Morosi of Fox Sports is reporting that John Lamb is one of them. Not sure if he is the main piece, or more likely a secondary piece.
Only seems that way more now due to twitter and 24hour a day coverage. I'm sure plenty of trades occur, get agreed upon (and now get leaked to the media via the internet at warp speed) before the trade pieces are notified.
Brandon Finnegan is supposedly the other piece. In regards to Cueto being informed, the standard is to tell players at the stadium. He just arrived at the stadium hence "nobody told me nothing."
Padres fan site floating this possibility: http://friarsonbase.com/2015/07/25/padres-trade-rumors-singleton-for-alonso/
Now official: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reds trade Cueto to Royals for LHPs Brandon Finnegan, John Lamb and Cody Reed.</p>— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) <a href="https://twitter.com/Reds/status/625378946893217792">July 26, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Finnegan obviously the main piece here. Has shown success in a relief role in the majors already, although i'm sure Cincy will want him as a starter Lamb having a good year and was once a top prospect, although you rarely see him listed as a prospect anymore Definitely got more for Cueto than we gave for Kazmir
Lamb is a pretty big piece as well. He had Tommy John surgery and basically washed out for a few years, but he appears to have regained a lot of his top prospect form. It's certainly a steep price for a rental, probably good that Luhnow passed.
Yea Lamb is having a good year, just haven't seen his name mentioned anywhere at all as a top prospect anymore. In fact, mlb.com doesn't even have him in KC top 30 Agree it was a steep price to pay Wonder what Price and Samardj will bring now, assuming they are moved. If Toronto continues to refuse to include Norris in any deal, i'm not sure they have the system to pull off something for Price Texas seems to be in on Hamels but with their current standing would have no interest in the two other rentals Outside of the Dodgers, not sure who else is in the market for a rental starter that could/would pay that kind of price for Price
FWIW MLB.com sticks to their preseason list and doesn't update. I'm sure Lamb would be on their list in a mid-season update. I imagine any Astros package would have merely started with Appel, and a few other significant guys would have been added. I'm sure Luhnow knows what is on the table for all of the top guys, and will only move on a deal if it's reasonable. With the Kazmir deal done, we no longer have a pressing need. Luhnow seems like the guy that also has fall back trades ready just in case the big ones meet his price. I'm positive he's still gonna make another move, it may not be flashy though.
Yea I agree I would guess Luhnow is checking in daily on Price, Samardj and Hamels. I would also guess he has a set price he is willing to pay, and especially at this point won't feel pressure to go higher. If that set price just happens to be higher than other organizations (without our prospect talent) are offering, then he would pull the trigger The more I look at things, the more I want Lucroy
Weird how you never see 3-team trades in the MLB. Pretty common place in the NBA. I guess the farms are that deep that 3 teams don't need to be involved. I hope we acquire a bat and another arm. I don't think we'll scoop an arm and bat in one move. Hopefully we have two trades in us. I'd like to not move anything higher than Kemp, Santana, and Singleton. Guess we'll see.
They happen in baseball, but they aren't as common because baseball doesn't have the complicated salary matching parameters that basketball does, which is often the impetus for 3 team trades. Roy Oswalt was effectively moved in a 3 team trade (although not technically), the Carlos Beltran deal was also a 3 team trade.
Because they will have to extend him in a couple of yrs at big $$$$. (Age 32-36 Not something a last place club that is looking to rebuild should do. Now is the time to trade Lucroy if you want to get the most value possible if you're the Brewers. VV/Appel/Santana should be appropriate value for an all star catcher who wont fall off of a cliff for 3-5 yrs. While I would do this trade in a heartbeat, (The Astros have never had a catcher as good as Lucroy) this isn't they type of trade that I see Luhnow making. I could see a Cleavinger type trade with the Orioles, or Hundley etc.... Catcher definitely needs to be upgraded though. (Probably next offseason.)
That trade would be absolutely insane for about a dozen different reasons. First and most importantly Lucroy hasnt even been better than Castro this year.
Lucroy would **** all over Castro. Their talent levels aren't in the same plane…Lucroy's previous 3 seasons are incredible…and despite not having a good season thus far, playing at MMP would help him tremendously (Lucroy has 0.562 OPS at Milwaukee and a 0.711 OPS on the road this season). If you have a chance to get Lucroy, you go for it, given that we at least have hope at 1B with White or Reed in the future. We have nothing at catcher.
Really, You don't watch much baseball? Bet you read a lot of boxscores? Since Lucroy has comeback from a broken toe he has performed at an all star/golen glove level. Yep, on par with Castro/Conger.
I think you're both right. Lucroy is a clear upgrade. And the trade suggested is way, way too much for him. No thanks at that price, but sure I'd take him at a decent price (never heard rumors of him actually being on the block though)
