If it's Wentz and TD, AA fleeced.
UNCBlue012 (07-31-2019)
NOT TRAVIS DEMERITTE
jpx7 (07-31-2019), The Chosen One (07-31-2019)
Good for Demeritte, if true. Was rooting for the guy to make it as a bench piece in Atlanta, but he’ll get a real shot in Detroit and won’t be a 40-man issue here.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
jpx7 (07-31-2019)
Wentz I’m ok with. I like him but he’s been up and down and I like Muller a lot more.
That would be a 45 and a 35+ for Greene.
Overall I'm pleased. We got 3 guys who will help upgrade the pen. And AA held on to the prospects I wanted to hold on to.
But in this particular trade, I think the Tigers did well to get Wentz and Demeritte.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
Braves1976 (07-31-2019), Jaw (07-31-2019)
So much for my "bring the next guy from AAA up" plan!
To be fair, I value both Wentz and Demeritte a little higher than the consensus. But a straight 45 is an overpay for Greene, who has put up WAR of 0.8 in 2017, -0.1 in 2018 and 0.8 so far this year. Given that I would project 0.5 WAR the rest of this year and 1.0 next year. He is making 4M this year and will probably make 6M next. I'm not gonna give him bonus points for the shiny 2019 ERA.
"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
I know this is a huge upgrade for the pen as a whole, but is this guy really that much better than Jackson? Everything but ERA is very similar between the two, only Greene has a .178 BABIP and Jackson has a .352.