The Marlins have acquired lefty reliever Hunter Cervenka from the Braves, Fan Rag’s Tommy Stokke tweets. The Marlins have announced that they’ve sent minor league infielder Anfernee Seymour and lefty Michael Mader to Atlanta.
The 26-year-old Cervenka slowly made his way through the Red Sox and Cubs systems after Boston drafted him in the 27th round in 2008. He briefly wound up in independent ball after being released by the Cubs last season, then signed a minor league deal with the Braves in the middle of the 2015 season. He made his big-league debut this season and has gotten good results in the big leagues despite a very high 6.1 BB/9, with a 3.18 ERA and 9.3 K/9 in 34 innings. He has solid velocity for a lefty, with a fastball that averages around 93 MPH, and a good slider that has helped him hold opposing lefties to just .143/.264/.242.
Cervenka should give the Marlins’ bullpen a second lefty to complement Mike Dunn. Marlins relievers have been slightly below average against southpaws this season, allowing them to hit .250/.342/.383.
The 21-year-old Seymour was the Marlins’ seventh-round pick in 2014. He was hitting just .252/.293/.306 while playing shortstop for Class A Greensboro. MLB.com rated him the eighth-best prospect in a weak Marlins system, noting his excellent speed — he has 36 steals this year.
The Marlins picked Mader in the third round in 2014, and after struggling to strike batters out last year at Greensboro, the 22-year-old has taken a modest step forward this season at Class A+ Jupiter, with a 3.50 ERA, 7.1 K/9 and 3.0 BB/9 in 103 innings in the rotation. MLB.com ranked him the Marlins’ 24th-best prospect, reporting that he throws his fastball in the low 90s and also has a changeup and an inconsistent but potentially decent curveball.
I hate seeing controllable players traded within our division.
who’d they get for him?
Anfernee Seymour and Michael Mader
Two top prospects. lhp Michael Mader and SS Anfernee Seymoure. Once again Coppy is magic
They’re really not top prospects and both are in a ball. Although Mader’s having a pretty good year
Lol no
The Marlins system isn’t anything to get excited over. A top 10 organizational prospect is usually a good haul, but its not like the Braves just acquired a Touki Toussaint or a top 100 prospect type of guy. I mean, we’re talking about a team that gave up one of their top prospects for Andrew Cashner and couldn’t find/make a better deal because of their weak farm.
Seymour and Mader.
Didn’t the Braves learn their lesson with…Mike Dunn?
There’s no way to tell if he will perform like that if they he stayed with the Braves.
Exactly. Now we will have to watch him like we did Dunn for the next 6 years. This trade doesnt make much sense to me. Highly likely we never see those two guys we got
You think Cervenka was going to be a solid piece for years to come? He’s a mediocre bullpen arm, dime a dozen.
Not to mention, the Braves seemingly do very well against Dunn when he pitches against the Braves…
Maybe that is just me remembering incorrectly or having selective memory, but just about every time I saw Dunn pitch against the Braves they at least got a run or a couple hits off him…
Perhaps, but only if that 6.1 BB/9 catches up with Cervenka like his wildness with the Red Sox and the Cubs did prior to his brief exile to independent ball.
One Stanton please
Why
Value was high on Cervenka.
Why not?
Braves getting Marlins #8 prospect, ss Anfernee Seymoure and #24 prospect lhp Michael Mader
They won’t even be a top 30 on braves
Don’t need them to be
They could be in the future but yes you are most likely correct.
Seymour slotted in at #19 for the Braves on MLB. The Braves have a great farm, but let’s not get carried away.
Seymour checks in at 19 on Braves list.
Marlins have desperately needed someone that can get lefties out, in the bullpen, for a few years. They add another guy to that bullpen that walks way too many guys, but I’ll take that, considering it finally addresses that need….Seymour has speed, but thats about it, so I have no issue seeing him go, but Mader is one of the few arms the Marlins actually have in their system, and I think he could potentially be a nice 4th or 5th SP. His command problems have improved already. That is probably the main area he needs to continue to work on. I’d assume the Braves will send him to AA to get a couple of starts there before the minor league season ends
Two for one. Seymour profiles to be Billy Hamilton lite who, if he gets on base, could be interesting. He was Marlins #6 prospect. Mader is a former 3rd rounder who adds to Braves pitching depth.
