Top prospect Willy Adames is back with the Rays, who announced today that they’ve placed Daniel Robertson on the 10-day disabled list due to a strained left hamstring and recalled the 22-year-old Adames in his place. It’ll be the second stint in the Majors this season for Adames, who is considered Tampa Bay’s best position-player prospect and is generally regarded among the game’s top 30 or so all-around farmhands. He went 2-for-12 in a brief debut stint with the Rays last month but is hitting a much more palatable .286/.356/.424 in Triple-A despite his relative youth. Adames isn’t teeming with power, but he should stick at shortstop and has the potential to be an above-average bat there. Certainly, that’s the hope for the Rays, who only control Adeiny Hechavarria through season’s end. Hechavarria recently checked in on the first edition of MLBTR’s Top 50 trade candidates, and if he’s moved, then a path to everyday at-bats would be open for Adames.
More from the division…
- The Orioles’ attempt to bring right-hander Pedro Araujo along at the Majors could be on its last legs, writes Eduardo A. Encina of the Baltimore Sun. Araujo broke camp with the club as a Rule 5 player, but he quickly proved unready for high-leverage spots and has since struggled to even keep the O’s in the game when the team is trailing. Araujo is being asked to make the jump from Class-A Advanced to the Majors, and the results haven’t been pretty; after surrendering four runs in an inning yesterday, he’s sitting on a 7.71 ERA with a 29-to-18 K/BB ratio, two hit batters and a wild pitch through 28 innings of relief. The Orioles, Encina notes, need to open a spot on the active roster for the return of Zach Britton, and cutting bait on the Araujo experiment could be one such way of facilitating the longtime closer’s return.
- Mark W. Sanchez of the New York Post spoke to infielder Brandon Drury about the Yankees’ decision to option him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at the conclusion of his rehab assignment. Unsurprisingly, Drury expressed some disappointment and frustration at being sent down. “I wasn’t happy about it,” said the 25-year-old. “…It’s not easy. But this is going to make me better. Just gotta keep doing what I can do right now, be back up soon.” Drury is doing plenty to display both his abilities and his health in Scranton, slashing .324/.457/.461 through 127 plate appearances there. Unfortunately for him, Miguel Andujar has heated back up at the plate and is even beginning to draw a few more walks. Since Drury was activated from the DL and optioned, Andujar has batted .361/.413/.722 with five homers, drawing six walks against nine strikeouts in 80 plate appearances along the way.
Might be time to flip Drury to the Orioles
For who? Drury was traded for a top prospect.. Would he even net someone close to that?
What top prospect was Drury traded for? Please fill us in
Nick Solak, he was the Yankees #12 prospect and is the #5 second base prospect in MLB.
A team’s #12 Prospect isn’t exactly a top prospect. 2B is a non premium position coming up, as most of the minor league SS’s slide over. BUT, he’s playing very well so I suppose he could qualify for “top prospect”.
I guess people on here have different definitions of Top Prospect, Would you consider Max Schrock #8 2b in all of baseball, a top prospect? He was in the Stephen Piscotty trade. I don’t think I ever saw that term come up when that trade was announced. Think it would’ve been quickly shot down had anyone tried to stake that claim.
Lol
He played CF too and I think some 3B
And get what in return?
Drury for Machado…straight up 1 for 1 swap
Yeah, sure. Throw in the deed to Camden Yards while they’re at it…
Drury is already 25
Surely the Yankees could trade Drury and get a semi decent return
Due to Riley’s injury, Atlanta could use Drury. What would it take to get him? I wouldn’t give up too much since Riley should be able to step in next year at the latest.
Doesn’t sound like Atlanta is such a good fit then.
Isn’t he on just a one year deal anyway? Would be FA after the season.
Pretty sure he is about to hit arbitration and will be a FA after the 2022 season.
Drury has three seasons of team control remaining beyond 2018. He only had two full seasons in the Majors with the D-backs before being traded.
Forgive me guys, I must have been thinking of someone else. It would take far too much to land a guy w/ that many years left. Moose would be a much more feasible option. If they make a move at all.
Exactly. Bad break for Drury, but there’s no reason to give him away. The years of control were a significant factor.
