The Padres' rotation will have a different look next year after Wade LeBlanc and Aaron Harang departed via trade and free agency, respectively, but the club isn't planning to move its homegrown ace. Tom Krasovic of Inside The Padres reports that San Diego is not shopping Mat Latos, but other teams don't think the right-hander is cemented in the team's long-term plans.
Latos, 24, is coming off two stellar seasons despite a bout with shoulder inflammation early in 2011. Since the start of 2010, he's pitched to a 3.21 ERA in 379 innings across 62 starts. He's struck out 8.88 batters per nine innings, walked just 2.66 per nine, and generated a ground ball 43.7% of the time. The Padres control Latos for another four seasons, the final three as an arbitration-eligible player, so his trade value at the moment is substantial.
Jays plz
It would be awesome.
McGuire, Hech, Jimenez, and Marisnick for Latos.
Probably not enough of a blue-chipper in there. However, I would love to see a deal not including Alvarez or D’arnaud.
Marisnick = blue chipper
Many scouts believe he’s better (going to be) than Gose
Too true. He’s in the top 10 of the Blue Jays’ organizational prospects, and hasn’t even played A+ ball yet. He’s that good.
that’s so awesome.
true, but there is a relevant difference between a blue-chipper in A and a blue chipper in AAA
true, but a team like the padres would take the best overall prospects regardless of age..
or jays could just send Gose instead.
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Jays would probably have to offer Gose, D’Arnaud, and Alvarez for the pads to listen.
So they would have to offer the basically the same package they got for Doc except with Gose and D’Arnaud more developed than they were and Alvarez who is major league ready? I agree it would take a fair chunk to get Latos but it’s not going to be that much.
1 year of doc vs 4 years of latos
If I do remember correctly the Doc deal was contingent on him working out an extension with the Phillies so that would negate the difference in controlled years.
you remember incorrectly. He signed the extension, but the phillies didn’t get a window to discuss the extension before the trade.
Similar to the gonzalez trade and extension with the sox
He was given permission to speak with the Phillies and they agreed to the contract extension before the trade had been made final. Quick google search will solve all your needs.
I blocked that period of my life from my memory
No they got Taylor who they swapped for Wallace, who they swapped for Gose. Gose was the better prospect and the Astros decided to make that trade for reasons unbeknownst to us. Anyway, Drabek was supposed to be the main prospect in that trade and the other two were complimentary parts to sweeten the deal. Drabek was supposed to be the next Roy Halladay but he flopped.
If you remember everyone thought Toronto was nuts for trading Gose for Wallace. I am just trying to point out that Gose D’Arnaud and Alvarez are all very close to being in the Majors but in the Doc trade the guys were very far away from the Majors. Alvarez right now is a better prospect than Drabek was then and D’Arnaud is a thousand times better than a lot of people thought he would be and Gose is better than Taylor was then too.
Drabek was one of the best prospects in baseball. He was a better prospect than Alvarez is now.
How about Perez, Gose, Beck, and Sanchez.
Ya Drabek was a very very good prospect but right now Alvarez has shown that he is Major league ready and he is younger than Drabek was at the time of the Doc deal.
What would you suggest for a trade?
I honestly don’t know. I love Latos as a pitcher but I am always apprehensive of taking a guy that puts up good numbers when he pitches at Petco half the time. His home/away splits aren’t terrible but I just don’t think that his actual value is as high as his apparent value.
Latos is actually the rare pitcher who has been a beast regardless if he’s pitching at home or on the road or facing a righty or lefty…
Home: .229/.287/.348 (635 ops)
Away: .224/.286/.351 (637 ops)
vs RHB: .208/.277/.335 (612 ops)
vs LHB: .243/.295/.365 (659 ops)
Is giving up an identical ops at home/road considered not terrible?
i give him two weeks before hes traded
what if we say please
Damn id love him on my mets ….
Why would he not be in their long term plans?
They probably feel they won’t compete until he’s about to hit free agency
uhhhhh…duh?
I’ll trade the entire Cubs’ MLB and minor league rosters, except for Castro, Garza, and Jackson for him.
Seriously, he’s probably worth more than all of those guys combined.
Well, he’s not going to help much when the Cubs go 0-162 with all of those games they’ll forfeit.
It’d be worth it. They’d get the #1 pick in 2013, and there are plenty of serviceable FAs left on the market (Fielder, Darvish, Jackson).
“Baseball will continue to have 9 innings”
Woah Woah Woah, I heard from this guy that heard from his cousins friend that heard from his brother that has a “source” that MLB will be going to 7 innings with mercy rule after 5.
all speculation .. they also talked about cutting the season in half by increasing the games to 18 innings.
Bob Elliott?! I didn’t know you commented on here!
As a Padres fan I really hope not. I know the team needs legitimate hitters in a big way but I would hope that their deep farm system could help out through either trade or play.
Latos isn’t going anywhere anytime too soon.
As a pad fan I love that they aren’t selling the entire house. Who cares if some people think he is immature, he’s a competitor that has a fire that a small market team like the padres need in order to spark some winning streaks.
