Rays & Royals

Submitted by: ebragg

Rays

NameAgeLevelP1P2AvailabilityYearsAFVSalarySurplusLowMedianHigh
Michael Massey28Majors2BMedium37.65.22.41.92.42.8

Total Value:

2.4

Royals

NameAgeLevelP1P2AvailabilityYearsAFVSalarySurplusLowMedianHigh
Garrett Cleavinger32MajorsRPMedium212.45.37.25.77.28.6

Total Value:

7.2

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mp2891

You’re funny. Rays have internal options in single A who would be better than Massey. Rays say no.

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ebragg

Respect your opinion but the Rays are projected to start Walls at 2B all year. I think they'd take a flyer 2Bman for an aging LH-Reliever.

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mp2891

I doubt Walls plays 2B all year. He might play some, but more likely the Rays will play him at SS, and Palacios, Aranda or a trade acquisition will play 2B. That will allow C.Williams to start the year in AAA, which seems to be the plan to gain an extra year of control. As for this trade, Massey isn’t an improvement on Palacios, so I doubt he would be of interest. He bats left handed and the Rays are overloaded with lefties at the moment. They really need a righty (C.Williams is a righty for what it’s worth). In his favor, Massey is still pre-arb and has options, which the Rays would love. The biggest problem is the cost. Cleavinger is not some throw away player. He’s a critical member of the Rays’ Bullpen who is often asked to put out mid-inning fires or pitching in high leverage innings. I can’t see them giving him away, which is what this trade represents. Swap out Massey for Ramirez and you’ve got yourself a trade.

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