Lol, I love the down votes on this site when you clearly make a mistake and own up to it. Tough room. I apologize to the readers of this site, Brandon Drury, and Drury’s entire family for not knowing the particulars of his MLB contract. I may even resign from my job and move into a van, down by the river.
Haha. Sorry for the shade.
Say 40 of The Lord’s Prayer and all shall be forgiven.
Honestly? I’d rather they trade Andujar and get a big haul. I have to imagine a deal centered around he and Clint Frazier could net the Yanks a near-elite under-30 starter from a team that is light on young, top flight offense.
Drury is more than capable of playing a very good 3B and providing solid offense.
I was just think that. Use him to get a Michael Fulmer type. Solves the log jam in position players and gets a young controllable starter who has shown very good stuff in the recent past.
Not sure I would do it, as I’m not sold on Fulmer, but it is a thought.
Fulmer sucks. I would only trade them for MadBum
Giants aren’t trading MadBum and Fulmer is young with a huge upside. “I would only trade them for MadBum” well thank God you don’t make any decisions for the Yankees.
I don’t think fulmer has huge upside. He’s a very solid, cheap young starter who knows how to pitch but I’m not sure he has the next level potential to become a #1. The fact that you can control him until 2023 makes his pricetag so high.
Well you ask a player that’s been up in the bigs for awhile and of course he’s gonna be disappointed in being sent down to the minors. That being said I’m glad he’s taking it in stride and performing so well. Plus Tyler Wade is has been doing significantly better, he currently has a 6 game hitting streak and has raised his average 50 points over the last two weeks. Infield depth is definitely an area of strength for the Yankees and could most certainly help in aquiring a quality starter.
Orioles leering Araujo go back to the Cubs would be a huge waste of talent. He might be pitching well now but who cares. They suck. Might as well option someone like Castro to Norfolk and wait until they are able to trade Britton or Brach in the next month or so. They could always move Tillman to the 60 day DL to open the 40 man spot. Orioles have given away enough talent for nothing over the couple of years.
I’m all for keeping talent but Araujo isn’t anywhere near ML ready. You can’t option a guy like Castro who is throwing up a sub 3 ERA to keep a guy who really can’t get ML hitters out at this point. I don’t know if Araujo’s upside is there to do that. In all likelihood he’ll be available in the rule 5 again next year.
Don’t get me wrong though, we have another option to DFA. Mike Wright is older, has more MLB experience and is not any good himself. But, even at this point he is better than Araujo. I’d easily can one of those two before considering any other move.
I thought drury a couple weeks ago was still saying he’s battling symptoms? Either way I don’t understand why Tyler Austin is still up
Because he started a brawl with the hated Red Sox. Bonus points.
Austin will be going down when they bring up Loaisiga
The Drury trade may impact the Yankees ability to land a starting pitcher at the deadline. Widener and Solak have only seen their stock rise since the deal, and could have been packaged with Clint Frazier to swing a deal for a starter. Hindsight is always 20/20 but cashmans looks like he may have whiffed on this deal on multiple levels.
mbrunette, are you trolling? How do you know how Widener and Solak would be performing elsewhere? Trades are supposed to work out for both teams. Drury got hurt but is excellent protection to have. Other GMs should have Cashman’s track record and the Yankees have plenty to offer another team.
Solak and Widener hold more value than Drury in a trade at this point but they have a deep system to draw from. Certainly not going to prohibit them because they lost two prospects.
It”ll only impact the Yankees at the deadline if they prospect hoard. Solak and Widener hold more value than Drury in a trade at this point but it’s not like they dont have a deep system to draw from.
I disagree on the Yankees having a deep system, once your past Frazier and Sheffield the drop off is steep. Look at Trenton’s roster, very few prospects.
Trade Gregorious and Austin , put Torres at short and Drury at 2nd. You’ve got Walker to back up Bird and you’ve got Torreyes. Trading those two and a decent minor leaguer could get you a decent pitcher.
They aren’t trading Didi for obvious reasons. Austin has very limited if any value.
Trade a clubhouse guy just because he is in his first real slump since the first half of his 2015 season? The guy who is a defensive wizard who also comes in clutch at the plate in big games? Yankees can get any SP they want without having to trade anyone on the MLB roster. To trade one of the best SS in the game to get a “decent” SP is insulting.
