The Los Angeles Angels have acquired two outfielders on Tuesday, acquiring David Murphy from the Cleveland Indians and David DeJesus from the Tampa Bay Rays, Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times reported (two links).
Going to the Indians for Murphy is Double-A shortstop Eric Stamets and going to the Rays for DeJesus is Rookie right-hander Eduar Lopez. Both deals, while separate deals, do make sense for the Angels as they have been in need of outfielders. Though they acquired Shane Victorino yesterday, the Angels still needed outfield help after a disastrous start from Matthew Joyce this year in left. Three outfielders is a lot, but depth is important for any team, and Mike Trout is currently injured pending an MRI. On the season, Murphy is batting .296/.344/.437 with five home runs and 27 RBIs in 229 plate appearances. This season, against right-handers, he's been playing pretty well, with a .785 OPS in 212 PA. He hasn't had much experience against southpaws. DeJesus, on the other hand, is hitting .259/.323/.375 with five homers and 26 RBIs in 257 plate appearances. His spits are similar to Murphy's, posting a .715 OPS against righties and a .236 OPS against southpaws. --Devan Fink
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Here are the latest trades that took place today involving both players and international signing money. These are notable especially in lieu of international signing day.
Athletics acquire infielders Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar from Rays for John Jaso and two prospects1/10/2015 The Oakland Athletics have acquired infielders Ben Zobrist and Yunel Escobar from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for catcher John Jaso, shortstop prospect Daniel Robertson, and outfield prospect Boog Powell, Tampa Bay has announced. Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports that the Rays will receive $1.5 million in cash considerations.
Read the rest of the story on MLBDailyRumors.com. The Tampa Bay Rays and infielder Asdrubal Cabrera have agreed to terms to a one-year deal, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports and Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Sherman notes that the deal is worth around $8 million. Cabrera also had received interest from the Yankees, Blue Jays, and Royals. Cabrera, 28, hit a slash line of .241/.307/.387 last season over 616 plate appearances with the Indians and Nationals. He had 133 hits, 31 doubles, four triples, and 14 home runs, while driving in 61 runs. His offensive contribution was just below-average, as Cabrera posted a 98 weighted runs created plus last season, which takes into account park and league factors (100 is considered "average"). Defensively, Cabrera was below average at both shortstop and second base. Cabrera has spent time at both middle infield positions over his career, but was mainly a shortstop with Cleveland. Last year, Cabrera was worth -7 defensive runs saved in 823.2 innings out at short, while he was worth -10 defensive runs saved in 432 innings, all with Washington. Overall, he was worth -1.0 dWAR (B-R). Cabrera adds to an already-crowded second base position in Tampa Bay, with Ben Zobrist, Logan Forsythe, and Nick Franklin manning the position prior to Cabrera's arrival. The signing of Cabrera could lead to a trade of Ben Zobrist. With the 33-year-old Zobrist being older than Cabrera, and coming off a year where he posted a 5.7 fWAR and a 119 wRC+, the Rays could get some serious trade offers for him. Zobrist could be coveted by Cabrera's old team, the Nationals, as their main weak point is out at second base. They will likely lead the charge in a trade for him. Overall, Rays' second baseman hit .244/.314/.384 last season, as they posted a just above-average 102 wRC+. They posted the fifth-highest fWAR in baseball, as they were worth a 5.0 mark. Over his career, the Venezuelan Cabrera has a .268/.330/.409 line with 87 home runs and 451 runs batted in over eight big league seasons with the Indians and Nationals. He has been worth 14.6 fWAR over his career, while being a good offensive player at times, but never being great defensively. --Devan Fink The Tampa Bay Rays have hired Kevin Cash as the fifth manager of their ball club, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. They have since announced the deal. President of baseball operations Matthew Silverman issued this statement on the hiring of Cash: “Kevin is passionate, genuine and dedicated, and those attributes will resonate throughout our clubhouse. As a catcher, a scout and a coach, he has always been a student of the game, and his communication and tireless work will put our club in a position to win, night in and night out.” Cash beat out the two other finalists, Raul Ibanez and Don Wakamatsu, for the job. Ibanez had reportedly removed himself from the running earlier this week. The manager opening came after Joe Maddon opted-out of his contract earlier this offseason when GM Andrew Friedman left for the Dodgers.
Cash, who turns 37 tomorrow, served as an advanced scout for the Blue Jays during the 2012 season. In 2013, Cash joined the Indians staff under Terry Francona as their bullpen coach. Cash was also a finalist for the Rangers' manager job, but was beat out by Jeff Banister, as he was the runner-up, reported Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports. The eight-year MLB veteran Cash posted a .183/.248/.278 line with 12 homers and 58 runs batted in with the Red Sox, Astros, Yankees, Rays, and Blue Jays. He retired in 2012. |
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