Outfield trade targets

[Krusty]

Rangers Adolis Garcia for Alexis Diaz.

[mth123]

Rangers Adolis Garcia for Alexis Diaz.

When the Rangers stop laughing, they might say yes if you'd throw in Spencer Steer and Chase Petty. Garcia is their clean-up hitter and they want to win. Why would they trade him.

[Kc61]

1B Christian Encarnacion-Strand / Jeimer Candelario / Spencer Steer
2B Matt McLain
SS Elly De La Cruz
3B Spencer Steer / Josh Smith / Jeimer Candelario
LF TJ Friedl
CF Adolis Garcia
RF Everson Periera
CA Tyler Stevenson
DH Christian Encarnacion-Strand / Jeimer Candelario / Spencer Steer

1B/DH Christian Encarnacion-Strand / Jeimer Candelario / Spencer Steer
IF Santiago Espinal (or) Tyler Callihan (or) Ivan Johnson
OF Jake Fraley (or) Stuart Fairchild (or) Joey Weimer
CA Jacob Stallings

S1 Hunter Greene
S2 Nick Martinez
S3 Nick Lodolo
S4 Andrew Abbott
S5 Rhett Lowder
S6/LR Connor Phillips
MR Tony Santillan (or) Ian Gibault
MR Fernando Cruz
L7 Brent Suter
R7 Emilio Pagan
L8 Sam Moll
R8 (TBD)
CL Graham Ashcraft

1. Jonathan India (+?) to NYY for Everson Periera & Brock Selvidge
2. Alexis Diaz, Reece Hinds & Ricardo Cabrera (or) Noelvi Marte to TEX for Adolis Garcia & Josh Smith (+?)
3. Sign Jacob Stallings
4. Sign a solid vet high-leverage reliever to support Ashcraft
5. Sign Aroldis Chapman (Reds FO would never do it)
6. Sign a secondary FA starter as insurance against a rotation injury

* Prediction: Elly & Edwin Arroyo are the right side of the INF by the ASB

Didn’t this guy Adonis Garcia have a .284 OBP? Didn’t this guy Periera strike out 32% at AAA and hit .150 in a trial with the Yankees? I never heard of these guys so maybe I have the wrong people. As for Ashcraft, has he ever closed a game in his career? If he fails, then what?

[Mitri]

I agree that giving India away for Periera is an overpay. Dude has massive K% issues in AAA. He's a notch better than Rece Hinds. I thought we were finished being the farm system for the Yankees?

[M2]

Trevor Story had a .718 road OPS his last year with the Rockies and a .693 OPS with the Red Sox. Arrenado had .866 road OPS his last full year in Colorado and an .850 OPS combined his first two years in STL. It's not hard to predict what these guys are going to do when they leave Coors. Doyle is a .630 road OPS guy in 138 games. There was 101 point difference in his home and away BAbip in 2024. Seeing as GABP isn't the worlds biggest OF I'm guessing he'll be around that .260 BAbip as opposed to the .360 he did at Coors.

Story's been injured for most of his time in Boston. It's impossible to know what he'd have done if he'd been healthy. As for Arenado, he had a 121 OPS+ during his time in Colorado and has a 119 OPS+ during his four seasons in St. Louis. Essentially the same guy. That's generally what happens with Rockies hitters. They post lopsided home/road splits in Colorado, then their numbers level out when they go back down to sea level.

[Alpha Zero]

How about the DBacks’ Jorge Barrosa?

Maybe not as exciting as some other names that have been thrown around, but he’s currently blocked by Corbin Carroll and has pressure from the rear in the form of Druw Jones. He’s a really good defensive CF, is a switch hitter who doesn’t strike out much, and knows how to take a walk. He likely won’t ever develop much in the power department, but could fill a niche offensively where the Reds struggle. Another corner addition would probably still be in order, but I like the fit.

[TRF]

Rangers Adolis Garcia for Alexis Diaz.

I live in TX. Rangers hang up on that deal.

[15fan]

Can’t chime in on the MLB landscape of possibilities, but I’ll throw this out there:

Braves have a ton of young pitching in their system. In their OF, they are looking at starting 2025 with an OF of Harris II in CF flanked by Jarred Kelenic (.679 OPS) in left and TBD in RF until Acuna comes back from his ACL. There are 0 options in house for those OF slots, so a bat like Steer, Fraley or Friedl might appeal to them. Get young pitching (MLB ready in 2026 or 2027) in return from Atlanta, then use the additional arms either directly or indirectly to address whatever you need most in the Cincinnati OF.

[Redsndyt]

Some names I’m interested in

Tier A (trade 2 of our top 5 prospects)
Luis Robert
Wilyer Abreu
Brenton Doyle
Alec Bohm

Tier B (trade 1 of top 5 plus filler)
Lourdes Gurriel
Jesus Sanchez
Trevor Larnach

Tier C (MLB filler and MiLB filler)
Ryan McMahon
Ryan O’Hearn

I’m also interested in a salary swap of Jeimer for someone like Jordan Montgomery, Marcus Stroman, etc.

Jeimer for Montgomery/Barrosa would be an interesting trade for both sides.

[Redhook]

I live in TX.

[Krusty]

Phillies shopping Nick Castellanos with two years remaining for a total $40 million. Is a reunion possible? The return would be minimal as the Phillies are looking to clear payroll and retooling their roster.

https://975thefanatic.com/2024/11/05...ies-mlb-trade/

[M2]

Those two are from slightly north of Texas.

FWIW, I drank a Pupper's on Friday night and I met JJ Frankie JJ.

[herbdizzle]

Phillies shopping Nick Castellanos with two years remaining for a total $40 million. Is a reunion possible? The return would be minimal as the Phillies are looking to clear payroll and retooling their roster.

https://975thefanatic.com/2024/11/05...ies-mlb-trade/

India Candelario & Lodolo for Castellanos & Bohm

Who says no?

[CaiGuy]

Phillies shopping Nick Castellanos with two years remaining for a total $40 million. Is a reunion possible? The return would be minimal as the Phillies are looking to clear payroll and retooling their roster.

https://975thefanatic.com/2024/11/05...ies-mlb-trade/

Naturally they got his best years of that contract already, and want to get out of the decline.

I'd pass personally, he should be at DH and the Reds already have a ton of OBP challenged DH-types.

[RedTeamGo!]

India Candelario & Lodolo for Castellanos & Bohm

Who says no?

The Reds

Bohm was not nearly as good as I thought he was last year