The Angels have officially agreed to acquire All-Star closer Huston Street from the Padres, as first reported by Jim Bowden of ESPN.com (Twitter links). It is a four-for-two deal, as Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports first tweeted.
In return for Street and 2013 sixth-round draft choice Trevor Gott, San Diego will receive second base prospect Taylor Lindsey, who entered the year as the Halos’ top-rated prospect in the eyes of Baseball America, as well as 23-year-old righty R.J. Alvarez, who BA ranked fourth among Angels prospects. Two other minor leaguers are also headed to San Diego: rising shortstop prospect Jose Rondon and righty Elliot Morris.
Street has been one of the most effective late-inning relievers in baseball this year. In his age-30 season, Street owns a 1.09 ERA backed by 9.3 K/9 against just 1.9 BB/9. He also sports a 42.5% groundball rate that is his best mark since his rookie year of 2005. While Street’s earned run mark is propped up somewhat by the fact that he has a remarkable 100% strand rate, ERA estimators also like his work thus far (2.90 FIP, 2.95 xFIP, 2.46 SIERA).
Street’s contract, of course, makes up a good portion of his appeal, and also presumably opened up a broader market for his services. He is owed only the remainder of his $7MM salary this year and comes with a $7MM club option for 2015. That manageable commitment arguably made him the most attractive closer acquisition candidate on the market this year — at least, that is, unless and until the Red Sox make Koji Uehara available. It appears that the Angels decided it was worth parting with a larger prospect haul to add Street, and do so now, rather than waiting to pursue one of the more expensive relief options that might have been had, such as Jonathan Papelbon of the Phillies.
For the Angels, Street represents fourth reliever added in the last month, joining Joe Thatcher, Jason Grilli, and the since-released Rich Hill. Street will presumably bump Joe Smith out of the closer role that he has occupied since deposing Ernesto Frieri, who was of course dealt for Grilli. Of course, Smith — who inked for $15.75MM over three years before the season — has been every bit as good as Street this year (2.32 ERA with 9.7 K/9, 1.9 BB/9, 58.1% groundball rate).
The other piece of the deal for Los Angeles, Gott, had been throwing at Double-A after earning a mid-season promotion. The 21-year-old has just a 4.63 ERA with 8.5 K/9 and 6.9 BB/9 through 11 2/3 frames at that level, but had worked to a 3.16 mark on the back of 8.9 K/9 against 2.6 BB/9 through 31 1/3 High-A innings. Gott did not rank among San Diego’s thirty best prospects entering the year in the eyes of Baseball America.
San Diego looks to have achieved a strong return for Street. Lindsey, 22, was taken in the sandwich round of the 2010 draft and landed in the 93rd overall spot on Baseball America’s top-100 prospect list. His calling card is his unconventional but effective left-handed bat. He profiles as an average runner and fielder, according to BA. In his first season at Triple-A, Lindsey owns a .247/.323/.400 slash with eight home runs and seven stolen bases.
Though it is generally unwise to look too far ahead with prospects, it appears that Lindsey is close to earning a shot at big league playing time and makes for a nice fit with San Diego. With Chase Headley set to hit the open market this coming offseason (if he is not traded earlier), Jedd Gyorko could slide to the hot corner with Lindsey slotting in at second. (Of course, 2011 San Diego first-rounder Cory Spangenberg is also filtering up the system as a keystone option, though his prospect sheen has dimmed in recent years.)
For his part, Alvarez has dominated upon being promoted to Double-A for the 2014 campaign. Exclusively a reliever, he has allowed just one earned run in 27 innings of work, striking out 12.7 while walking just 3.3 batters per nine. That performance supports Baseball America’s scouting report from before the season, which praises Alvarez for his big fastball and power slider. Indeed, according to BA, the Friars may have picked up their closer of the future by dealing their closer of the past, as Alvarez has 9th-inning upside.
