The Padres traded reliever Enyel De Los Santos and minor league pitcher Thomas Balboni Jr. to the Yankees for outfielder Brandon Lockridge, according to team announcements. The Athletic’s Chris Kirschner was first with the deal.
De Los Santos, 28, has a 4.46 ERA, 28.2 K%, 7.6 BB%, and 34.6% groundball rate in 40 1/3 innings for the Padres this year. He’s been stung by the longball, allowing 11 bombs on the season. Padres manager Mike Shildt has lost trust in De Los Santos in recent weeks, perhaps due to a 7.62 ERA over his last 14 games.
Signed for $15K by the Mariners out of the Dominican Republic a decade ago, De Los Santos was traded to the Padres in December 2015 in a deal for Joaquin Benoit. He was dealt to the Phillies a couple years later for Freddy Galvis, making his Major League debut with that team. De Los Santos went on to log big league innings with the Pirates and Guardians, with the Padres picking him up in last November’s Scott Barlow deal.
De Los Santos is earning $1.16MM this year, and was expendable for the Padres particularly after they added Jason Adam and Tanner Scott in trades. De Los Santos is under team control through 2026 as an arbitration eligible player. The Yankees supplemented their bullpen earlier today by acquiring Mark Leiter Jr. from the Cubs.
The Yankees also add Balboni, a 24-year-old A ball reliever. Balboni, drafted by the Padres in the 15th round in 2022, owns a 38.2 K% and 12.7 BB% on the season.
Lockridge, 27, was a fifth round pick by the Yankees in 2018. He’s mostly played center field this year at Triple-A, riding a strong walk rate to a 114 wRC+. Known for his speed, Lockridge also has 34 stolen bases on the season.
LOL. Doh!
That’s not how you spell Jack Flaherty
I laughed way too hard from that comment. Thanks, I needed that after fearing Cole will likely be shut down for a while.
Absolutely correct. No one can argue with the spelling here.
Already gives up a home run an outing (felt that way) in a pitchers park. Enjoy
That’ll save ’em
Print those WS tickets.
Get rid of Ferguson, get this guy. Quid pro quo. Nice job Cashman.
To all my Yankees fan compadres, as a Red Sox fan you have my sympathy…
The trade deadline used to be a blast for both of our fan bases.
i think there’s a argument for the red sox only making minor upgrades. your rebuild is ahead of schedule and your future is bright. the yankees’ window is closing fast. this was so obviously the year to go ALL IN
I still remember when both the Yankees and Red Sox were competing to make a trade with the Rangers for Alex Rodriguez. Those were fin times!
I think you’re losing sight of what’s important here bud. At last the Yankees have a Balboni again after lo these many years lol!
Santos has a real arm but has been giving up bombs all year.
He only gave up 11 HRs in 40 innings. That is less than 3 per 9 innings.
Was that sarcasm? 11 HR in 40 innings is a ton.
Of course. 🙂 Honestly, that is an unbelievably high number of HRs for 40 innings.
Ha! I need the sarcasm font lol
lol, nice one
Grats!
LoL. who is this guy. Yankees would have been better off bringing back King. Still don’t know why the Yankees didn’t try for Yates or Houdini on Texas
yanks would not be able to land king lol padres arent sellers this year.
We love King, thank you
Cashman has disappointed us once again. Wait’ll next year. Ahahaha!
Yank are fn garbage!!!! Adding this trash ass reliever from padres like bruh cashman stays digging in the fn garbage!!!!!!
F, we just lost on so many levels today. Time for an executive house cleaning!
Agreed! This team is beyond flawed, and once again we prospect hug.
The time for the executive house cleaning was 2021.
It’s been time for an executive house cleaning for a decade now. I don’t know what “special” services Cashman provides to Hal but it has to be something serious. He has made mistake after mistake with trades. Had all of baseball laughing at him when he rushed out to sign Rodon. Agents have always gotten him to outbid himself. He has routinely let solid players depart in the Rule 5 and falls in love with certain prospects, refusing to trade them when they have high value. Then gives them chance after chance after they turn into pumpkins. I lost what little respect I had for him when he sent Gardner packing. The man deserved a one day retirement contract at minimum to say goodbye to the fans. Remember when he gave Ellsbury that massive deal then claimed poverty with Gardner when they were basically the same player except Gardner knew how to stay healthy? Cashman would be a great GM for a team like Detroit or Seattle. He should be no where near a checkbook the size of the Yankees. The money makes him drink a big glass of stupid then go out and make moves.
