Trade: [MIA/NYY] Stanton + $30m for Castro, Guzman, Devers

[Cassano]

Guzman is good, but he isn't one of the top Yankees guys. Devers, literally first time I've heard of him. He's a long ways away.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

LMAO. What a crap return.

7th best Yankees prospect according to this list: New York Yankees Top 20 prospects for 2018

 

[sabremike]

How did baseball OK an ownership group buying one of it's teams when the first thing said group has to do is gut the team of all major league talent because they can't afford the wage bill? It's bad enough that the Wilponzis were allowed to keep control of the Mets but this is even worse.

 

[rangerssharks414]

What a craptastic return for the Marlins. I am stunned. Stunned, I tell you.

 

[DougieSmash]

this is literally most nonsense move all the time. i don't get it... top 10 player in the entire league for this? lol. 10 years ago they give away miggy, now stanton.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Everyone will rip the return...but isn’t it exactly what we all figured? Miami basically gave him away for nothing more than salary relief.

 

[Oscar Acosta]

Awesome news, my favourite player off to my favourite team. Judge Stanton Sanchez 2018 Murderers Row. Hyped.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

this is literally most nonsense move all the time. i don't get it... top 10 player in the entire league for this? lol. 10 years ago they give away miggy, now stanton.

This isn’t quite the same though...at least with Miggy they got two of the game’s top prospects at the time in Miller and Maybin, they just didn’t live up to the hype. Granted Cabrera was also still arbitration eligible at the time so he wasn’t making much so he had that extra value attached to him.

 

[Cassano]

this is literally most nonsense move all the time. i don't get it... top 10 player in the entire league for this? lol. 10 years ago they give away miggy, now stanton.

Everyone said that about the Marlins-Jays deal and it turned out to be a wash at best. Let's give it time for Guzman/Devers + Castro return. Plus taking on Stanton's contract is one of the biggest risks to take in professional sports.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Everyone will rip the return...but isn’t it exactly what we all figured? Miami basically gave him away for nothing more than salary relief.

Yeah, I kinda figured this would happen, but that doesn’t make it any less ridiculous.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

It would be hilarious if he didn’t waive his NTC.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Everyone will rip the return...but isn’t it exactly what we all figured? Miami basically gave him away for nothing more than salary relief.

And not only that...their hands were tied with him having the NTC. This was just a mess of a situation all the way around for Miami.

 

[Voight]

I’m just baffled why a guy from California wouldn’t want to go to California, especially a team that’s shown you they know how to win as of late and why the hell didn't LA try to get him? Or did they briefly? I forget

He wanted to go to LA but they probably didnt want to take on as much salary as the Yankees did.

 

[Voight]

Awesome news, my favourite player off to my favourite team. Judge Stanton Sanchez 2018 Murderers Row. Hyped.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

People will forever say that Jeter gift-wrapped Stanton for his beloved Yankees. The fact that it's a new ownership group and they're already giving away a superstar essentially for scraps and a load of cash...well it basically doesn't bode well for the Marlins as a franchise. It's kind of a shame that they even bothered with the new stadium given that relocation would at this point be a gesture of kindness for the fans of Miami.

 

[GKJ]

What happens when you lose your leverage.

 

[GKJ]

People will forever say that Jeter gift-wrapped Stanton for his beloved Yankees. The fact that it's a new ownership group and they're already giving away a superstar essentially for scraps and a load of cash...well it basically doesn't bode well for the Marlins as a franchise. It's kind of a shame that they even bothered with the new stadium given that relocation would at this point be a gesture of kindness for the fans of Miami.

it was an out-and-out swindling by Loria and the government fell for it. That's what the Marlins have always been. Disgusting franchise.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

People will forever say that Jeter gift-wrapped Stanton for his beloved Yankees. The fact that it's a new ownership group and they're already giving away a superstar essentially for scraps and a load of cash...well it basically doesn't bode well for the Marlins as a franchise. It's kind of a shame that they even bothered with the new stadium given that relocation would at this point be a gesture of kindness for the fans of Miami.

When you are looking to give away a guy for nothing more than salary relief....it’s no surprise NY is the landing spot.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

He wanted to go to LA but they probably didnt want to take on as much salary as the Yankees did.

Pretty sure it was Dodgers only. Never heard him connected to Angels plus they had different needs anyway.

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

Oh, don’t forget A-Rod and his 20+M just came off the books this offseason as well.

 

[DougieSmash]

I guess they won't have money to sign CC now?

 

[UNB Bruins Fan]

I guess they won't have money to sign CC now?

Probably not, but I doubt he would get much even coming off of a good season give his age/physique...might be able to do a one year deal with a decent AAV kind of like they did with Holiday this past year.

But they do have Gray for a full year and Tanaka/Severino/Gray is a solid 1-3. Gotta think they will make a move for a SP though.

 

[Extra Texture]

I’m just baffled why a guy from California wouldn’t want to go to California, especially a team that’s shown you they know how to win as of late and why the hell didn't LA try to get him? Or did they briefly? I forget

Yeah, that's the part I don't understand either. Not wanting to go to the midwest, I get. But maybe Stanton just really hated the Giants because of his growing up a Dodger.

except jerry west wasn't the grizzlies GM when that trade was made. chris wallace was

True enough, but wasn't he still president of operations or something? I just remember at the time being suspicious as hell of that trade as "This? This is the best offer for this top player in his prime?"

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

When you are looking to give away a guy for nothing more than salary relief....it’s no surprise NY is the landing spot.

In recent years the Dodgers probably were the main team buying up expensive contracts left and right. Cashman is smart though because Stanton is much better than anything the Dodgers acquired in those deals.

That said, my main criticism here goes to the new Marlins owners. It's one thing to trade away Stanton to acquire talent that allows you to compete 2-3 years down the line, it's another to get rid of him just to save some cash. If that's your first big move as a new owner the question of why you purchased a team in the first place is justified.

 

[Terry Yake]

i get that the return was pretty much nothing because of how much salary the yankees agreed to take on but still, that is a laughable return for a guy who almost hit 60 HR's

reminds me of the mark mcgwire trade