In the meantime, presumably, Joaquin Benoit will step into San Diego’s closer role. He has been outstanding, with a 1.86 ERA and 10.5 K/9 versus 2.1 BB/9, since signing a two-year, $15.5MM deal (with a $8MM club option for 2016). The veteran could still be dealt, Rosenthal tweets, but San Diego will “raise the bar” on its demands having already shipped out its incumbent closer.
As for Rondon, a 20-year-old from Venezuela who was rated the Halos’ 12th-best prospect coming into the year, Baseball America says he has a good hit tool and approach, but lacks any power to speak of. He is not much above average on the bases and is a good, but not spectacular fielder who could become a second baseman or utility player as he moves forward. Of course, the youngster has only raised his stock with a strong .327/.362/.418 slash in 324 plate appearances at the High-A level this year. With half a year in the books, Rondon had already jumped to 5th among Angels prospects on MLB.com’s ranking.
Morris, 22, was a fourth-round selection last year for Los Angeles who signed for a $387.3K bonus. He has moved up to the High-A level in his second season as a professional, and owns a 4.17 ERA through 45 1/3 innings with 7.9 K/9 and 5.6 BB/9.
Bowden tweeted that Rondon was part of the deal, while Rosenthal tweeted Gott’s inclusion.
bobbleheadguru
Steep price. But worth it. No one wants a one game playoff v. Felix.
Perhaps the market for relievers is opening up.
Tigers can choose between Joaquin Benoit or Joakim Soria with less competition.
RyÅnWKrol
And this could make it best of 5 vs. whoever instead.
bobbleheadguru
Winning the division v. being a Wildcard v. Felix is a HUGE difference.
padresfan33
It’s Joakim Soria, not Joaquin.
34red4
Very steep price.
Oakland got Jim Johnson for only Jemile Weeks.
At the time, Johnson was one of the best closers in baseball.
LazerTown
A big part of that though would seem to be salary, and the fact that the Angels were desperate. You tend to get a better return on closers at the deadline, just because teams will overpay, but in the offseason they will try someone else first. Street probably is owed around another $3MM, JJ was requiring around $10MM.
RyÅnWKrol
Salary dump. Angels had to buy 1 1/2 years of a much better reliever.
LazerTown
And they could just as easily end up with a 1 game playoff vs anyone else. Those teams don’t really have the luxury of setting up the rotation for that one game. Is possible Felix would start, but more likely he wouldn’t
Matt Galvin
Good hall for Padres hopefully they get an OF back to step a Venable,Chris D. Trade. Benoit could be part of Trade or another. Will be announced when Padres game is over. Kennedy is starting tonight.
IZZONE
Good deal for the Angels. A SS prospect who is having an OK year at AAA and a reliever in AA who has great stuff but wild command. The other prospects could change my idea but they are probably to small to change it much.
YODA777
This is a terrible trade for the Padres. This trade does not improve the Padres. Lindsey had one decent power year in the minors and the batting average trend has been down every year.
Beersy 2
Not quite sure what you are hearing or reading about th eplayers the Padres are getting, but this seems like a very good deal for the Friars. A possible infield combo and a possible closer for a closer on a losing team, sounds good to me.
YODA777
I hear ya Beersy, but I also heard the same thing about the Peavy, and Gonzalez’s trades. None of the players we got with the “possible” exception of Rondon are an improvement over the similar two or three players the Padres already have in their system. I am not against trading Street, it is what we go for him that has me chapped. Perhaps Street was not strong enough to return an MLB player by himself, then sweeten the pot with Kennedy and some of our prospects to return a decent MLB caliber player.
Pei Kang
disagree, while it’s true Street is one of the top closers at the moment-he’s had a history of injury problems…and could go down any second. This beefs up the depth in the Padres’ system and anyone of these guys could turn into useful regulars.
LazerTown
Getting 2 semi-close halfway interesting players is a pretty good return for half a year of a closer. Not sure what you were expecting, but you aren’t going to get someone like Taijuan Walker for Street.
