Giants & Rays
Submitted by: mp2891
Giants
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Lowe | 31 | Majors | 2B | Low | 2 | 36.5 | 22 | 14.5 | 11.6 | 14.5 | 17.4 |
Total Value:
14.5
Rays
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayner Arias | 18 | Minors | OF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 9.1 | 10.9 | ||
| Joe Whitman | 22 | Minors | SP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 7 |
Total Value:
14.90
Comments
4
I think the Rays are 50-50 to trade Lowe this offseason. The Giants had the 26th best 2B position in baseball last year, with just 0.4 fWAR overall and an anemic 72 wRC+. Lowe adds 2-3 Wins for the bargain price of $10MM. For the Rays, they add a high floor COF prospect and another good pitcher to a suddenly good Farm bursting with high quality pitching.
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Seriously doubt Joe Whitman is available, certainly not for Lowe, and the Giants would also have to send Rayner Arias, lol!!!
We will see. I think a high upside prospect trade package is a lot more likely than the scrap heap major leaguers you like to send the Rays for Lowe. Assuming of course the Rays even want to trade him.
Seems fair, with a couple of caveats: Lowe doesn’t seem to field his position as well as you’d like, though you can’t have everything…BUT/AND you’d think his lefty thump might disappear at Willie Mays Field. Value drops if that’s the case.