| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zac Veen | 24 | Majors | OF | 5 | 5.7 | 0 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
Total Value:
5.7
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masataka Yoshida | 32 | Majors | DH | OF | 2 | 9.9 | 36 | -26.1 | -31.3 | -26.1 | -20.9 | |
| Cash | 34 |
Total Value:
7.90
Zac Veen has a hole in his swing roughly encompassing the inside half of the strike zone, and he's not going to correct it without a trade. With Boston he might do that, and he does have plus speed if he were needed as a call-up in the event of injury. Yoshida could only play the OF on the road because of his defense, but he'd be an All-Star caliber DH against RHP. This trade postulates that Boston swallows hard and pays all of Yoshida's salary above MLB minimum, creating room on the 26-man roster for all four of their good-to-excellent candidates for the OF, negating the need for a trade of Duran. Yoshida would fill seats in Colorado; Veen would have a niche in Boston.