David Coonce
Losing team needs a “proven closer” as much as a fish needs a bicycle. Getting three of the Angels top-10 prospects is a major coup for the Padres. Padres, with the Petco advantage, have always been able to manufacture relievers out of thin air – see Dale Thayer, Luke Gregerson. This is not much of a loss. A losing team does not need to spend 7 million bucks on a closer.
dvmin98
We get some middle infield prospects for a closer we don’t really need…we are not contending this year. From Keith Law himself: “I wouldn’t have dealt Jose Rondon for two months (plus an option) of Huston Street straight-up”
Phillyfan425
One less suitor for Pap. With the Tigers saying they’d rather have an 8/9 inning guy (instead of a bona fide closer), I’m starting to get worried we’ll be stuck with Pap – even if we do eat money.
bobbleheadguru
Make the Tigers the offer of Verlander for Lee.
Phillyfan425
I don’t see how that solves our Pap problem.
bobbleheadguru
True. I would love to see Verlander transition into a finesse pitcher in the NL. I would love the Tigers to take a risk and pick up the left handed Lee for next 1.5-2.5 years.
Phillyfan425
It’d be interesting to see Verlander against a completely different set of opponents. His big drop in K rate this year is something very concerning. On the other hand, adding Kate Upton to our (rather impressive, if I do say so myself) WAG list would be pretty sweet.
OBomb
Worst season of Padres baseball, ever.
maybenextyearpads
Yes, but this was a necessary move, and it seems like they picked up a few nice pieces.
YODA777
Why was this a necessary move?
I Believe We Can Win
Because street is 30. Lindsey, Alvarez, and Rondon are 100x more than what the padres gave up to acquire street from the Rockies (Andrew Schmidt). If you haven’t noticed the padres aren’t deep at the in field positions. Read the article. Lindsey gives them another option aside from spangenberg and could let them move Gyorko to 3rd when they deal Headley. Idk how you can say they won’t help the padres in the future but since you’ve got a crystal ball wanna share the lottery numbers? Or who will win the sb, World Series, next World Cup? Cause apparently you can see the future. The padres have pitching. We don’t need pitching we need hitters. Quakenbush, Vincent, there’s guys in the minors that we have that can close. What we don’t have is decent production from our 2B SS this year. These guys are also COST CONTROLLED. Trading Kennedy and Street for an mlb player would yield MAYBE 3 years of team control for 1 guy.
East Coast Bias
haha what? All he asked was why this was a necessary move. Where did you get all the stuff about the crystal ball, Super Bowl, world series, world cup? hahaha
Relax bro, not everyone is attacking you. Some people are genuinely curious. CAPS CAPS
I Believe We Can Win
There was actually an original post before. Pretty much insulting maybene for saying it was a necessary move. Yoda original claimed this move didn’t help the padres now or in the future. He also claimed it would have been smarter to trade Kennedy and street for an mlb player.
If you looked at his profile there’s a comment saying “This is a terrible trade for the Padres. This trade does not improve the Padres. Lindsey had one decent power year in the minors and the batting average trend has been down every year.” Of course this was edited to save face.
YODA777
I did not say to keep Street, I want more then what the Padres received. The Padres did not have to trade Street right now. How about getting out of the box, package Street with Kennedy and some prospects and return an MLB player to the Padres. The Padres got nothing back in this deal that they already have in the their minor league system. If Lindsey is struggling to hit in a hitters AAA league, how much success will he have hitting in Petco Park every day?
I Believe We Can Win
Kennedy, Street and prospects for 1 guy makes the team worse. We get 1 guy who we will have to pay, may lose, and lose cheap cost controlled assets. 1 guy isn’t going to fix the padres in 1 2 years and trading 4-6 years of team control in prospects for 2 years of team control for a decent mlb player (they aren’t getting an all star for street Kennedy and prospects) cripples cap space much like Headley. Acquiring young pieces allows them flexibility to move people. Lindsey is hitting about .240. He hits aboutb.240 in petco padres fans would be glad to welcome that kind of production. Better than Conrad and Gyorko and Peterson this season.
