Imai definitely has the stuff. It’s all mental with him. If he figures it out, a top 4 of Brown, Imai, Arrighetti, and Lambert is very solid. 5/6 can be figured out between Burrows, Javier, Teng, Pecko, Gordon, and McPherson.
When the best you can show in return for any of those guys was Singleton (bust), Santana (traded away with Hader for CarGo and the rat Fiers), and Cosart (bust and traded away for Marisnick, Moran, and Frankie Tuesday), the return sucked. The best player we ended up with was Marisnick, a 4th OF.
At the time of the trade, Singleton was Philly's #2 prospect (BA's #39 overall), Cosart was their #4 (#70 overall) and Santana their #9 at 18 years old. It didn't work out, but it was a good trade. eta: almost exactly 1 year later, Philly traded him to the Giants for their #2 prospect (Tommy Joseph), a guy not in SF's top 30 prospects (Seth Rosin), and Nate Schierholtz (who played 37 games for them and left as a FA after the season).
Biggest needs I see for the deadline. -LH hitting OF’er. -ELITE #2/3 Starter -HIGH LEVERAGE BP ARM (if Abreu doesn’t hit his stride by then) 1. PENA SS 2. ALVAREZ DH LH 3. WALKER 1B 4. *OF LH 5. PAREDES 3B 6. ALTUVE 2B 7. VASQUEZ C LH 8. MEYERS CF 9. LOPERFIDO LF LH 10. DIAZ C 11. ALLEN IF 12. TRAMMELL OF LH 13. BEST GOING. C. SMITH, DEZENZO, MATTHEWS, COLE, ETC 1. BROWN 2. *#2 STARTER (prefer LH) 3. ARRIGHETTI 4. & 5. BEST GOING.LAMBERT, JAVIER, IMAI, TENG, MCCULLERS, ETC 6. HADER 7. *TRADE 8. OKERT 9. KING 10. SOUSA 11. BLUBAUGH 12. & 13. BEST TWO ARMS GOING. STARTERS ABOVE, ABREU, SANTA, DE LOS SANTOS, ETC