Sorry to hear about Drury, but I remember a story about Wally Pipp who sat out because of a headache and some guy named Lou Gehrig took his place!
Maybe its time to trade Drury or Wade. No spot for them on the MLB roster even though they are MLB level talents. That makes them expendable. I would want to keep one of them, since they provide great depth in the case of an injury and they can both play multiple positions.
Trading Andujar instead would be a big mistake. The Yankees can get an elite SP without having to trade anyone in the minors. No reason to trade a player that looks to be an above average, all star 3B for he years to come when the farm is stacked with great prospects that would never get a spot on the MLB roster as it stands (because its so stacked).
Trading Frazier would be a big mistake as well. As much as I like Gardner, I can see him retiring with CC if they win the WS this year. If that happens, Frazier could step in as his heir. I would be surprised if the Yankees get a third RF in Harper, but i can see them running the same type of roster with Frazier in LF, Hicks in CF, Judge in RF, and Stanton in DH, LF, RF role like he is this year.
They need another LH bat because they are RH dominated as is, and teams such as the Astros have exploited that. Teams can stack their bullpens against RH dominated lineups especially in a seven game series. Frazier most certainly will be traded for pitching, it’s who else they decide to send with him to see the quality of the return. Frazier is expendable for many reasons and his value has dropped from last year. Things are going good now but the bullpen can’t keep this up much longer. You can’t go with one great starter you can depend on and the others that can’t get past four innings.
Im not saying they shouldnt trade for a SP. Im saying i wouldnt trade Andujar or Frazier for a SP. I made the point that the Yankees dont need to trade anybody in the MLB to get a SP. Wade and Drury dont have a spot on the roster for the next 5 years. Frazier has one in a year. The Yankees could trade Adams, Acvedo, Wade, and Florial to get deGrom. And thats only one of the many combinations of minor leaguers they can put together to acquire a SP.
They might need one more bullpen arm but they might already have it in Kahnle, if he can figure things out. Not to mention that Betances is doing better and Warren is off the DL. I wouldnt be too upset to see another bullpen arm though
The Yankees lineup is RH heavy by one batter if they are facing a RHP. Really not that big of a concern that youre making it out to be. Its an odd number of players in the lineup, it has to lean one way or the other (unless you can get more than 2 switch hitters [which they already have btw]). If they had one more LHB, would you be saying its left hand dominated? Dont forget that Hicks and Walker are switch hitters (and dont forget about Ellsbury is still kicking around somewhere).
oops, just noticed that in my original post i said “without having to trade anyone in the minors”… thats a typo. meant to say “without having to trade anyone in the majors”
Yeah, you’re not getting degrom with that package.
Try telling me why. Outside of the Wilpons stubbornness to do anything right, its a good package.
Look at what the Astros gave up to get Gerrit Cole. Look at what they gave up to get Verlander too. Look at what the Yankees gave up to get Gray. Look at what the Rangers gave up to get Hamels. The package I listed is easily heavier than any of the packages that were used to acquire the pitchers I mention. Anything more than what I said is close to overkill. Maybe you can add in some lottos, but if you think (like most people on here) that the trade needs to start with someone like Andujar & Torres with Frazier being a side piece to be able to have deGrom then I would argue that you havent been paying attention and the only trades you can fathom stem from MLB the Show.
Unfortunately the chances of the Mets dealing deGrom or Thor to the yanks are slim to none. I think it’s ridiculous considering the yanks could undoubtedly offer the best package for either, but they couldn’t even get a deal done for Bruce or Walker last year and ended up trading Bruce to Cleveland for a lesser package. The Wilpons will continue to be amongst the worst owners in sports when they refuse a package from Cashman that could net them multiple MLB ready (or close) players.
Yeah I agree. Until the Mets change ownership they will continue to be poorly managed, no matter whos GM for them.
Gerrit Cole got sold down the river cheap. Salary is also a concern in Pitt though and Cole wouldn’t have been retained in 2 years. The Mets won’t trade with their crosstown rivals unless they get a haul. They could get that package from anyone in baseball for degrom. Degrom has a lot more trade value than G Cole did when he was dealt on top of all that.
