2025 Trade Deadline Thread

Baez actually isn't playing SS much anymore, so he isn't blocking McGonigle. He's mostly playing CF now.

And Baez' rebound seems likely to be short lived. He isn't doing anything drastically better than previous seasons in Detroit. And he has a .665 OPS ever since his 2 homer game on 5/13 that saw his OPS peak at .870.
 
Iglesias, Ozuna, Pierce Johnson, a Murphy trade would be over 50 million off the books and with resetting the tax would be closer to 100 million to spend. If you got say Wetherholt from the Cards that would leave you enough to get Cease and Helsley and have like 50 million to fill the other holes with quality backups and go after Schwarber or somebody else.
 
Who are these contenders that need a catcher? And what players do they have that are MLB ready now, or will be at the start of 2026?

Eeveryone claiming it's pointless to trade Murphy for prospects is correct.
 
Enscheff said:
Who are these contenders that need a catcher? And what players do they have that are MLB ready now, or will be at the start of 2026?

Eeveryone claiming it's pointless to trade Murphy for prospects is correct.
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The Rays could use a boost at C and have Carson Williams, a SS and their top prospect at AAA. Not crazy about his K rate but he's supposed to be a gold glove quality SS and elite defense and his power would play at SS.

I don't think we end up trading Murphy but there are potential matches. AA is also no stranger to three way deals. Maybe there's a team that needs a catcher who can ship prospects to a third team to get us a piece for next year.
 
Enscheff said:
Who are these contenders that need a catcher? And what players do they have that are MLB ready now, or will be at the start of 2026?

Eeveryone claiming it's pointless to trade Murphy for prospects is correct.
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St Louis top prospect is Whetherholt and he's in AAA and will be ready at some point this year or to start right out of ST and they need a C bad since moving Contreras to 1b. I doubt they trade Wynn their starting SS while they are competing for a WC spot.
 
Enscheff said:
Who are these contenders that need a catcher? And what players do they have that are MLB ready now, or will be at the start of 2026?

Eeveryone claiming it's pointless to trade Murphy for prospects is correct.
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Yanks, Rays, Pads, Cards, Giants, Mets (unlikely), and Astros for sure. Potentially AZ and Texas.
 
Enscheff said:
Who are these contenders that need a catcher? And what players do they have that are MLB ready now, or will be at the start of 2026?

Eeveryone claiming it's pointless to trade Murphy for prospects is correct.
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Have you heard of the concept of a 3 way trade?

It's literally what happened to bring Murphy here.
 
The Cards are the perfect fit just bc they have a really good MLB SS and their top prospect is a SS so they would be trading from a strength to fill a need.
 
Hudson2 said:
Iglesias, Ozuna, Pierce Johnson, a Murphy trade would be over 50 million off the books and with resetting the tax would be closer to 100 million to spend. If you got say Wetherholt from the Cards that would leave you enough to get Cease and Helsley and have like 50 million to fill the other holes with quality backups and go after Schwarber or somebody else.
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Its not the annual salary that is the issue with Cease. its the years. With Borass as his agent the bidding probably starts at 8 years 250 million. And you can bet all the big market teams will be bidding for the same reason we are. And Helsley doesnt like Native Americans for some reason so I doubt he signs with any team that honors them.
 
striker42 said:
The Rays could use a boost at C and have Carson Williams, a SS and their top prospect at AAA. Not crazy about his K rate but he's supposed to be a gold glove quality SS and elite defense and his power would play at SS.

I don't think we end up trading Murphy but there are potential matches. AA is also no stranger to three way deals. Maybe there's a team that needs a catcher who can ship prospects to a third team to get us a piece for next year.
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I cant see the Rays trading their top prospect for a veteran player making 15 million a year. Its just the opposite of their organizational philosophy.
 
LMAO, those are not even remotely good value for a top 5 player in baseball still controlled for 3 more years at reasonable rates.

Consider what the Nationals got for Soto at the time of that trade and then add more to it.
 
I mean the Brewers trade probably the most promising. Logan Henderson has flown under the radar for a guy with his K numbers and control. But as talented the SS prospects are, they both are at least 2-3 years away. Sal Frelick doesn't move the needle much as a light hitting RFer with well below average EVs.
 
cajunrevenge said:
Its not the annual salary that is the issue with Cease. its the years. With Borass as his agent the bidding probably starts at 8 years 250 million. And you can bet all the big market teams will be bidding for the same reason we are. And Helsley doesnt like Native Americans for some reason so I doubt he signs with any team that honors them.
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I could see Cease getting a Max Fried type of deal but not going over 30 per
 
Boston would make the most sense if we were trading Acuna. They have the best prospects and have an OF like Duran that could step in for him (not Acuna level of production)
 
cajunrevenge said:
Its not the annual salary that is the issue with Cease. its the years. With Borass as his agent the bidding probably starts at 8 years 250 million. And you can bet all the big market teams will be bidding for the same reason we are. And Helsley doesnt like Native Americans for some reason so I doubt he signs with any team that honors them.
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Cease isn't touching 200 million with the sort of seasons he's bene having recently. He'll have to sign for something similar to what Nola signed for or take some sort pillow deal with a high AAV with an opt out after year 1.
 
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