LazerTown
Because there is no point for a non-contending team to be paying $7MM next year to keep him around. Maybe they lose a few more games from here on out, but if you not going to playoffs does it matter?
MB923
Overpay for the Angels, but if they want to win the division and avoid the 1 game WC (which I still think should be a best of 3), this is one move they had to get done.
RyÅnWKrol
I totally agree on the best of 3. You can fill in the window MLB gives for tie breakers with those games, and still have those tie breakers at the same time if needed.
I don’t think it’s that much of an overpay. It’s 4 for 2. Angels get a minor leaguer in return. Perhaps another arm. I doubt anyone they’re giving up would be on the big club in the future any way. Alvarez was a long shot at best.
Alex 25
I mean if you don’t want to play a one game elimination, win your division. The season is long enough already.
Kyle 19
Yikes… I was hopeing it would be a smaller amount of players for the Angels to be trading.
RyÅnWKrol
No future with the Angels. With Wells, Blanton, and Burnett coming off the books, their payroll will be balancing out again to where they’ll be paying everyone to play baseball instead of paying Wells and Blanton to play golf. I’d put money on the Angels focusing almost entirely on bullpen depth this coming offseason. And that depth will come in the form of major league veterans who can put teams away and get them through the second half and October 2015.
Marco 2
Quality has a cost… if it works and they win the division, it will be worth it. of course if it doesn’t I am sure you will be all over with I told you so’s 😉
MB923
“In return for Street and a minor leaguer, San Diego will receive shortstop prospect Taylor Lindsey”
Doesn’t Lindsey play 2B?
34red4
You’re correct.
Jeff Todd
Yeah I just botched that in the original writeup, my bad.
Yamsi12
Good for the halos.
34red4
No, it’s not. Rondon could have ended up Angels #2 prospect by the end of the year.
agureghian
Because #2 prospect on a team with no top 100 mlb guys means something…
RyÅnWKrol
So what? He was never going to be on the big club besides a possible future utility player.
I Believe We Can Win
At worst he’s a future utility player
At best he’s a solid starter at SS
It’s great you try to down play his value to make the street deal look better but time will tell. Not your opinion.
The angels don’t exactly have a great track record dealing their young talent.
Patrick Corbin for Haren, Segura for Greinke, roach for Frieri, walden for Hanson, Alex Torres for Kazmir, chatwood for ianetta.
RyÅnWKrol
No worse than any other team. They all have their strengths and weaknesses on the trade market. All those trades you mentioned were necessary moves that needed to be made. The Angels are a team that is expected to win now no matter how much they are trying to build for the future. If those prospects had a future with the Angels, they would’ve kept them. Things didn’t turn out as hoped due to injuries to their starting rotation, and waiting until this season to actually fully address their bullpen issues. Had they at least done the latter, none of the rest would matter.
I Believe We Can Win
You do realize you contradicted yourself right? Win now teams mortgage the future to win now. Guys that are 2-3 years away are traded for guys that help now. You mean to tell me with how little production Freese has given you this season and all his numbers are down there was no place for Lindsey to try 3rd? Or Rj Alvarez to take a spot when their free agent busts contracts are up? As for Rondon by the time he’s ready howie and aybar will be well past 30. So you’re saying there was no place for the angels to develop a SS or a 2B that will be ready about the time the angels will be ready to move on from one or both? Well guess that’s why the haven’t won a WS. Doesn’t sound very smart to me.
bobbleheadguru
Weird that Padres can make a deal of this magnitude without a GM. Why not wait?
Phillyfan425
I actually look at it the other way. I can’t see any scenario where a GM gets fired a month before the trade deadline – and a team has a new GM come in from outside the organization to make all their decisions to fit the owners/franchise’s views of the club.
