The second day made some major headlines as SP
Dave West(30, 3.5*, 11-10 4.11 171K 32GS 3.1WAR) signed with those
Kansas City Royals for 6y/$117.6M. We offered a cheeky 3y/$60M for him, but he did not bite a bit. Now, we know why.
As for, we went back to
Alfaro business as the
Royals came back to us again, looking for a minor deal as they were very hot on
Alfaro and we ended up ironing out something.
Expos, Kansas City Iron out Minor Trade
stadiumreport.bbn December 26th, 2020
Proving the old adage that one man's trash is another man's treasure, the
Expos announced today the acquisition of 21-year old 2B/3B/SS
Mitku Kazemd(21, 2.5*, .248-6-26 .678OPS 2.7WAR A), 19-year old minor league LHRP
Jesus Ramirez(19, 1.5/2.5*, 2-1 16SV 1.31 30K 1.1WAR R), and 21-year old minor league LHP
Rich Lange(21, 2/2.5*, .2-1 6SV 1.87 21K -0.1WAR A) from the
Kansas City Royals.
Mitku Kazemd made his major league debut late last season and was placed on the 40-man, while the others were assigned to minor league teams.
In exchange, 21-year old minor league CF
Gordie Bushway(21, 0.5/2.5*, .204-2-4 .510OPS 1.8WAR R) and 21-year old minor league 3B
Will Alfaro(21, 1.5/2.5*, .186-6-27 .498OPS -0.9WAR A) will be moving to Kauffman Stadium. "This isn't the deal of the century," acknowledged the
Expos, "but we think it will improve the direction of both teams."
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Spinning the wheel of fortune. OSA has Kazemd, which name is a nightmare, as a 2.5/3* third baseman with a lot of contract potential and above average defensive ratings, and he is a hard worker with good adaptability to new situations, aand that means he will be competing for a backup infield job as he can play 2B/3B/SS. Still very young and raw, but maybe the 2nd rounder from 2018 has something extra in him.
Lange was intersting as the 21-year old lefty is rated a 3* potential starter by Dave G., albeit with 50 stamina, and he is a solid groundball pitcher, while Ramirez was a throw-in that worked for them as he is deemed fragile… throwing 95-97 at age 19 may do that to you.
The rest of the Winter Meeting proved to be… slow and unfruitful. We tried to trade Ryan Rasbach but nobody was interested… ****