Mariners
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ha-Seong Kim | 27 | Majors | 2B | OF | Low | 2 | 40.4 | 22 | 18.4 | 14.7 | 18.4 | 22.1 |
Total Value:
18.4
Padres
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yandy Diaz | 30 | Majors | 1B | Medium | 2 | 28.4 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 11.9 | 14.9 | 17.9 | |
| Brock Jones | Minors | OF | 6.5 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 7.8 |
Total Value:
21.4
Rays
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Brash | 24 | Majors | SP | Low | 6 | 20 | 5.5 | 14.5 | 11.6 | 14.5 | 17.4 | |
| Jay Groome | Minors | LHP | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||||||
| Tyler Locklear | Minors | 3B | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 5.2 |
Total Value:
22.3
Rays respectfully request that you leave them out of future 3 team trades. All kidding aside, this trade doesn't work for the Rays. They have pitching and while you can never have enough pitching, trading their best bat from 2022 (Yandy Diaz who had a 146 wRC+ and .401 OBP in 2022) for a reliever / #5 pitcher (ie: Brash) is the opposite of what they need to be doing. Trading Brock Jones, their 2nd round draft pick in last year's draft, just isn't gonna happen. Rays don't move prospects within a year of acquiring them, whether by trade or the draft. So it appears you've fallen into a common trap that plagues fans of other teams when proposing Rays trades, that being proposing trades where the Rays trade a really good player for whatever scraps the other team wants to get rid of. I also feel like I need to remind you that the Rays are a perennial playoff team with WS aspirations. They aren't looking to make a good Farm better. They are looking to make a good Major League team better. This trade makes the Rays worse, both now and arguably in the future.
Ok thanks for the advice:) But the Rays are really good at developing prospects which is why I thought this trade could work for them.
I have no doubt that the Rays would get the best out of Brash and Groome, but they can (and probably will) do that with someone they already have on the roster. For a team starved for offense, trading Diaz is just too high a price.
Do you think the Rays would be willing to trade one of their bullpen arms instead of a hitter?