RyÅnWKrol
And there you have it! The bullpen overhaul is now complete. This is the best bullpen on paper the Angels have had since 2008.
Ivan Verastica
and the worst minor league system in their history LOL
Nathan Boley
I hate to say this, but minor league farm systems win nothing. The Angels have a legitimate shot at a WS now.
Ivan Verastica
you might be right
RyÅnWKrol
No, they’ve had worse. But it doesn’t matter because major league talent gives teams the best chance any way. Prospects are are never a guarantee.
agureghian
Jim Johnson says hi
RyÅnWKrol
Hindsight. Could’ve gone the other way for Johnson as well. But that’s why the A’s, one of the most prospect happy teams in MLB, signed him to close for $10 million.
agureghian
look at the a’s roster and tell me how many guys on the team came as prospects.
RyÅnWKrol
Almost all of them, but a lot from different teams. They’re still under club control as if they were brought up by the A’s. But they still signed Kazmir and Johnson, and still acquired Samardzija and Hammel. And they’d do more if they had the money the Angels had. Beane even stated how you can’t live on young players forever if you want to win a World Series.
East Coast Bias
Not many, if any, came AS prospects, but the majority came FROM prospects, as in they were traded for by giving up minor league talent.
Jim Johnson
“Hi”
Kingmojo101
I agree with you, I honestly can care less with farm system rankings, Matt Laporta and Brandon Wood always comes to mind as the sure shot brightest prospects of there teams.
Guest 3699
Win-win for both teams. Angels land a desperately needed proven closer, the Friars land a young arm and a couple of infielders.
Quikmix
Just when I start to think that we have nothing else left to give away in our farm system, DiPoto proves me wrong.
Adenhart
Angels will trade the 2016 – 2020 first round draft picks to the Rays for David Price.
Pei Kang
it will take more than first round picks 🙂
David Coonce
First round picks can’t be traded in MLB – no picks can, except sandwich round picks
Matt Galvin
Cabrera could be on the move to a team needing a SS.
coup
If you’re referring to Everth I hope you’re right. Looks like Everth was a product of steroids.
Friar Tuck
That’s just HUGE. Call those Angels in heaven!
Adenhart
It’s like Samardzija move. Win now, *possibly* lose later.
Phillyfan425
The first trade Jim Bowden gets right in his entire life – and he’s the only one all over it. I think someone is just calling him with all the details as they happen. They probably feel bad for him.
Pricemcdice
Quite the overpay. Hate seeing Rondon leave.
Matt Galvin
But Aybar and Kendrick aren’t being moved. Angels might also need a starter.
RyÅnWKrol
No future with the Angels.
abes_seed
Why do you say no future? beside not being an Angel any more… He is at least 2-3 years away. Aybar will be long gone by then… I can’t believe the Angels shipped these guys out for Street. I really wanted to see Alvarez and his .035 ERA get a shot in the pen.
34red4
Agreed 100%.
Quikmix
I can’t help but feel like the Angels are the poor sap who is trading his car for next month’s rent.
RyÅnWKrol
Can’t be afraid to make mistakes, and not afraid to possibly lose any way. If one is, they have no business being anywhere sports.
bobbleheadguru
Thanks… My line will not work then! I will change it!
capnfatback
Well, clearly not now.
Phillyfan425
At the end of the day, Keith Law is still just one man with an opinion. I respect that opinion (because he sees the people he talks about much more often than I do). But opinions on prospects vary from scout to scout. At the end of the day, you have to form your own opinion about prospects (especially your own) and weigh that against whether you think their future performance is worth giving up, in order to have the chance to win a WS. Dipoto obviously felt it was.
oh Hal
I’d guess he never sees most of the people he writes about.
Paddy Seay
Tigers, you have blown it.
MB923
They could still get Papelbon.
Phillyfan425
Yes, please come get Papelbon…
Quikmix
Yes, but the Angels aren’t dealing from strength at this point. They’re so far in the red that if things don’t work out and they have problems with the major league team/players, they’ve got no fall-back but Arte’s wallet.
