Official 2018 MLB Waiver Trade Deadline Thread

[Turd Ferguson]

19 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

Damn.  Toronto farm system is nuts.  

come on Eppler.  contenders are going buck wild.  get in on some of that.  

I bet we are in on Archer.

Ooooh, "mystery team."

[Lou]

is the NL's season still in progress?

[Broad Street]

All is quiet on the Hall front

 

[Homebrewer]

Eppler

What...the deadline is tomorrow??

[2020worldseries]

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Steve Klauke‏ @slbeesradio 1h1 hour ago

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Nashville goes scoreless in the top of the 1st. During the inning, Kaleb Cowart was removed from the game. No word as to why.

[Angelsfan1984]

9 minutes ago, 2020worldseries said:

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Steve Klauke‏ @slbeesradio 1h1 hour ago

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Nashville goes scoreless in the top of the 1st. During the inning, Kaleb Cowart was removed from the game. No word as to why.

Finally got a call back from Home Depot for a job opening 

[Stradling]

17 minutes ago, 2020worldseries said:

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Steve Klauke‏ @slbeesradio 1h1 hour ago

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Nashville goes scoreless in the top of the 1st. During the inning, Kaleb Cowart was removed from the game. No word as to why.

Bye bye Valbuena or Kinsler or both

[WeaverFever]

Odds Harper gets moved? 

[2020worldseries]

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Reds trade Duvall to Braves for RHP Lucas Sims, RHP Matt Wisler and OF Preston Tucker.

[totdprods]

Holy shit. That seems like an ungodly haul for Duvall.

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Holy shit. That seems like an ungodly haul for Duvall.

Elaborate, please. 

[Fish Oil]

3 minutes ago, Lou said:

Elaborate, please. 

What is ungodly and yet takes holy shits? A bit of a riddle isn't it?

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, Fish Oil said:

What is ungodly and yet takes holy shits? A bit of a riddle isn't it?

tdawg? 

[totdprods]

7 minutes ago, Lou said:

Elaborate, please. 

Three 'name' prospects for a corner infielder/outfielder with a '18 OPS+ of 83 and a career OPS+ of 98, basically below MLB average. 

[mancini79]

16 minutes ago, WeaverFever said:

Odds Harper gets moved? 

5%. Nats will ask for too much  

[Docwaukee]

13 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Holy shit. That seems like an ungodly haul for Duvall.

First look I though the same thing.  All three of those guys are failed top prospects.  Sims is probably the best of the bunch right now.  Wisler is a mess.  Preston tucker is Cowart.  

[Fish Oil]

1 minute ago, mancini79 said:

5%. Nats will ask for too much  

I'm sure their asking price is high, but the acquiring team will be able to recoup some of the price by making a QO, no?

[totdprods]

2 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

First look I though the same thing.  All three of those guys are failed top prospects.  Sims is probably the best of the bunch right now.  Wisler is a mess.  Preston tucker is Cowart.  

Yeah looking further, they’ve all definitely lost prospect luster, but still. That’s three fairly significant fairly advanced lotto tickets.

It really hammers home how deep the Braves’ farm is. Duvall is a real interesting buy-low, but still, if one of those guys pans out and another just becomes an average MLB player it tips in the Reds’ favor. 

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Three 'name' prospects for a corner infielder/outfielder with a '18 OPS+ of 83 and a career OPS+ of 98, basically below MLB average. 

sorry, what I meant was . . . 

can you tell us more about the prospects? you know, for those of us who aren't into the minors as much as others 

[Lou]

shut up, pervs 

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, Fish Oil said:

I'm sure their asking price is high, but the acquiring team will be able to recoup some of the price by making a QO, no?

no 

[Docwaukee]

5 minutes ago, mancini79 said:

5%. Nats will ask for too much  

not so sure about that.  Indians and Houston seem like ideal destinations.  

I think the #1 and another top 100 from a system plus a couple others gets it done.  

Bryce is a really nice player.  three true outcomes guy who plays below avg defense.  take the name away and that's who he is.  138 career ops+.  

[totdprods]

9 minutes ago, Lou said:

sorry, what I meant was . . . 

can you tell us more about the prospects? you know, for those of us who aren't into the minors as much as others 

Sims was a consensus Top 50 pick around ‘14-‘15. High octane 1st Rd’er. He’s struggled in brief MLB action (6 ERA in 20 G/10 GS) but still pitching well at AAA as a 24-yr old. 2.84 ERA, 10+ K9.

Wisler has also disappointed in several MLB stints, but still has some back of rotation projection, is only 25, and was also a consensus Top 50 in ‘14-‘15.

Tucker, at 27, is bordering AAAA talent. Had a lot of hype but hasn’t really topped role player production in the bigs.

Overall it’s just a really interesting grab bag of advanced lotto tix. It’s not quite as big of a haul as I first thought, but could still be a #2, #5, and a decent bench bat for a league average corner outfielder.

[Inside Pitch]

11 minutes ago, totdprods said:

Three 'name' prospects for a corner infielder/outfielder with a '18 OPS+ of 83 and a career OPS+ of 98, basically below MLB average. 

To be fair, the only one that still slightly resembles a prospect is Sims..   Wisler in four years into not being very good.  Tucker is what 27 now and still sporting a negative career war.  Duvall isn't much but at least he's provided value.  Wouldn't really surprise me if the Braves offered those two guys just to clear space on the 40 man

[totdprods]

Just now, Inside Pitch said:

To be fair, the only one that still slightly resembles a prospect is Sims..   Wisler in four years into not being very good.  Tucker is what 27 now and still sporting a negative career war.  Duvall isn't much but at least he's provided value.  Wouldn't really surprise me if the Braves offered those two guys just to clear space on the 40 man

Yeah Wisler and Tucker had taken a step back I wasn’t quite aware of. Still, Duvall isn’t anything too special. Agree that it may have been a good way to clear some org clutter for Atlanta.