Trash man living up to his name again…soon we’ll hear again from him that there was nothing out there worth trading for….
“We evaluated the market and weren’t comfortable with the price points” blah, blah, blah
“We have Stanton, Effross, Dominguez, etc, etc, etc, coming back and that’s like a great trade deadline”
“We believe we are a championship-caliber team”
SAME “STUFF” Different Season…. Nothing will change till Trashman is gone.
Padres beat Cashman to getting Tanner Scott and Padres literally discard a subpar pitcher onto the Yankees. That’s just sad…
Agreed completely, man! Ugh, they piss me off so much.
This feels like Cashman just gave us the perfect pass for an alley-oop dunk…
Same thing he did with the Twins when he freed them up to get Correa by taking Donaldson.
PTBNL for Soto trade?
Wink wink, Brew! Sorry Clip, but maybe everything manifests into another WS meeting? We do still owe you for ’98! Cheers amigo
And I had Game 5 tickets!! Argh!!!
And I thought I was sooo much older than you…..
I think I have a few years on ya, Brewski… still in my 40s though!
Nah I got ya beat. You were a child in 1998. Whereas I was still seeking tenure then, stressed out and missing way too many Pads games, taping them on 8 track cartridges.
A+ for Yankees. Got 2 upside arms for free. 1 might be should be pitching in post season. Yankees know what they are doing with arms.
Another beard in need of cutting.
Another mediocre acquisition by Cashman for a playoff push
Thank god, I couldn’t stand de los Santos coming in to blow games
Cashman needed a SP. Whiff.
best trade AJP has made at TDL
I don’t think he would have survived the new additions acquired today!
I think this helps them stay under the CBT while taking on Perez’ salary
Typical cashman move. Needed another bat and starter but he chooses a reliever again. We are in no better position than we have been the last 6-7 years. First or second round exit incoming.
I don’t know how Cashman keeps his job unless it’s time to Blame Steinbrenner for not wanting to add any significant payroll. The Yankees needed to at least get something for Torres and messed up
Dude gave cash 300 million dollars, it is on Cashman.
I don’t know why you’re so hung up on trading Torres. He’s been the third best hitter in the past month behind Judge and Soto. The Yankees need consistent offense. You’re also overvaluing Torres to a trade partner. The only way to offload Torres is to eat a large chunk of his remaining salary for a lottery ticket. That only compounds the Yankees’ issues this season.
86-76, 2 games out of WC3
Steinbrenner is the culprit cause I promise you he did not want to add much salary regardless of all the BS rumors Yankees linked to many big name players and needs. Judge must be disgusted and imagine Soto and his thinking that they did absolutely nothing to improve at 3B, 1B, Closer and rotation. They must be in serious denial if they think the current roster even if everyone is healthy is good enough to advance far in playoffs and now you have an infield log jam and where Does Dominguez fit once he ready cause Verdugo is going to be one very unhappy dude in a week or so.
How or why is Torres is still a Yankee is crazy. He refused to play 3B. Get him off my team.
He’s never played 3rd. And he wasn’t a good SS, what makes you think moving him back to the left side of the infield and closer to the batter is a good move?
He’s an upcoming free agent,why lessen his already tarnished value by being a butcher at a position ( very difficult one) he hasn’t played.
I do believe we Cashman‘s comments earlier in the season where he said that this was an all in year, this is a funny way to live up to that hype. He said he badly wanted to get a World Series ring to these guys while they were all together this year.lol
There really is no excuse. A deep playoffs run would be a boon to business and help resign Soto. There could’ve been more reinforcements without trading Jasson and Spencer. Meanwhile, the Dodgers and Mets keep adding with little regards to the tax hit. This is on Hal.
He’ll be back with SD on a minor league deal this winter.
Yeah if he continues to give up a million home runs he’s a non-tender candidate in Arb next year
Good stuff, but HR prone. I found it difficult to trust him without a lead over 5+ runs
Lmao. Padres get Tanner Scott and the Yankees pick up their scraps.
Who’d the Padres get in return?
Pads get just a 27 year old OF stuck in the minors entire career. This was a player dump more than a trade. DLS hasn’t delivered, but he was good last year so hopefully he can turn it around. Reasonable risk taken by Yanks
Gonna start calling DLS the “Swedish Chef.”
