Montreal Swaps Smith to Vancouver for Boone
stadiumreport.bbn May 24th, 2021
In a move that has fans in both cities buzzing, the
Montreal Expos and the
Vancouver Canadians have agreed to a deal that will have 24-year old LHP
Bill Smith(24, 2.5*) heading to
Vancouver in exchange for
Single A 24-year old minor league RHRP Jordan Robinson(2/3*)
R 23-year old minor league 2B
Rich Meilleur(2/3* .238-2-6 .630OPS), and
2B/3B 24-year old minor league 2B
Jonathan Boone(2.5*, .278-8-18 .835OPS 30G).
Provided they pass a physical, the players should be with their respective teams in time for tomorrow's games. Up to now
Smith has recorded a record of 0-5. In 8 starts he has fanned 34 batters in 38.1 innings with a 5.63 ERA.
Context:
Scouting report Bill Smith update.
Current Stamina rating drops from 55 to 45
It is not exactly a sell high, but the best we could get. Meilleur and Robinson have some potential but are quite old, and Boone is a backup at 3B if we sell Vince Roman to the highest bidder.
As for the rest of the roster. SP Victor Lopez had no trade value at all and neither did SS Jose Robles. Apart from our top prospect in Julian Hernandez the best option to replace Robles would be Orlando Gonzalez(26, .175-0-2 .408OPS 13G -0.3WAR)… and he is ice cold.
Yet, we decided to make some moves.
To AAA:
SP Victor Lopez(26, 2.5*, 1-5 8.80 34K 30.2IP 7GS 0.0WAR)
RHRP Jeremy Oldt(25, 2/2.5*, 2-1 6.38 18K 18.1IP 12G -0.1WAR)
In NMLB:
RHP Sam Rush(25, 2.5*) 0-1 5.68 16G 25.1IP 16G 0.4WAR (.368 BABIP) into the rotation
To NMLB:
SP Dan Hinton(22, 4/5*) off the IL
RHRP Jon Marquardt(23, 2.5*) 2-0 1.96 31K 6GS 36.2IP 0.9WAR AAA
RHRP John Martinez(23, 2.5*) 4-1 3.21 32K 9G/7GS 47.2IP 0.8WAR AAA
This is not working out well. Rush was McCreery’s call, he got good stamina and three pitches. Can’t get worse. McCreery also wants Marquardt back in the rotation, but I can’t sell one 45 stamina pitcher to get another one in…