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CBeisbol · 10-04-2020, 04:27 PM

We didn't go away emptly handed.

We added infielder Chris Donnels. We expect him to backup 3B and 1B. He can also play 2B. He's also a decent left-handed hitter off the bench (career 103 wRC+ in 909 PA's with the Cubs and Mets). Donnels is in his first year of arbitration and is owed $190,000.

The Rockies preferred CF Frank Smith in return for Donnels. Smith has an 80 wRC+ in 3 years in the low minors. He's an average base runner and average defensive Cfer.

(Note: using the Make This Work Now button in the trade dialogue, I selected a number of players I would have included in a deal for Donnels – including Roger Cedeno, Todd Hollandsworth, Gary Ingram, Paul LoDuca, Ruben Rivera and Ismael Valdez. Then I used the random decision maker to see which player the Rockies would receive.

Eddie Murray signed with the Tigers for 2 years and $4.9 million

Barry Larkin signed with the Brewers for 4 years and $21.6 million.

We finalize another trade just before the meetings end. SP William Vanlandigham, OF Ruben Rivera, IF Garey Ingram, C Jerry Brooks and P Todd LaValley were sent to Boston in exchange for SP Mark Langston. Langston, as mentioned above, is a guy I really liked, and I'm happy to have him in the rotation in 1993. We manage to hold on to our high end prospects, but give up some quality players. It was especially hard to part with Brooks and Ingram. But, with the Rule V draft coming up, we had to shed some 40-man roster players (Brooks) and Ingram was likely to be drafted leaving us with nothing.

(Note: using the same Make This Work method as described above, some extra players were included in the deal because the deal the Red Sox agreed to felt too light.)

10-04-2020, 04:27 PM	#15
CBeisbol Banned Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Ban land in 3...2... Posts: 2,943	Winter meetings concluded We didn't go away emptly handed. We added infielder Chris Donnels. We expect him to backup 3B and 1B. He can also play 2B. He's also a decent left-handed hitter off the bench (career 103 wRC+ in 909 PA's with the Cubs and Mets). Donnels is in his first year of arbitration and is owed $190,000. The Rockies preferred CF Frank Smith in return for Donnels. Smith has an 80 wRC+ in 3 years in the low minors. He's an average base runner and average defensive Cfer. (Note: using the Make This Work Now button in the trade dialogue, I selected a number of players I would have included in a deal for Donnels – including Roger Cedeno, Todd Hollandsworth, Gary Ingram, Paul LoDuca, Ruben Rivera and Ismael Valdez. Then I used the random decision maker to see which player the Rockies would receive. Eddie Murray signed with the Tigers for 2 years and $4.9 million Barry Larkin signed with the Brewers for 4 years and $21.6 million. We finalize another trade just before the meetings end. SP William Vanlandigham, OF Ruben Rivera, IF Garey Ingram, C Jerry Brooks and P Todd LaValley were sent to Boston in exchange for SP Mark Langston. Langston, as mentioned above, is a guy I really liked, and I'm happy to have him in the rotation in 1993. We manage to hold on to our high end prospects, but give up some quality players. It was especially hard to part with Brooks and Ingram. But, with the Rule V draft coming up, we had to shed some 40-man roster players (Brooks) and Ingram was likely to be drafted leaving us with nothing. (Note: using the same Make This Work method as described above, some extra players were included in the deal because the deal the Red Sox agreed to felt too light.)