Giants/Padres

[stehoon (Stephen, PHI)]

Giants trade -

OF Kevin Pillar (Blue Jays) $3.2 6th

Padres -

1B C.J. Cron (Rays) $3.9 6th

Cap change -

Padres/-$0.7

Giants/+$0.7

This is a shot in the dark trade for me, since I don't know if Crons last season was a building block or a fluke. If he slashes 24 hrs this season I'll be happy, I am a tad concerned about Tyler Austin for Cron's value but I like the extra competition to drive Cron. There is a lot of upside involved here but the fact is that I don't need Pillar but I do need a 1st Baseman(Matt might lose his eligibility with Paul coming in) who has power plus this years 1st baseman class is not deep.

[bill (Bill, SD)]

I accept. My problem was the opposite, I have a couple of 1st base eligible guys but have traded away my outfield. Pillar is a solid guy who doesn't exceed in one category, but isnt bad in any either. It made sense to try and rebuild my outfield with an excess bat.

[Reds GM (Kyler)]

Zero problem with the valuation on this trade, but Stephen I just wanted to follow up a bit on your reasoning before casting my "approve". Just want to make sure you understand that Carpenter will have 1B eligibility in 2019. Fantrax does position eligibility by the prior year, as long as they get 10 games they get that position. Since Carpenter played 95 games at 1B he'll be eligible there for 2019, which incidentally is the only year you'd have Cron for.

If you can just confirm you know that and are good with the deal anyway I'll happily approve.

[stehoon (Stephen, PHI)]

....I was not aware of that(good to know), but yes I am good with the deal. Paul going to the Cardinals wasn’t the motivation for the trade, I just need more power in my lineup and a 1st baseman.

[Braves GM (Eric)]

Approve (1-0)

[Reds GM (Kyler)]

Approve (2-0)

[Pirates GM (TJ)]

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