Padres/ Nationals

[bill (Bill, SD)]

Padres trade:

CF Charlie Blackmon (Rockies) $13.8 2022

to the Nationals for:

RF Nomar Mazara (Rangers) $1.5 4th

CF/RF Max Kepler (Twins) $1.0 4th

SP Anthony Banda (Rays) $0.3 1st www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=banda-000ant

3B Sheldon Neuse (Athletics) $0.3 1st www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=neuse-000she

RHP Wil Crowe (Nationals) $0.3 1st www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=crowe-000wil

Cap change:

Padres= -$10.4

Nationals= +10.4

By posting this, the Padres accept and Blackmon is dropped in fantrax.  Well, Blackmon's stay on the Padres was short lived.  Bryan approached me about him and we pretty quickly came to this arrangement.  Mazara and Kepler give me some controllable young bats with loads on power potential and give me some depth in my lineup and bench.  Banda will likely miss this entire year, but was recently a heralded prospect in the D'back system.  I believe he can recover and be a nice mid rotation piece for me down the road.  Neuse and Crowe are two top 10ish organization prospects that could become MLB regulars if they can overcome some recent flaws. 

Losing Blackmon really saps my team of current average and power stats from a rather fickle lineup spot (CF), but I feel the return gives me much more depth and also gives me some cap flexibility to address a remaining hole or two on my roster.  Blackmon is worth the contract now, but in 2021 he might begin looking a bit like an albatross.

Great working with you Bryan, good luck on building a competitor for this year.

[bryanm1982 (Bryan, WAS)]

I accept this trade. I seen that Blackmon was on the block and told him that Mazara and Kepler are available and we came to this agreement. I am losing some depth but I get a better player than Mazara. I like Blackmon in Colorado and think he can continue to put up good numbers. Good luck with Mazara and Kepler. I hope Mazara can move forward with his potential and become a great player. All the players are dropped on Fantrax.

[Braves GM (Eric)]

Blackmon's value sure has changed in a month!

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[St. Louis GM (Bert)]

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[Yankees GM (Ramesh)]

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