Angels trade David Fletcher and Max Stassi to the Braves for Evan White and Tyler Thomas

[warped]

Come home ohtani 

[tdawg87]

Just now, Blarg said:

Yo.

Mathis!

[m0nkey]

5 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Blarg says you are wrong @Jeff Fletcher

Make way everyone, @Blarg is our new insider here

 

[Lazorko Saves]

5 minutes ago, Blarg said:

This is possibly the worst attempt at a salary dump, ever. 

Yeah it's weird, there's no real big money saved either way, and the guy owed the most is the worst player (White).

I think I got the buyouts wrong, here's the numbers B-R has.

White, $17m thru 2026.  '24 $7m, '25 $8m, '26 $2m buyout

Fletch: $14m thru 2026, '24 $6m, '25 $6.5m, '26 $1.5m buyout

Stassi: $7.5m thru 2025, '24 $7m, '25 $0.5m buyout

 

Angels on the hook for $17m

Braves on the hook for $21.5m

We net $4.5m plus a controllable 27 year old RH pitcher

Edited December 9, 2023 by Lazorko Saves

[TroutField]

When the hell did David Fletcher become serviceable? 
 

this is a nothing trade 

[Blarg]

1 minute ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

How so…ohoppe is the catcher and Thaiss can backup while fletcher has no place on the team.

It doesn't matter who you have on the roster, it's the garbage you added just to make a trade to save what?$4.5 Million over three years? And you got what? Two players that will never see MLB time. At least trade for one prospect and eat a couple more dollars. This is a pennywise, pound foolish trade. 

[Ochocinco!]

In what planet is David Fletcher serviceable?? Some of you will complain just to complain 

[Dtwncbad]

Fletcher sucks and Stassi didn’t play an inning last year.  I don’t really care what they got for them I know I didn’t lose anything. 

[mmc]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

It doesn't matter who you have on the roster, it's the garbage you added just to make a trade to save what?$4.5 Million over three years? And you got what? Two players that will never see MLB time. At least trade for one prospect and eat a couple more dollars. This is a pennywise, pound foolish trade. 

Garbage for cheaper garbage is foolish?

[Blarg]

1 minute ago, Lazorko Saves said:

We net $4.5m plus a controllable 27 year old RH pitcher

This guy will be probably be DFA'ed before the season starts.

[Tyler]

So save money and open 40 man roster space. Cool. 

[Dtwncbad]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

It doesn't matter who you have on the roster, it's the garbage you added just to make a trade to save what?$4.5 Million over three years? And you got what? Two players that will never see MLB time. At least trade for one prospect and eat a couple more dollars. This is a pennywise, pound foolish trade. 

Please sign me up for as many nothing for nothing transactions that save me $4.5m as possible.

[Ochocinco!]

Just now, Blarg said:

This guy will be probably be DFA'ed before the season starts.

It’s Friday man… crack a cold one 

[T.G.]

They're going to use that $4.5 million to pay someone to walk Ohtani's dog.   This is brilliant.

[Angelsjunky]

Saving money for Gerrit Cole

[Blarg]

Just now, mmc said:

Garbage for cheaper garbage is foolish?

Stassi is not garbage. Fletcher is a borderline bench player. What the Angels got was true garbage. If it's a trade then get something with a sliver of a chance to be useful, even if you have to eat some salary. 

[Blarg]

1 minute ago, Ochocinco! said:

It’s Friday man… crack a cold one 

Fuck that, I'll just swallow another prescription pain med, it's faster without the hangover. 

[Dtwncbad]

To be completely honest, I am quite glad the David Fletcher story is over here.  I am glad for his modest success and it was a nice story way back when.  But I was done with the automatic optimism that this guy was going to ever return to being a valuable player. 

[AngelStew43]

Did Atlanta throw in any $$$ to offset White's deal?  In any case, the Angels saved somewhere between 4.5 and 7 mil, which they can use to try to sign a player that can provide more help than Fletcher and Stassi. 

 

[Angelsjunky]

Perry Minasian: The master of mildly stupid and totally meaningless trades.

[mmc]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Stassi is not garbage. Fletcher is a borderline bench player. What the Angels got was true garbage. If it's a trade then get something with a sliver of a chance to be useful, even if you have to eat some salary. 

You aren’t getting a decent return for either player even if you eat money on their deals 

[tdawg87]

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Stassi is not garbage. Fletcher is a borderline bench player. What the Angels got was true garbage. If it's a trade then get something with a sliver of a chance to be useful, even if you have to eat some salary. 

Tyler Thomas is decent bullpen depth.

[Angelsfan1984]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Stassi is not garbage. Fletcher is a borderline bench player. What the Angels got was true garbage. If it's a trade then get something with a sliver of a chance to be useful, even if you have to eat some salary. 

Stassi won’t be playing and fletch was DFA last year. Come on! Rengifo is better than fletch and ohoppe and Thaiss are better than stassi. They got a backup for schanuel and another Bp arm for less money. 

[Lazorko Saves]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Stassi is not garbage. Fletcher is a borderline bench player. What the Angels got was true garbage.

Agree.  White wouldn't even be picked first in a church league softball draft right now.

I think from the point of view of the Braves, Stassi will be worth more than the net $4.5 million they are paying for this whole deal.

[Blarg]

Just now, AngelStew43 said:

Did Atlanta throw in any $$$ to offset White's deal?  In any case, the Angels saved somewhere between 4.5 and 7 mil, which they can use to try to sign a player that can provide more help than Fletcher and Stassi. 

 

That's over three years. So it's more like $1.5 million towards the cap this year.