Gary Sánchez has already cooled off considerably since hitting six home runs in his first 13 games with the Padres, leaving them once again in search of a catcher who can actually get on base every now and then. ![]() Bringing in yet another high-priced, multi-year player only makes it that much more difficult for San Diego to find the money to ink Juan Soto to a long-term deal before he hits free agency after next season.īut, hey, if we can clear those two hurdles, this could be a match made in heaven. Perez is making $20 million this season, $20 million in 2024 and $22 million in 2025 with a $13.5 million club option for 2026.Īnd considering the Padres have the third-highest payroll in the majors, that's the part that makes this an outrageous trade idea. Second things second, San Diego has to be willing to spend quite a bit of long-term money to make this happen. Kansas City Royals Receive: RHP Isaiah Loweįirst things first, Perez has to be on board with a trade, as he has 10-and-5 rights and can veto any deal shipping him out of Kansas City. San Diego Padres Receive: C Salvador Perez Kansas City's Salvador Perez Duane Burleson/Getty Images So while it's an overpay for a two-month rental, it's one the Reds could afford to make if they're serious about going for it this year. 320/.384/.603, but he is merely Cincinnati's fifth-best SS/3B. Encarnacion-Strand is rated as a top 100 prospect by MLB.com and has a career triple-slash in the minors of. But things get ugly in a hurry from there.Īdding Stroman would drastically enhance Cincinnati's viability in a postseason series.Īs far as the return for Chicago is concerned, Cincinnati is overflowing with quality prospects on the left side of the infield. ![]() Andrew Abbott has been a godsend since getting called up in early June, and Hunter Greene was having a solid season prior to landing on the IL with hip discomfort 10 days ago. More on that front in a bit.) But we'll split them up with Stroman staying in the NL Central to lend the Cincinnati Reds a hand.īecause while the Reds have been hotter than hot as of late, their starting rotation still leaves a lot to be desired. (The Yankees sure could use both a centerfielder and a starting pitcher right about now. Maybe they could package that duo for a nice haul of prospects. The two biggest ones are Stroman ($21 million player option) and Bellinger ($12 million mutual option), who are all but guaranteed to opt for free agency this offseason. But if they don't gain any more ground on the Reds and Brewers in the next five weeks, there's still a decent chance they'll pack it in and unload some of their expiring assets. Selling is no longer the certainty it seemed to be early in the month. The Cubs have stormed back into the NL Central hunt in recent weeks, winning 11 of their past 14 games. We're coming in hot with what would be an intra-divisional deadline deal for the ages. Trades are presented in no particular order.Ĭhicago's Marcus Stroman Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty ImagesĬincinnati Reds Receive: RHP Marcus StromanĬhicago Cubs Receive: 1B/3B Christian Encarnacion-Strand It is far from a perfect model of players' trade value-wait until you see what it thinks Max Scherzer is worth-and not all of the trades are necessarily balanced based on its calculations. ![]() Throughout this discussion of hypothetical trades, we will make use of Baseball Trade Values' trade simulator. Rather, these are "outrageous" trades because they're a bit off the wall and for each one, I truly have no idea which fanbase is going to be more livid in the comments. It'd be a waste of everyone's time to suggest that Ohtani might get traded to Oakland, or that a contender is going to gut its farm system for a two-month rental. Though we are labeling these trade proposals as "outrageous," they aren't preposterously irrational or aggressively unbalanced. Is it time for the Mets to give up the ghost and try to recoup some of their exorbitant payroll?Ĭould the highest-rated prospect in all of baseball be on the move? We entered the 2023 MLB season with visions of a Shohei Ohtani trade deadline deal breaking the internet, but what if instead of trading away the 2021 AL MVP, the Angels added the 2022 NL MVP? Louis' Paul Goldschmidt AP Photo/Jeff Roberson
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