Nationals / A's

[Washington Nationals GM (Alex)]

Nationals trade:

SP Patricio Aquino $0.3 1st (Brewers) www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=aquino000pat
OF Tristan Peters $0.3 1st (Rays) www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=peters001tri

A's trade:
P Mitch Spence $0.3 1st (A's) Previously Unprotected www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=spence000mit
2B Hoy Park $1.0 3rd (A's) Previously Unprotected 

Cap change:
Nats: +0.7
A's: +0.6

I move a few fringy prospects for a few fringy MLBers. Spence has looked pretty OK in spring training and I wonder if he may be better suited as a RP than he was as a SP, and there should be plenty of opportunity for him in Oakland. I lost a few relievers recently so I was in the market for an addition there. Park has hit a ton in ST, enough that he should break camp with the big club, maybe he can be a utility guy for them and occasionally fill a spot for me at a position I don't have a lot of depth. 

Acquisition links: 
Aquino: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7441/nationals-brewers
Peters: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7162/oak-wsn
Park: Unprotected last August: mlbbaseballleague.proboards.com/thread/7018/pirates-2023-roster-transactions
Spence: Rule V pick, never before protected

[Athletics GM (Daniel)]

A’s accept. Simple farm system building move to scratch the “it’s been a while since I’ve made trade” itch. A couple guys that weren’t quite on my radar (hence unprotected) for a couple that also weren’t on my radar but are in player dev systems I have a little more faith in.

Thanks Alex!

[Astros GM (Adam)]

Approve (1-0)

[Guardians GM (Jay)]

Approve 2-0

[St. Louis GM (Bert)]

Approve (3-0)

[Washington Nationals GM (Alex)]

Roster updated

[Athletics GM (Daniel)]

Roster updated.