Trade: [TOR/KC] Whit Merrfield for Samad Taylor and Max Castillo

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[John Price]

 

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[Marc the Habs Fan]

Huh...wasn't he one of the non-vaxxed Royals?

 

[John Price]

Huh...wasn't he one of the non-vaxxed Royals?

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Yep he isn't vaxxed

 

[bluesfan94]

Between Benintendi and Merrifield, MLB teams are really getting guys vaccinated.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

The Royals could have traded Merrifield for a ton 3-4 years ago. A rude awakening here. Samad is 16th on Jays list.

The Jays play next in Toronto on the 12th so Merrifield has time to get the shot.

 

[Terry Yake]

man, merrifield's value really fell didn't it

taylor is toronto's #16 prospect and castillo isn't ranked

 

[bluesfan94]

man, merrifield's value really fell didn't it

taylor is toronto's #16 prospect and castillo isn't ranked

Is Castillo not ranked because he graduated? 23 and in the majors already.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Nothing against the BJ’s but I hope he remains unvax’d for the drama

Health wise almost no point getting it now, so matter of how bad does he wanna play playoff baseball….

 

[blueandgoldguy]

This guy has a negative WAR this season. I doubt he contributes anything positive to the Jays this year.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

This guy has a negative WAR this season. I doubt he contributes anything positive to the Jays this year.

Luckily for you he signed a team-friendly deal and was gotten for lesser prospects.

 

[TootooTrain]

Good buy low.

 

[Voight]

Between Benintendi and Merrifield, MLB teams are really getting guys vaccinated.

Merrifield has 18 million reasons too.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Last thing Toronto needed was yet another right-handed batter, so I don't really get this one.

Didn't cost much, at least.

 

[BMOK33]

Toronto's GM being quite cryptic today. I mean they could not have made this deal without being sure he'd get vaccinated right? You wonder if Merrifield either lied to KC management or KC management lied to Toronto

 

[MS]

man, merrifield's value really fell didn't it

taylor is toronto's #16 prospect and castillo isn't ranked

Castillo has had a big breakthrough season this year and is the better prospect of the two at this point. A year younger than Taylor and already throwing well in MLB.

 

[BG82]

Toronto's GM being quite cryptic today. I mean they could not have made this deal without being sure he'd get vaccinated right? You wonder if Merrifield either lied to KC management or KC management lied to Toronto

Put your tin hat away and be realistic. He obviously agreed to get vaxxed.

 

[BMOK33]

Put your tin hat away and be realistic. He obviously agreed to get vaxxed.

It does not sound that way based on what Atkins said today

 

[Terry Yake]

i have a really hard time believing toronto would've traded for merrifield if they had even the slightest concern that he wouldn't get vaccinated

 

[Cas]

man, merrifield's value really fell didn't it

taylor is toronto's #16 prospect and castillo isn't ranked

A 33-year-old second baseman who can't hit isn't worth much.

 

[Voight]

Toronto's GM being quite cryptic today. I mean they could not have made this deal without being sure he'd get vaccinated right? You wonder if Merrifield either lied to KC management or KC management lied to Toronto

Merrifield said a month ago he would consider getting vaccinated if it was for a contender.

Besides, I suppose they could "technically" just have him play games in the US. Would obviously not be ideal especially come playoff time but better than nothing.

 

[Neutrinos]

I wonder how they intend to use Merrifield

4 months ago he would've been their obvious starting 2B, but I find it hard to believe they brought him in to displace Espinal

How's Merrifield's defence in the OF?

It's hard to justify having Bradley Zimmer on a Major League roster at this point, so maybe Merrifield is intended to replace him?