You didn’t factor in the fact that degrom is cheap and controllable for 3.5 more years. Look at the package that it took for Chris sale if you want a realistic comp. I see you left him out when you were posting comps.
Yea Cole was traded at a extremely cheap rate due to many factors, Performance, and the Pirates patience with him evidently exhausted, so that’s on them. Verlander was considered way on the back side of his career. Sale is an excellent comparison since he was a proven ace like deGrom with a good amount of years of control, and those guys hardly ever are made available. Being a Yankees fan the realistic package for deGrom will sting and totally destroy most of these posters prospect delusions.
The Yankees still have a strong farm, but most of their top guys have taken steps back this year. None of the guys you mentioned are enough to headline a package for a controllable top of the rotation type. A pitcher like DeGrom or Fulmer will absolutely need more as the headliner than the guys you said.
jbigz Cole, Verlander, Hamels, Sale, Gray were all considered proven aces with years of control at the time of their trade. The Sale trade is close to the package I brought up, so thanks for bringing to attention.
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the package i listed stings enough. i literally put the yankees top prospects AND Tyler Wade in one package. I spared Sheffield and Abreu but Florial, Adams, and Acvedo are all high ranked prospects.
therealryan
I put the number 1, 4, and 7th top prospect along with Tyler Wade (an MLB level talent thats been doing very well in AAA) That is enough. Its two good arms, a good middle infielder (who can also play LF) and a good potential franchise CF for one arm that is good now.
*by 1, 4 and 7 i mean in the Yankees farm system, not overall. For overall, its the #37, #67, and Acvedo is the only one past #100
Not enough…
It’s gonna take at least one everyday player-Andujar or Torres, one top pitching prospect Sheffield, and one top outfield prospect Florial. They don’t want Adams(who is not a top pitching prospect) more of a BP arm, and they don’t want utility players such as Wade or Drury. They may even want more then I listed, because degrom would be the game changer to put them on par with the Astros and ahead of the Sox in the postseason.
Brother, Yoan Moncada was the #1 overall prospect in baseball and he had to be paired with another top 25 prospect in kopech. Wade, Adams, and Acevedo are not anywhere near that level. Florial is no Moncada. Degrom isn’t going to be moved unless there is a sale package.
The Mets aren’t a cost conscious team like the pirates who would take a heavy package of good but not great prospects. Whole different market and ballgame. Degrom has much more value than Cole did at the time as well. Degrom holds a similar value to Chris sale or perhaps Jose Quintana, arguably more than him though. Look at those packages if you want a realistic comp. Cole, Verlander and Hamels for varying reasons (salary, market, age) are not accurate comps. It took Eloy Jimenez and Dylan cease for Q. Moncada and kopech for Sale. Degrom won’t be dealt for anything less than a top 5-10 prospect in all of baseball plus more if he’s dealt at all. The Yankees aren’t getting away with a package that starts with florial and gets complemented with wade, Acevedo, and chance declining stock adams. Thats not going to do it. Perhaps if you added Frazier to that package you could start enticing the Mets but you aren’t doing anything with that initial proposal.
You make some valid points, but you overstep when you say it’s going to take least Andujar OR Torres.
You attempt to make your point about DeGrom by devaluing the extremely valuable. Torres’ value is way too high to “package him” for DeGrom – not happening.
MAYBE Andujar, but then you’re talking about the rest of the package being either 1.) lower levels prospects or 2.) lottery tickets.
Yes, it’s going to be expensive to get DeGrom, but you overshoot on believing that Torres would be put with Sheffield AND Florial. That would be the Mets throwing in Matz, as well.
I agree with the part about Torres but I don’t think Matz has that much value to then go and add florial and sheffield. I wouldn’t trade either for matz. He’s a 5 inning starter with some upside to be more but he’s not worth a top prospect at this point.
Drury for Britton.
This is an off the wall trade idea, but maybe trading drury to the angels for Garrett Richards. The pitching market is weak and Richards can be a frontline guy at times, and the angels have the depth to replace him. I think Richards would be a better and cheaper option than degrom, bumgarner or hamels