Guardians/Cardinals Trade

[Guardians GM (Thomas)]

Guardians Trade:

Paul Blackburn SP OAK - Arb A 4/7 - $5.3M (75% coverage, CLE retains $3.9M)
Willson Contreras C STL - $10.2M through 2026 (53% coverage for 2024 only, CLE retains $5.3M)

Cardinals Trade:
STL 2nd
STL 3rd
Freddy Fermin C KCR - $5.0M through 2025 w/ 2026 option
Oscar Colas OF CHW - 2/7 - $0.8M
Ronny Simon 2B TBR - $0.3M Prospect
Coleman Crow SP MIL - $0.3M Prospect

Guardians Accept.

One of the last big trades for Cleveland and it nets another couple of high picks, a replacement catcher, and three prospects I like. Simon is knocking on the door for the Rays in their middle infield factory, Colas is putting up good numbers and whenever the White Sox decide to be a competent organization, should be an everyday outfielder again, and Crow could well find himself in the Brewers rotation by the end of next year assuming his Tommy John surgery recovery goes well. I like this return a lot and while it stings giving these guys up, this package fits my timeline for being competitive much better than Contreras and Blackburn do.

Thanks for the talks, Nik! Good luck the rest of the way!

[Cardinals GM (Nik)]

Accept. Significant upgrade at catcher and adding another starter to the rotation. This boosts my team significantly.

[Pirates GM (Max)]

Approve. Its impossible to say what Blackburn’s value is but I think this is solid both ways

[Brewers GM (Tim)]

Approve

[Royals GM (Bill)]

Approve

[Tigers GM (Jon)]

Approve

[Astros GM (Will)]

Approve

[Blue Jays GM (Stephen)]

Approve

[Giants GM (Casey)]

Approve

[Phillies GM (Zach)]

Approve

[White Sox GM (Caleb)]

Approve

[Yankees GM (Jacob)]

Approve

[Rockies GM (Alex)]

Approve.

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