Oakland / Houston

[Athletics GM (Daniel)]

Oakland receives:

RF Giancarlo Stanton (NYY) $7.4 2024+

2B Michael Stefanic (LAA) $0.3 1st
www.fangraphs.com/players/michael-stefanic/25353/stats?position=2B

Houston receives:

LHP Antoine Kelly (TEX) $0.3 1st
www.fangraphs.com/players/antoine-kelly/sa3011135/stats?position=P


Stanton Acquisition: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7903/astros-rangers

Stefanic Acquisition: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7914/angels-astros

Kelly Acquisition: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/6960/brewers-athletics

Salary change:
Athletics +$7.4
Astros -$7.4

A’s accept and Antoine Kelly has been dropped on FanTrax.

Antoine Kelly has great stuff with poor control and when I originally acquired him I was hoping for a starter. He looks like he’s on track to be a good (maybe great) reliever and probably has a reasonably clear path to the big league club. With that said, I’ve got a glut of mid-tier starter prospects that could end up moving to the bullpen when starting doesn’t work out so Kelly feels expendable, regardless of his potential.

Stefanic probably won’t displace Rengifo on the depth chart unless to Angels go to the deep end of sell-mode and even that’s a stretch but he hits for average which is never bad to have and if both he and Jace Peterson end up as semi-regular part-time (and other hyphenated words) 2B’s I might manage to put together a respectable showing at the position until Connor Norby finds his way into a regular role.

My hope with Stanton is a bounce back worthy of a tantalizing mid-season flip. He seems to be losing the fight with Father Time but he’s still hitting dingers so even if I can’t turn him into more prospect capital later, he’ll make me at least a little more of a nuisance given the general lack of power in my line up. This is the main gamble of the trade and if it doesn’t work out the way I hope, he’s off the books after this coming season anyway.

Thanks Adam, good luck in 2024!

[Astros GM (Adam)]

Astros confirm.
Giancarlo Stanton continues his tour through the AL West. While I like the power Stanton offers, his contract is pretty neutral. So I’m happy to let him go as a means of exchanging Stefanic for Antoine Kelly.

Kelly spent some time on my roster in the past, and I lost faith I him. But he was back to being dominant again in 2023. I agree that the hope of him being a starter is gone at this point. Still, it’s fun to dream that he will be a sharp reliever in the near future.

Thanks Daniel.

[Guardians GM (Jay)]

Approve 1-0

[D'backs GM (Mo)]

Approve 2-0

[St. Louis GM (Bert)]

Approve (3-0)

[Athletics GM (Daniel)]

Rosters updated.

[Astros GM (Adam)]

Roster updated.