Not sure what the point of this article is. Really good, cheap young player not being offered on the market…did someone say he was?
It’s one way of saying: we’re not trading Latos but open to trading all of our other starters because we have 6 SP prospects in the upper minors that we feel good about.
It’s one way of saying: we’re not trading Latos but open to trading all of our other starters because we have 6 SP prospects in the upper minors that we feel good about.
ok he’s not available.
rangers need an upgrade at starter, but have 5 quality arms. 3 years of harrison, do what u will with him in his 3rd, plus 2 kids, one being of the quality fan’s hate hearing bantered about, perez? plus olt? none interest?
trying to get past adam eatons transition here, and i think im being pretty friendly
In other news, Freddie Freeman and Michael Pineda are not being shopped.
Whew! I was wondering whether this ace who isn’t even arbitration eligible was being shopped.
But I’m still wondering if Strasburg, Hudson, or Hellickson will be wearing a different uniform next year.
As a Padre fan, I would be okay with dealing Latos as long as we got some really top-notch offensive prospects back. The Blue Jays may be the only team with that kind of talent in the minors.
The reds have some offense in the minors.
As a Padre fan, I would be okay with dealing Latos as long as we got some really top-notch offensive prospects back. The Blue Jays may be the only team with that kind of talent in the minors.
I have brought up the possibility of trading Latos before. I am not advocating the trade of Latos, just suggesting that it would not be as crazy as some people think. One of the problems the Padres have is attracting FA hitters. They have to aquire hitters via trade or by developing them on the farm. Trades are usually a quicker way to add hitting talent. Latos would attract an offensive package that the Padres simply could not get in FA, probably ever. With a limited budget, who is going to take a discount to come hit in Petco and ruin his future value. Latos could attract a package like Valle and Brown from Philly or Mesaroco and Alonso from the Reds. I would only trade Latos if a team overwhelms the Padres with an offer that significantly upgrades their offense.
pads don’t need a catcher with hundley/baker in the majors and Hagerty/Hedges in the minors.
Alonso is good but not needed with Guzman, Blanks, Rizzo, Clark, Frieman all ready or near ready.
The best suitor I can imagine is Miami for Hanley. But like the article says, they’re open to trading but don’t waste your ideas constructing thoughts around Latos.
That would be a terrible trade, moving latos for Hanley. Pads loose big on that one.
Would be a HORRIBLE move for the Padres, Hanley’s numbers continue to decline, while he ego and bad attitude are rising quickly. Pads would be burdened by a bad citizen with a huge contract.
I would love to see the Pads move Latos, they are a team that is in position to put themsleves in position. Moves like Latos and Headley would accelerate that. The NL West is going to quickly become one of the have (Giants and Dodgers), the sort of haves (Rockies and Diamondbacks) and the have not (Padres). They should get all they can now….
Not quite sure why you have the DBacks as a “sort of have”. They won the division last season and have added Cahill to a pretty good rotation. They haven’t lost anyone in free agency and their farm system is getting better, which is surprising with Towers there.
As for the Dodgers, they have Kershaw and Kemp and not much else, they are really no better off than the Padres right now.
pads don’t need a catcher with hundley/baker in the majors and Hagerty/Hedges in the minors.
Alonso is good but not needed with Guzman, Blanks, Rizzo, Clark, Frieman all ready or near ready.
The best suitor I can imagine is Miami for Hanley. But like the article says, they’re open to trading but don’t waste your ideas constructing thoughts around Latos.
No reason to trade him, plenty of affordable team control left, and a no doubt Ace.
So it’s really only the top package that would get him. I’d consider Texas and Jays as the only clubs with the prospects to get it done.
From the Rangers: Profar, Perez, Olt.
From the Jays: Gose, Marisnick, Syndergaard, Nicolino.
Anything less approaches what we could get by waiting 2 or 3 seasons.
As good as those suggestions look, I wouldn’t make that deal with the Blue Jays. If the Padres deal Latos they had better be getting back a can’t miss prospect at SS. You look at their farm system and SS is the only position that they don’t have at least an above average prospect. The Padres won’t be contending for at least 2 years and with all of their pitching prospects they could probably afford to trade Latos, if overwhelmed, but having him lead the rotation when they are supplemented by their farm system in a few years would be nice.
I would trade Latos to the new Miami Marlins for Hanley Ramirez and a good pitching prospect now that Hanley dosent want to move positions. In Ramirez they get a guy that can hit and be a team leader. Throw in Hudson and now we get rid of the cancer of this team..
No way you trade Latos, unless you want to be like Oakland, and always suck and be a revolving door for young players. Trouble developing young hitters? Maybe the silly-ass park dimensions have something to do with that, huh?
It’s not the dimensions, it’s the weather conditions there.
Definitely should not trade him. The Padres have pitching depth, but it’s a lot of guys that project as solid 2-4 pitchers. Outside of Ross, Sampson, or maybe Portillo (all far away) none of them really have the ace upside of Latos.
They should lock him up in an extension.