Angels/Cardinals Trade 11-21-18 10:20 pm ET

[game162]

The Cards and Angels have come to an agreement, sending:

From Angels:
Dansby Swanson $500k (P-2020)
Sean Manaea $500k (P-2019)
Sheldon Neuse $500k (P-n/a)

From Cards:
Yasmani Grandal $4M (2020)
x $4M in 2019 and 2020
Jonathon Loaisiga $500k (P-n/a)

Angels are in a win-now mode and needed a solid C for their 2019 run and Grandal fits that bill.  With Manaea's injury leaving his 2019 season in question, I felt the roster space was important to free up considering I have Montgomery out for the year as well.  Dansby is my 3rd MI behind Correa and Torres and while he's making progress and hasn't nearly peaked yet, he wouldn't get a ton of playing time, barring injuries.  Neuse is blocked by even more options at CI.  Angels are giving up a lot of control and upside in this deal, and required a young top 100 spec in return in Loaisiga to balance things out a bit.  Finally, getting the Cards to eat the remaining salary on Grandal's contract allows us to fill a hole in our line up while also maintaining some flexibility to do things in FA.

Cards to confirm.

Thanks for the progressive talks, Ryan...good dealing w/ you!

[RyanJames5]

:STL: confirms.

While I like Grandal and he was the top scoring catcher in the league. He doesn’t do much for me over the next year or two. The long term control of Manaea and Swanson, along with the upside for Neuse make it a very worthwhile deal for me. Thanks for working it out with me and good luck to :LAA:

[ldsjayhawk]

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[LockedNLoaded]

 :iatp:

[Flash]

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[Flash]

The Cards and Angels have come to an agreement, sending:

From Angels:
Dansby Swanson $500k (P-2020)
Sean Manaea $500k (P-2019)
Sheldon Neuse $500k (P-n/a)

From Cards:
Yasmani Grandal $4M (2020)
x $4M in 2019 and 2020
Jonathon Loaisiga $500k (P-n/a)

Trade approved 3-0

Fantraxed 11-21-18

[Flash]

The Cards and Angels have come to an agreement, sending:

From Angels:
Dansby Swanson $500k (P-2020)
Sean Manaea $500k (P-2019)
Sheldon Neuse $500k (P-n/a)

From Cards:
Yasmani Grandal $4M (2020)
x $4M in 2019 and 2020
Jonathon Loaisiga $500k (P-n/a)

Angels are in a win-now mode and needed a solid C for their 2019 run and Grandal fits that bill.  With Manaea's injury leaving his 2019 season in question, I felt the roster space was important to free up considering I have Montgomery out for the year as well.  Dansby is my 3rd MI behind Correa and Torres and while he's making progress and hasn't nearly peaked yet, he wouldn't get a ton of playing time, barring injuries.  Neuse is blocked by even more options at CI.  Angels are giving up a lot of control and upside in this deal, and required a young top 100 spec in return in Loaisiga to balance things out a bit.  Finally, getting the Cards to eat the remaining salary on Grandal's contract allows us to fill a hole in our line up while also maintaining some flexibility to do things in FA.

Cards to confirm.

Thanks for the progressive talks, Ryan...good dealing w/ you!

Processed - All Rosters Updated 11/23/18