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WarningTrakPower · 06-29-2021, 02:16 PM

Blake Rutherford has injured his hamstring and will miss at least 3 weeks (plus a rehab assignment).

Our only internal option for RF would be to callup Julio Pablo Martinez (OPS+ of 98 in his AAA career).

So we have decided to make this trade for Shogo Akiyama!

They will be retaining 80% so he will only cost us $1.6m for 2023.
We only had to give up Dane Dunning (which also creates a spot in the rotation in AAA).

Here is Shogo's player profile! I don't prefer to have Outspoken players on my team, but he was best available on the trade block.

We are going to try to train him up to play RF for the time being.

06-29-2021, 02:16 PM	#29
WarningTrakPower All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 599	Rutherford Injured, Trade for Outfielder! Blake Rutherford has injured his hamstring and will miss at least 3 weeks (plus a rehab assignment). Our only internal option for RF would be to callup Julio Pablo Martinez (OPS+ of 98 in his AAA career). So we have decided to make this trade for Shogo Akiyama! They will be retaining 80% so he will only cost us $1.6m for 2023. We only had to give up Dane Dunning (which also creates a spot in the rotation in AAA). Here is Shogo's player profile! I don't prefer to have Outspoken players on my team, but he was best available on the trade block. We are going to try to train him up to play RF for the time being.