The Rays are at it again
The Tampa Bay Rays once again ducked having to pay a player some serious money when they shipped Austin Meadows off to Detroit for Isaac Peredes. Meadows is still some three years from free agency, but the Rays are probably fearing that second arbitration year like Baba Yaga. I mean, Meadows might make more than $4 million! Heavens to mergatroid!
Ovviamente, in cambio i Rays ottengono uno shortstop di 23 anni a Paredes che ha numeri sgargianti sia in Doppia A che in Tripla A, e sappiamo come va a Tampa. Non sembrerebbe esserci spazio per lui con Wander Franco al corto e Brandon Lowe al secondo. Probabilmente otterrà la maggior parte dei suoi AB dal terzo, spingendo Yandy Diaz allo slot DH da cui Meadows avrebbe ottenuto alcuni PA. Sono i Raggi, rimescoleranno tutti e colpiranno tutti perché è proprio così che funziona.
Austin Meadows is an upgrade for the Detroit Tigers outfield, at least until Riley Greene’s foot heals. There are those that are quite bullish on the Tigers this season, but considering three-fifths of the rotation is 25 or under with barely an MLB starter’s season of work under their belts each. Coming off an abbreviated spring, it’ll be a small miracle if some combo of pitching phenoms Casey Mize, Matt Manning, and Tarik Skubal don’t hit the shelf with some injury for some stretch of the year. Javy Baez, signed as a free agent in the offseason, has seen his strikeouts climbing for four straight years, and Miguel Cabrera has been clinically dead for three. The Detroit Tigers need Meadows’ bat in the lineup just to get them to passable-plus on offense. But pump the brakes on this buzz that they could run with the Chicago White Sox. Not there yet.
