It's funny how the trade announcements never highlight the biggest player of the trade, which here is Eloy Jimenez. Made this trade for two reasons: 1) Owner Stuart Sternberg has been on my butt for two seasons now about trading for a power hitter, even though we don't need one, and 2) YOLO (and 3: the price wasn't terribly high). Eloy is on pace for 68 HR and 168 RBI this year and is a free agent at season's end, hence the modest price for him. Of course with our history of acquiring power hitters only to see them fizzle, he'll probably hit something like 8-10 more the rest of the way instead of the 25 he's projected to. Those numbers are inflated by his playing in Coors, but hopefully he's not another Renato Nunez/Lewin Diaz/Anthony Rizzo/Adley Rustchman or even Yordan Alvarez, who consistently hit 40-50 before getting only 30 in each of his two seasons here.
As for the traded, well Mike Lammers sure picked a helluva way to go out as a Ray with his game earlier today noted above, but he was out of options so it was either keep him forever or trade him and well, he can hit for power but not average and he's a 45 3B. He'll certainly pile up the dingers if he gets to play regularly in Coors, though - watch him hit as many homers as Eloy does the rest of the way if that happens. Valdenegro was a moderately interesting prospect who has power potential but hasn't really hit in A+ ball, and Mahon was a 12th-round pick last year who is a longshot to have an MLB impact.
As for the lineup, Eloy of course takes Lammers' place on the roster but will be an everyday player unlike Lammers. What this means is that the Rodolfo Rivas/Victor de Jesus combo, which held down at least one lineup spot, is going to lose a serious number of at-bats. Eloy is a 50 LF, so he's going to spend most of his time DHing which means Joe Barker and his 35 D are going to play a lot more 1B with Rivas probably coming in as a defensive replacement when we're leading late. Rivas might also pitch more if he's on the bench. It also leaves us a little thin at 3B with Bobby Witt Jr "wrecked" and subject to getting hurt at any time although Dane Ayers is a capable replacement if need be and Dayle Jenkins can fake the position (40) if we really need him to.