Josh Rojas worked out for the D-Backs but the other 3 players in the Greinke trade (including Seth Beer and Corbin Martin) have not…
BTW, Beer and Bukauskas were 1st rounders while Martin was a 2nd rounder. Rojas? 26th rounder.
I guess that’s why they were considered as tradable by the Astros.
Funny that Rojas was the one player Luhnow was balking at giving…that dude knew his shit.
When you see one player traded for four prospects, it rarely works out for the team getting the four prospects. Rarely.
From the other thread:
Another related example: The Mariners did alright on the Randy Johnson trade, if you figure he was probably leaving as a free agent anyway.
Instead of two months of Johnson, they got 5+ years of Freddy Garcia, 6 years of Carlos Guillen, and 4 years of John Halama.
truth.
Reminds me of that old Pittsburgh Pirates trade with the hated Yankees - Doc Medich to Pittsburgh for Willie Randolph, Ken Brett, and Dock Ellis. Plenty of trades go the other way though as you say.
As far as multi-player for 1 Astros trades, Moises for Henriquez/Barrios/Johnson is probably my favorite.
Taylor Jones back to the AL West.
Cubs have signed Trey Mancini to a two year deal with an opt out. No report as of yet on the dollars.
EDIT: The contract is $14M for 2 years.
Good for Trey. I hope he hits 30 homers.
All against the Cardinals.
Marisnick signed a minor league deal with the White Sox.
JB Bukauskas claimed by Mariners
Jon SIngleton DFA’s by Brewers.
I bet Greinke hasn’t bought groceries lately.
It makes a little more sense when you learn that the quote is from 2009.