And again, we get a middle-of-the-road reliever as an All-Star… ohwell.
Interestingly enough,
Hernandez is one of the guys that are available at the trade deadline. At age 30, he is due for arbitration for $2.7M and we have been able to build a reliable pen for the second year in a row without stress now, so there is that.
Apart from that, we have a glut of upcoming minor league free agents that we are willing to trade, including
’Winless’ Hilscher and 2021 EL All-Star
Rich Nelson, so those are on the block.
Shall you expect a blockbuster? No. We will monitor the market, but similar to last year, there needs to be a team that is willing to rethink their stance and put a big name on the market for us to really do another big,
Cervantes/Murrietta like move. We will look at the trade block, seeing if we can flip another 2 month rental for prospects as we have some room in the budget, but right now, there is nothing there.
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Montreal and San José Deal Minor Leaguers
stadiumreport.bbn July 22nd, 2022
Proving the old adage that one man's trash is another man's treasure, the
Expos announced today the acquisition of 23-year old minor league LHRP
Alex Guzman(2.5*) and 24-year old minor league CF
Bobby Martinez(2.5*) from the
San José Killer Whales in exchange for 24-year old minor league 2B
Lee McKinney(2*) and 27-year old minor league LHRP
Rich Nelson(2.5*). "This isn't the deal of the century," acknowledged the
Expos, "but we think it will improve the direction of both teams."
In his 38-game career
Nelson has been credited with 4 wins, 1 loss and 1 saves. His ERA stands at 4.19, and he has fired third strikes past 65 batters in 81.2 innings while giving up 26 walks.
Got a good outfielder that will audition for the 4th outfielder in 2023, and a lefty with a bit of potential…