Nationals
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abimelec Ortiz | 24 | Minors | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.7 | ||
| Alejandro Rosario | 25 | Minors | SP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 8.6 | ||
| Devin Fitz-Gerald | 20 | Minors | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 6.8 | 8.1 | ||
| Gavin Fien | 19 | Minors | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 11.6 | 13.9 | ||
| Yeremy Cabrera | 20 | Minors | OF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
Total Value:
29.2
Rangers
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKenzie Gore | 27 | Majors | SP | Low | 2 | 58.7 | 14 | 44.7 | 35.7 | 44.7 | 53.6 |
Total Value:
44.7
Comments
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Light return -- quantity over quality. New head honcho with the Nats wants to load up on youth.
💁🏼♀️ This is surprising, two years of an inexpensive SP Gore to the Rangers, didn’t see that one coming.
And not a single Top 100 prospect in the package.
Fien has an unorthodox swing that many scouts are skeptical of; Rosario is down with TJS, which he waited too long for; Fitz-Gerald has a little buzz; the other two are throw-ins. So there isn't really a big name here to carry this. The Rangers did well, not giving up much that they'll miss.
There feels like something is amiss about this trade, Gore’s medicals?
Not that we've heard. The Nats must see more to like in this package than the consensus.
Would not have expected to see such a light haul in the wake of the Peralta deal.
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Especially as you can make a Carter-Scarborough-Fien package work to a tee in the sim. For Gore, the inclusion of Scarborough would be a precondition for me. But the coming lockout is a variable that must be influencing discussions on players with 2-3 yr time horizons. The Nats project to 66 wins this season, and 2027 might be vaporware given how far sides stand apart.
Good point. We haven't seen that concern manifest in the free agent market, but it's possible it's a factor in trade discussions.
Though I do think recent short term FA contracts, and particularly the structure of a contract like Bellinger's (substantial signing bonus, opt out after the lockout year) are factoring in both a potential lost year and future CBA changes. But yes, if you're looking at trade pieces who are free agents after '27, the value going back might be viewed as having a significant half-life after this season.