Kingmojo101
We still have yarbrough,jimenez,G.green,and the prospects we signed from the draft. I think we will be in just fine.
Quikmix
*crosses fingers* let’s hope! A deep run in the playoffs will make everyone forget this.
Kingmojo101
I think we can take oakland for #1 we wrecked shark when he was in chicago and hammels with the O’s
RyÅnWKrol
And that’s how things go being a high market franchise. But they’ve drafted a lot of starting pitching the last two seasons. And they have some dead weight contracts coming off the books this offseason; developed major league ready talent at the major league level; and have so much control over their active roster that they can focus almost entirely on bullpen depth this coming offseason.
coup
I owe Bowden an apology. He was right after-all.
davbee
You mean how the Greinke for Segura trade helped the Angels win now and didn’t break up the big league club.
Kingmojo101
That was totally different,i was’nt a big fan of the trade.But to be fair aybar was blocking segura(signed 5 yr extension) and hellwig and pena were not major league ready(and probably still in the AA/AAA).
RyÅnWKrol
It didn’t break up the big league club. And that was a move they needed to make. But the Angels should’ve also made another trade or two to bolster their bullpen. That season was decided by head to head matchups in September any way, so it could’ve gone either way.
Brandon Mason
The Angels bullpen should be pretty solid, But they still need a SP if they plan to go deep in the playoffs.
I Believe We Can Win
Love the deal for the padres. Added much needed infield depth to the farm. Angels had to overpay though cause other suitors could have beat just Lindsey, Alvarez. Which is why I’m assuming rondon is in the deal.
As for Gott. Buy low candidate the dudes walking almost 7 per 9 in AA. Got decent numbers but that definitely jumps out.
Phillyfan425
Ahhh, I see the misuderstanding (that I’m just now understanding). agureghian is talking about how the A’s don’t draft/develop their own prospects. RyanWKrol is talking about how the A’s value former prospects (top 10 in systems) very highly – no matter what organization they are coming from. I guess you’re both right.
JayKay
Well, this is makes Orioles roadtrip SOOOOOOOOOO much more convinient. As if things were hard as is, the Halo’s decide to complete the whole pitching package. How wonderfull.
Jacob 3
By taking their bullpen from bad to mediocre?
JayKay
Fair enough. Still, a Joe Smith-Huston Street combination is no laughing matter, at least not at the moment.
James Olivarez
I don’t know why people say the Angels have no farm system. The Padres and Diamondbacks have been doing really good as AAA/AA affiliates for them.
Kingmojo101
you have the same name as my uncle
I Believe We Can Win
And yet they have as many WS as both the past 10 years. 0. Maybe the angels should find a new farm.
GoFish
Joe Smith was doing just fine.
Kingmojo101
And now he will do better in the 8th
abes_seed
Wow, Angels overpaid. Alvarez, Rondon and Lindsay. I hate this trade as an Angel fan. I guess it’s win now.
coup
And there’s a fourth guy coming also.
abes_seed
Great, it’s Morris who has been doing a fine job as a starting pitcher in Low A and High A.
coup
Who is the fourth guy going to the Padres? So far I’m quite a content Padres fan on this deal.
AmericanMovieFan
Lets say Street is solid next year as well, how much and how long do you sign him for? I think he’ll DESERVE 2 years/$20MM w/ an $11.5MM option and a $1.5MM buyout. I think he could GET 3 years/$34.5MM. Meh.
JTGleason
Street’s played for dogs his entire career. Said he’d love to pitch for the Angels. If the Angels are perennial postseason’rs, and he’s as good as all that, he could be had through 2018 at that price. I believe DiPoto thinks that too, and its why Alverez was the trade topper.
agureghian
1st thing you said, not true he played on a good 2006 Oakland team.
2nd thing, who wouldnt say that?
3rd thing, this is baseball there are no perennial postseason teams, the angels have missed the past 5 years.