A bag of balls?
Does Cashman think the trade deadline is August 31?
Cash got 2 guys with 4+ ERAs for the pen. Expect them to go in to the Blake pitching lab and become high leverage arms in the next 2 months.
Another busted year for Cashman and Steinbrenner. Obviously they don’t care about winning- Gotta love what Dodgers -and Orioles- are doing to win. . Why would Soto want to stay in this POS organization.
$500MM
For 12 years?
That places the deal at $41.66MM AAV. It’s higher than Judge’s deal but I think Boras will demand an opt-out when Soto is 30. $500MM may be light if they want a longer, secured deal.
Made me recall a name haven’t thought of in a while. Bye Bye Balboni
The Yankees got Enyel.
Yankees don’t have anything in their Farm that other teams want. It really is as simple as that.
They are not going to trade Dominguez or sell low on Jones.
Lombard and Arias are not having Great Seasons and obviously, W. Warren wasn’t pursued and they are not selling low on Hampton. Who did they have left to Offer?
Simply not true. The Yankees have a top 10 farm system. They aren’t willing to pay a “Yankees tax” for 34-year-old relievers on an expiring contract. The prospect packages being returned were insane! I’m glad Cashman didn’t panic and overpay for a marginal upgrade. Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.
Agreed… I like Scott as much as the next guy, but to give up your #2, #4, #5, & #24 prospects for less than half a season (maybe 30 innings) of a reliever is pure insanity. If he isn’t flawless in SD, the Padres will regret that trade for a long time.
The Yankees have a decent farm system but they seem unwilling to part with their top guys. I know Dominguez is off limits, but I’m a CWS fan and was hoping to see Crochet traded for Jones and maybe someone like Clayton Beeter. There are quite a few guys in the Yankees’ system that a lot of teams would love to have. They aren’t the Orioles or Cubs, but they’re nowhere near as bad off as the Angels or Astros.
It sounded like the Yankees were willing to part with top prospects in the right deal. The market rate for mid-tier relievers was crazy. Cashman showed his experience by sitting out on the overpay for the moderate upgrade frenzy. I wonder how many teams will have the buyers’ remorse in the morning? Only one team will win the WS. Everybody else blew it!
I hope lockridge gets a chance to play in the majors for San Dielameo. Guy has a ton of speed and is a fantastic athlete. Capable CF/2B/SS. He doesn’t hit for any power, which is hard in today’s day and age but he was fun to watch. Best of luck to him. Hope these RP’s make a difference.
Ps. Fire cashman.
@NYG4246. Hey thanks for that run down on Lockridge. The Pads have seriously depleted their OF depth with trades this year so it’s good to know this guy can step in if needed. Maybe DLS just needs a change of scenery. He was excellent last year and looked fine earlier this year, but then his fastballs started getting barreled in June and July. He could turn it around.
These misplaced and unwarranted calls to fire Cashman completely undermine and deflect from the completely rational, thoughtful, and heartfelt demands that Boone be fired like George Banks in Marry Poppins.
Fire Cashman for god’s sake! Enough is enough!!! Time to clean house and hire a new GM.
Cashman doing his usual of gorging himself on mediocrity,
So the Yankees didn’t really do anything this deadline, I love it.
Jazz would like a word.
He looks like the best player to change teams so far. Cashman gets no credit from these goons of course. Jazz is 26 years old and has 2.5 years of club control, and he was acquired by dealing from our catching surplus.
I was hoping Lockridge would make the Yankees so I could chant “Let’s Go Brandon” all night.
Yeah. I never really got that “joke”. I saw the clip and stuff and still don’t get it. I mean, why it’s funny. The announcer is trying to cover for the fact that some people were swearing loudly on live TV. That’s the joke, right? I guess that’s funny??
No point in really dissecting it. Political humor in general (whatever your stripe) is usually awful, but the Let’s Go Brandon stuff is particularly dumb.
Leiter and De Los Santos have good SO:BB ratio. I don’t think these acquisitions are so bad.
The Padres may have found a diamond in the rough in Brandon Lockridge. He’s MLB ready and can play multiple positions. Why didn’t NYY give him a look?
Because Verdugo is going to turn the corner any day now! Boone can feel it!
A+ Yankees. Just stole relievers at deadline.