trades
P Paul Blackburn 440K (arb thru 2022)
OF Jake Cave
2018 7th rd pick
2018 10-20 rd picks
trades
P Aaron Loup 2M (FA at the end of the year)
Arquímedes Gamboa
KJ Harrison
Keegan Thompson
Angels approve. I didn’t want the Astros to have any excuses this year so I decided to trade away a SP as well.
Trading away the cheap and controllable Blackburn does make me a bit weary as despite his lackluster peripherals he has followed up his career 3.22 MiLB ERA with a 3.21 ERA in his first 10 MLB starts. He might just be one of those guys who finds a way to outperform his underlying stats.
It’s worth the risk for me though to get a few decent prospects who I think might be poised to break out. Also needed a warm body to fill a vacant RP slot which Loup does.
Thanks to Vik for the lengthy but enjoyable negotiation on this one