4th thing, how do you know that?
smh…
sportwarrior
Elliot Morris, 4th round pick in 2013, is the 4th player going to the Padres in the deal.
abes_seed
That’s ridiculous…. Morris was pitching well.
Daniel Rajan
Your move, Mariners.
Danielle Rennifer
Morneau & Tulo or CarGo (from the Rockies) and Price (from the Rays) in three way trade w/ the Mariners would make sense since the Rockies are in dire need for pitching help after Chatwood out for long extended time.
Daniel Rajan
Morneau, & Tulo or Cargo & Price? Wow, I know the Mariners have a lot of trade chips but would they be willing to give a boat load of talent away for these players?
MadmanTX 2
This doesn’t lower the price for the Tigers to pay for the Rangers’ Soria–the Rangers have no reason to trade him unless the return is very very good.
bobbleheadguru
Tigers have at least 5 solid options for 8th inning relief to acquire via trade. Dombrowski will simply be patient and wait for the best deal.
Supply of good relievers on non-contenders > Demand.
bjsguess
As an Angels fan I hate this deal. Way too steep of a price. That shiny ERA is impressive but the underlying numbers are just OK.
Tyler 20
good for the Angels. Street is solid and has an option for next year. decent haul for the Padres too.
Mickey Koke
Padres 3 headed interim GM monster just crushed that deal.
ugotrpk3113
Dear Red Sox. Trade koji. Price appears to be pretty good.
bobbleheadguru
Street’s value > Uehara’s Value because of control next year.
ugotrpk3113
Agree. Still a lot to get for a closer. Koji should fetch something good, no?
DarthMurph
They won’t move him unless they get a really good offer. The Sox want to keep him.
bobbleheadguru
Agree. As we discussed before, there is low probability of signing a player as a free agent after a mid season trade.
DarthMurph
I think it’d take an offer similar to this one to get a deal done even though Street comes with an extra year.
ugotrpk3113
Yeah. I wouldn’t just ditch him for scraps. They need to get a decent prospect out of it. Keep in mind here – right now, they have holes in the lineup and they have very little in terms of immediate OF prospect help. Plus Napoli, Victorino, and potentially Ortiz (if he retires) are up after 2015. They need to start thinking ahead honestly. If trading Koji helps that with a good positional prospect, they should do it.
ugotrpk3113
I guess I don’t understand why. This team isn’t good. Next year, unless all of a sudden they deal away numerous prospects, won’t be good. He’s 40, not sure why you’d keep him around.
0vercast
Not to mention a decade’s worth of age difference.
sdsny
Looks like a good deal all around. Angels get the closer they need, the Padres pick up some young talent as they try to rebuild. It’s pretty remarkable how much Huston Street has bounced around considering how good he is. Oakland, Colorado, San Diego, now the Angels. He’s not even 31 years old yet. I guess you can say consistency has been a slight issue, but I can’t see any seasons where you look and say he was flat out terrible.
David Coonce
Always hurt. Doesn’t throw hard. Homer-prone, suppressed a bit by playing in Petco. He’s not really an “elite” closer – just has a pretty ERA and nice peripherals. Padres got a great deal here – 3 of the Angels top-10 prospects for a guy they don’t need.
IZZONE
Yeah he has moved a lot but he stays on the West Coast.
Alex Villas
this is great, now we have grilli and street
bigbadjohnny
Great California Playoff baseball coming this October……Angels, A’s, Dodgers, Giants.
Danielle Rennifer
Instead of Morneau from the Rockies, Swisher of the Indians might be the other option for the Mariners to acquire some help on hitting w/o giving up too much for him.
0vercast
What is this gibberish?
Danielle Rennifer
Meant Swisher for outfielder Julio Morban & pitcher Logan Bawcom or Carson Smith may be a good deal between the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians.
Wally
Wow, i woulda guessed that huston street was 40 before i guessed 30.
Howie
Oversell much?