section: | slug: kolten-wong-trade-mariners-send-jesse-winker-abraham-toro-to-brewers | sport: baseball | route: article_single.us | Also, the Ms have a run differential of -52, so the likelihood of them making it this year is highly unlikely. You dont make your contending team better by trading your closer and clubhouse leaderand he went to a rival who could end up eliminatingthem from postseason play if they were to get in. and today we gave up a 4 to 1 lead to the Yankees. That wasnt the case at all in the series loss to the Astros. They arent a better team today than yesterday, but . To see him traded to the division-leading Astros while the two squads are playing one another is downright jarring. I kinda low key dig it for Sea but see what Houstons doing , Toros a quality MLB player with 4 more cheap years left for 2 months of Graveman. UPDATED: Brewers make several roster moves, including signing of Luke Otherwise, it doesnt help THIS years team. What is the thought process behind this in Seattle? Graveman is a rental, but he upgrades their bullpen for this season. This immediately makes us a better team, now we have an 8th inning guy to set up Pressly. @MrAngelFan Nope one AB doesnt make a player good. 7HR, 3SB and 22RBI in 106PA. . I cant believe theyd give him up for so little. Especially the Bullpen. Kolten Wong trade: Mariners send Jesse Winker, Abraham Toro to Brewers Houston Astros recalled 3B Abraham Toro from Sugar Land Skeeters. I was hoping the Astros would get him but that was when the Mariners were struggling. Not to say that the NBA keeps it simple either, but MLB is hardly the standard for simple and straightforward transactions and contracts. They arent? My oh my what an odd tradeas a Mariners fan I was sure hoping for something better than this. pic.twitter.com/6eDxyfURgy. The Mariners are also receiving $1.75 million to help offset Wong's $10 million salary for 2023, after which . I like what weve done assembling this current team. The switch-hitting Toro then got the start at second in the series finale while hitting fifth in the order, and all he did was blast his second home run as a Mariner. Some times, you just need a change of scenery. It never changes., He hasnt come down here, a player said of Dipoto. In the first of two deals on Tuesday by general manager Jerry Dipoto, the Mariners made a four-player swap with the Astros less than 24 hours after the two teams played a very emotional game. That said, Graveman is a free agent at seasons end, and in Toro, the Mariners are acquiring five seasons of control over an infielder who has been considered one of Houstons more promising young prospects for the past few years. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. Love this deal for us. Also, by disabling these cookies you will also disable banner ads served by Google Adsense on this website.. For more information about these items, view our complete privacy policy.Read More. I dont know why people on here always say baseball should take a page out of the NBA. (Age 22-245d, In the second game of the series, Flexen also went just four innings while allowing seven runs. In exchange for an unproven player who doesnt make the Ms a better team NOW. And bullpen guys are bullpen guys. At the time it was his second blast of the series, as he hit a solo shot while with the Astros in the series opener on Monday. Theres no guarantee that Jerry would be willing to pay the massive contract that Gravemen will surely command in the offseason, and he will. I know spelling off but guess want to use him till Alex returns. Leftover salaries from players who have been traded or released, or buyouts for declined options. Well see. Watch this space, lol. It's a nice little raise for Toro, who . the contract will likely top out paying him somewhere in the range of $2.65MM based on incentives tied to days on the roster . Houston Astros Newsstand Seattle Mariners Transactions Abraham Toro Joe Smith Kendall Graveman Rafael Montero, Wow, dont see this very often, not the division rivals part at least, Wonder what Houston wants with Montero too. 3B Abraham Toro assigned to Buies Creek Astros from Quad Cities River Bandits. Toro is cost controlled through 2026. We also have a couple guys on Sewald Steckinrider Swanson and maybe Chargois as closers. It's a nice little raise for Toro, who . Toro, 24, hasnt yet pieced things together in limited big league action, but hes decimated Triple-A pitching (.392/.497/.600 in 33 games) and posted strong numbers in pitcher-friendly Double-A settings (.282/.369/.468 in 148 games). They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. Unless Toro is packaged and flipped for Merrifield. Mariners definitely didnt win this trade. Im sure there are players who are far better evaluators of talent than any GM is. And we brought up Kikuchi before, who lasted five innings in the series finale and gave up four runs, with three being earned. January 22, 2019: contract info. The Brewers made the announcement on Twitter. Agreed, I think Toro can develop further into an above average everyday player. Toro is blocked by Bregman and Aledyms Diaz. The switch-hitting Toro provides the Mariners with a possible long-term option at third base, but hes also logged considerable time at second base another area where the Mariners have been known to be seeking help. In 33 innings this season, Graveman has pitched to a 0.82 ERA with a 28.1 percent strikeout rate, a 6.6 walk rate and a 53.9 percent ground-ball rate. I know this is a bitter pill to swallow, it is, but we must believe in the process. Dipoto has said he gets this move has upset the team. Great deal for us, gotta say this is a head scratcher for Seattle. