you even want to watch baseball in 2024?
I may not if they don’t sign at least one decent starter before spring. They said they would upgrade the rotation. So far they have not. I seriously doubt they will.
Signing journeymen to one year contracts to fill out the rotation doesn’t sound like a team wanting to compete.
Beware
One does not win a trade with Tampa Bay.
We have been burned many times and I’m sure we will again
Minnesota with Joe Ryan and Colorado with German Marquez would disagree with that statement. Tampa is just as fallible as any other team with trades.
You seem to forget the deal for Evan Longoria
Pads stole Snell… and Cronenworth in a different deal.
It’s always funny to me the MLBTR posts these types of articles and even though the Pirates ended the season with a starting staff of 2 legitimate starters, 1 spot start and 2 reliever games every 5 days, they’re never mentioned
No team needs starters more than them
And while ownership has been uh, cheap, you list other teams with “frugal” ownership
Hey MLBTR….wake up
Pirates are an ideal fit for sure ! One of tops imo as they are going into next season to win and the price won’t be terrible. I’d say they are on the favorites strictly due to fact they won’t be signing any top FA pitchers
I keep waiting for the a big signing but all we’ve got so far is Reynaldo Lopez? Yikes. At least extend Max Fried. Evidently next year the plan is starting pitchers to go 3-5 innings then turn it over to the bullpen from what I am seeing.
The Reds seem like an interesting landing spot.
Glasnow, Andrew Abbott, Hunter Greene, Graham Ashcraft and Nick Lodolo would be a very solid starting rotation.
It would definitely be a very solid injured list.
Any contender would be happy to pay Glasnow $25m for a year. But are they willing to compromise long term competitiveness by trading 2-3 top prospects?
At $25MM and likely restricted innings with time on the IL, I don’t see him netting 2-3 top prospects for one season. The Rays are hard to read though. They may see value in multiple lower-level prospects that the trading team may not value as highly.
They aren’t getting 2-3 top prospects. As a RS fan, I’d like to trade for him, but would not give up even one top-tier prospect. A good secondary piece and a lottery ticket.
I don’t see the Braves swinging a deal for him. I don’t truly think we have Tampa bay type prospects to make this deal happen, I don’t think we have the prospects for any team to make this happen. Nor do I think the Braves will be willing to give up the few decent prospects we have to acquire him and his injury history. Unless he’s dirt cheap in prospects capital and the rays are strictly looking to offload payroll for a minor return, I’ll have to see it to believe that this deal would have transpire between the two organizations
As the article last week suggested a Glasnow trade will probably have to wait for a few more starting pitching FA to sign before acquiring teams will focus on trades
Tampa would be foolish if they excluded the idea of trading within the division. Especially when you’ve got a team like the Orioles in need of top shelf starters and what some prospect publications think is the best farm system in the league. (But for the record I wouldn’t be willing to get into a bidding war for him, just too much of an injury risk for a guy who has only exceeded 3 fWAR once, and NEVER hit 3 bWAR, even factoring in pace from the shortened 2020 season.)
I think the cards should be talking to the whitesox and the blue Jay’s. manoah could be a front of the line #1 guy for our staff.
And to rebuttal here on the dbacks, they spent a ton of money bringing in schilling, and the big unit. It just happened to be with previous ownership that they spent.
They only spent money bringing in Johnson. They got Schilling from the Phillies in a trade for Travis Lee and three fairly mundane pitchers.
The Rays need pitching as much as anyone. Unless an offer actually makes the team better there’s no reason to trade Glas.