Padres-Nationals Deal

[Padres GM (Denver)]

NATIONALS TRADE:
SS Aledmys Diaz 2.1/2.1
C Tomas Nido .3 (Minors)
RP Michael Blazek 3 of 7 .8
WAS 1st round pick
WAS 2nd round
pick


PADRES TRADE:
SS Dansby Swanson 3 of 7 .8
C/2B Austin Barnes 2 of 7 .8
P Lucas Sims 2 of 7 .8
C Miguel Montero 3.0
P Erasmo Ramirez
7 of 7 7.4

(Covering 4M of Erasmo Ramirez)

I accept this deal, while I am losing 2 guys I really like (Swanson, Barnes) I am getting back a guy who I think can fill in if i need him to (Nido) getting an arm I trust more in the pen that is cheaper, Diaz who just seems to always come up in the clutch, and a first and second round pick. I have Gattis who can still hold down the fort at catcher and I wasn't comfortable starting Dansby all year. With this deal I am cutting whatever losses I would have this year and offsetting it with 2 picks and saving over 5M in cap to use this offseason.

Nats to accept, hopefully faster than our negotiations took lol. Good luck my dude.

[Dave (Former Nationals GM)]

Nats accept- hate to part with the draft picks and Nido, but Austin Barnes can be a gem, and getting a player like Swanson back on my team is provides a world of potential. Lucas Sims is a former first rounder and hopefully he can learn from his first season and montero and Ramirez will provide depth- Barnes and Swanson make the loss of the picks much easier to take and they will provide more of a quick return than those picks will at this time.
thanks for the trade and good luck

[Astros GM (Will)]

Veto -

2 draft picks, a halfway decent but unranked catching prospect, and two throw ins (Diaz and Blazek)

for

An MLB-ready SP in Luke Sims, a one-year removed from Top 3 prospect status SS in Swanson, Austin Barnes, a severely underrated contributing catcher that straight up stole a starting job from Yasmani Grandal AND an extra SP with cash covered.

There's no way this is a good sell for the Padres as the Nationals easily win the future value in this trade, and they also win the 2018 value end of this trade also. I don't think the two draft picks compensate nearly enough as the Padres may think it does.

[Marlins GM (Travis)]

Will, I'm shocked, royally shocked, to see a veto out of you, yet alone 2 vetoes.

I veto as well for same reasons as Will. Exactly same, so I'm not going to repeat them.

[Dave (Former Nationals GM)]

I'm not going to pretend that I'm not getting a good deal on this, however I do want to point out a couple of things from my perspective.
Lucas Sims, while young is currently listed as the Braves #5 starter, he was 3-6 with a 5.36 ERA- this for a team that will be looking for improvements this offseason, so there is no guarantee that he sticks with the big club, let alone has a starting job. Second, Dansby Swanson, he is the starting SS for the Braves, however - .232 6HR 51RBI 312 OBP 636 OPS/.259 7HR 20RBI .290OBP .682OPS The first is Swanson's line the second is Diaz line. Diaz spent a majority of the season at AAA, but is productive when in the big leagues and does provide some punch for a team that is desperate for power production in the middle of its lineup. Austin Barnes- he did take the starting catcher job in the post season, but many people ride a hot hand in the post season and Dave Roberts did the same thing. Barnes is a solid player and he could very well take that starting job over at the beginning of the year, however the post season is a small sample size to determine a season's worth of performance. With this being said, I was ripped last year for trading picks and not getting enough in return by several owners, so a move of picks this time to get a return that is full of question, but could provide a solid return is questioned as well. I don't think this deal is that far off when you look at it all is players and picks that provide no certain guarantees.

[Brewers GM (Tim)]

Veto

The picks (and other assets) do not come close to making this feasible

[Astros GM (Will)]

Nov 14, 2017 2:39:08 GMT -5 Marlins GM (Travis) said:

Will, I'm shocked, royally shocked, to see a veto out of you, yet alone 2 vetoes.

I veto as well for same reasons as Will. Exactly same, so I'm not going to repeat them.

Lol okay?

[Braves GM (Jared)]

Approve

[Marlins GM (Travis)]

Haha, normally you're defending trades I don't think are even close, so it's just different that we agree on something.

[Dodgers GM (Scott)]

Veto-

If you look position by position there is no way that Diaz for Swanson would make a good deal. You're looking at 5 years of Swanson vs. 2 years of Diaz and Swanson was the Braves top prospect.

Austin Barnes is a starting catcher who put up great numbers last year and has 6 years of cheap control left. Definitely worth more than the return in Nido.

Sims is worth more than Blazek on the basis of Sims is a starter and Blazek is not, alone. Not to mention Sims has a spot in the rotation and Blazek barely has a spot on the MLB roster. (Because he has struggled when given the chance.)

And then throwing in Ramirez and Montero for good measure. And covering $4M of Sims contract.

The draft picks do not come close to covering this huge disparity.

[D'backs GM (Kyle)]

Veto - Dodgers summed it up

Nov 14, 2017 11:28:53 GMT -5 Dodgers GM (Scott) said:

Veto-

If you look position by position there is no way that Diaz for Swanson would make a good deal. You're looking at 5 years of Swanson vs. 2 years of Diaz and Swanson was the Braves top prospect.

Austin Barnes is a starting catcher who put up great numbers last year and has 6 years of cheap control left. Definitely worth more than the return in Nido.

Sims is worth more than Blazek on the basis of Sims is a starter and Blazek is not, alone. Not to mention Sims has a spot in the rotation and Blazek barely has a spot on the MLB roster. (Because he has struggled when given the chance.)

And then throwing in Ramirez and Montero for good measure. And covering $4M of Sims contract.

The draft picks do not come close to covering this huge disparity.

[Orioles GM (Michael)]

Deal Cancelled - 5 vetos.