Seymour isn’t even close to billy Hamilton. And mader is in A ball and wouldn’t be a prospect on any other team sooo not really
Isn’t he really fast like him?
Tiger, How long have you been a scout? Scouts miss on Plenty of players, so HOW do you know what they will be, since you seem to have ALL answers/responses on this one
Because I’ve seen them play and Seymour is definitely not as fast as Hamilton? Lmao it’s ridiculous to even say that. Mader is a decent pitcher but Marlins top 10 prospects are the worst in all of baseball so nothing to be happy about
Scouting reports show him at 80 speed. Runs the 60 in just over 6 seconds. Hamilton’s 60 was reported around 6.5. These are just numbers I found doing a little research online. Obviously I haven’t seen him play.
Not saying Seymour is going to be as good as Billy Hamilton, for whatever that’s worth, but you appear to be incorrect in saying he’s not as fast as Hamilton.
I saw 6.24 which is scatting some serious arse!! Dude can move…
What’s so great about Cervenka or Dunn for that matter? They’re LOOGYs. That’s it. Expendable and replaceable. Didn’t the Braves have EOF and Venters after Dunn was traded? I don’t think they missed Dunn much. So, I have no doubt they’ll find more.
Seymour’s speed, alone, looks like he’ll get a shot in the bigs at some point. I like reading about Mader’s refined mechanics last season and seeing the carryover to this season is nice.
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Marlins will take any pitcher to get rid of Dunn. Marlins don’t want Dunn anymore he sucks. And the prospects apparently were terrible before they got traded lmao
If Cervanka had more suited prior to the non waiver deadline he would have been dealt. The Marlins claimed him so at least Coppy made a deal to get two more prospects not highly regarded but depth on the farm.
I want to see a few more trades like this so the Braves can reel in MLB ready talent or trade solid prospects for high potential guys. This will time time i.e. offseason and into the coming year or so.
Righties hit .211 off cervenka this year lefties at .136. Small sample size of 57 right and 66 left but he has been trusted to stay in the game and complete his innings after getting his assigned batters out. There was even a stretch this year where he was the go to guy to get righties out as well, but that also had a lot to do with injuries and an unproven pen. He is well thought of because he was such a surprise on a poor team and was someone who could be counted on in a rough year. He was also a good story finally breaking in at age 26 coming from independent league ball.
Not to mention the Braves have about 17 legit candidates to fill in their pen next season!!
Vizcaino
Jim Johnson
Paco Rodriguez
Mauricio Cabrera
Chris Withrow
Daniel Winkler
Ian Krol
Kyle Kinman
Shea Simmons
AJ Minter (Dude is LEGIT LIGHTS OUT)
Caleb Dirks
Pfeiffer
Jason Hursh
Cunniff
Marksberry
McKirahan
Williams Perez
Casey Kelly
Ryan Weber
I mean the list goes on and on!! Their bullpen will be absolutely stacked next season!!!
They can easily afford to get rid of guys like Alvarez and Cervenka, because they will easily find 3 or 4 more of them next season through waiver claims and free agency!!!
Pittsburgh and their pitching coach gets all of the credit when it comes to reviving careers, but McDowell has TWO OR THREE TIMES the track record of turning guys careers around!!
McDowell and Eddie Perez, their primary bullpen coach the past decade or so, have turned around the career of countless guys, and they will continue to do more of the same..
So teams continue casting off your unwanted talent the Braves way, and they will gladly correct their flaws, and trade them to add even further to their absolutely stacked minor league…
I mean c’mon..They turned around Alvarez and Lucas Harrell, and they ended up getting those two castoffs for a talented power hitting, young 2B prospect like Demeritte!?!?…lol
While I’ll agree with the overall sentiment of your post (especially the comments on AJ Minter), I’m not sure you realized that Jim Johnson is on a one year contract. He is a free agent at the end of this season.
And there is no saying he is on the Braves roster in 3 weeks.
Looks like the braves acquired a possible future speedy utility guy and a probable future left-handed reliever. There is a very high chance neither ever makes the majors. Of course there is also a decently high chance that Cervenka walks too many to continue his short lived success.
*suitors*
Just stockpiling the minor leagues for off-season trades…hopefully
Alvarez I was sad to see go, Cervenka not so much. He’s fine as far as middle relievers / LOOGYs go, but the Braves should have no trouble replacing him in coming years with some prospect or another that couldn’t stick in the rotation.