Twins / A's

[Washington Nationals GM (Alex)]

Twins trade:

SP Yohander Mendez  $0.3 1st  Rangers  www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=mendez000yoh


A's trade:

SP Paul Blackburn  $0.3 1st A's  www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=blackb000pau
CF Reymond Fuentes $0.3 1st DBacks   www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=blackb000pau
2B/OF Max Muncy $0.5 2nd Dodgers    www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=muncy-001max

Cap change:
Twins: +$0.8
A's: -$0.8


Accept. This is an unusual trade for me as I am giving up the upside here. Mendez definitely has the highest ceiling of anyone here but I am not %100 sold on him as his K and BB rates are trending in the wrong direction upon repeating AA. Blackburn is, I think, a bit underrated and a pretty good bet to be a pretty good, if never very good, MLB starting pitcher and I think he gets his shot very soon. Fuentes hit well in AAA and is getting regular ABs right now and while the overall numbers are not stellar he is hitting his way out of a slump here recently and I think he can stick as big leaguer and be a useful roster piece. Ditto for Max Muncy who is lighting up AAA and can play all over the diamond, I think his destiny is to become a fantasy swiss army knife like Hernan Perez minus the speed. 

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I'm much more tempered in my expectation of the 3 guys I'm giving. Granted I'm not in love with Mendez either. But I think I can get more out of him than what the 3 here will do.

On the other hand I usually love quantity and I've often been wrong on my player eval. So Blackburn can turn into a 4, Muncy a usable MLB....2/3 time guy and Mendez flame out is a possibility. But meh, I'll take the chances.

Accepted. Thanks for the straight forward dealing.

[bill (Bill, SD)]

Somehow, the poor Nationals lose cap in this deal, haha. I understand that's a typo.

I believe Max Muncy is a second year guy, which would make his salary $0.5, which would make the cap hit as follows:

TwiNationals: +$0.8
Athletics: -$0.8

I believe there is still sufficient cap for this move to go through, therefore,

Approve 1-0

[Washington Nationals GM (Alex)]

You are correct, Muncy is a 2nd and I am the Twins. Post fixed to reflect both of those realities.

[kreamthedream (James, SF)]

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[St. Louis GM (Bert)]

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