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Football. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Maybe they think he can, but giving up a dominant closer who has helped them win a number of tight games. Houston Astros traded 3B Abraham Toro, RHP Joe Smith, and to Seattle Mariners for RHP Kendall Graveman and RHP Rafael Montero. Does this end Mariners pursuit of Whit Merrifield? Milwaukee Brewers (minors, 40-man), Born: All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. I think both teams benefit from this trade, just to different degrees and in different ways: Houston is a contender whose weakness was their bullpen. So youre giving up 2 months of graveman in a season where, if youre being honest, the teams ceiling is a wild card birth and most likely first round exit. @nevibes One AB makes a player good.???? Why put added pressure on the guy? Its sort of job security. The Houston Astros have purchased the contract of Round Rock Express INF Abraham Toro amid a flurry of transactions on Thursday afternoon. He last pitched on July 20. Preller did this for 6 years in San Diego. Somewhere in an alternate universe, Shohei Ohtani is still the greatest show on alternate Earth, Mike Trout plays 162 games every season, Anthony Rendon signs a free agent contract and hits .300 . He traded arguably the best reliever in baseball, at least this year, who is still only 30 years old. Ive seen torohes decent but Im very okay with this trade. First time thats ever happened. I liked Dipoto until he did this. I get trading a rental even if its your closer. They turned out to be a farm club at the ML level for the other teams. The big news from this homestand is that that the Mariners were very active in the trade market. Login Here. Abraham Toro-Kendall Graveman trade helping Mariners, Astros - MLB No, I did not. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Wong is the second notable position player acquired by the Mariners this offseason. If Toro does well, the Mariners got their 3rd basemen of the future. Im down. So many terrible or incompetent people at the very top. Clevelands 2B Hernandez will be traded to Seattle for one of their young outfielders not named Lewis or Kelenick. Anderson now slides into the five-man rotation along with Kikuchi, Flexen, Gonzales and Gilbert, and while it hasnt been determined when exactly hell make his Mariners debut, manager Scott Servais said the southpaw will start one of Seattles games in Texas against the Rangers this weekend. The players were pissed their veteran closer got traded to a divisional rival for a prospect in the middle of a playoff race while theyre playing a series against them. He was rated as a 45+ 3rd base prospect which would have slotted in as about the Mariners #5 prospect pretty much equivalent to Emerson Hancock (generally thought of as an untouchable player for us). Somy guess is another deal is incoming in the Mariners side. Seattle Mariners activated 3B Abraham Toro. Whats even more troubling is that it hints that Seager is getting replaced cheaply. Which three teams made your cut? 3B Abraham Toro-Hernandez assigned to Houston Astros. He has struck out 86 while walking 25 in 18 starts. 6 de julio de 2018: 3B Abraham Toro asignado a Corpus Christi Hooks de Buies Creek Astros. But am shocked Seattle sent Graveman but that other pitcher do not know enough on. Good grief, why not when theyre nine games over .500, playing good ball and closing in on a wild card? Giving away your closer whos been on fire as of recently is a bad move, the Mariners need that kind of a bullpen piece, they didnt get much to compensate for him either. MLB.TV, via Rosenthal, reporting that Turner was taken out for a medical reason.. about your favorite athlete? 2023 Bonneville International. Ten bucks says they get Fry or Scott from the Orioles. The Brewers optioned Toro to the Triple-A Nashville Sounds to begin the 2023 season. Use of any marks, trademarks, or logos on this website shall not constitute a sponsorship or endorsement by the trademark holder. Double Double - Went 3-for-4 with 2 doubles on 8/1 at Texas. The Ms will miss Gravemans presence in the pen. Note: Tax figures based on payroll data only. But after a big trade Tuesday afternoon where players walked across the field to opposite clubhouses, things didnt go the Mariners way as they lost the next two games to drop the series. In exchange, the Astros got Rafael Montero, who the Mariners .
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