Rays & Rockies

Submitted by: emilempenza

Rays

NameAgeLevelP1P2AvailabilityYearsAFVSalarySurplusLowMedianHigh
C.J. Cron31Majors1BDHMedium0.33.21.12.11.72.12.6
Trevor Story28MajorsSSLow0.320.9713.911.113.916.7
Cash5

Total Value:

21

Rockies

NameAgeLevelP1P2AvailabilityYearsAFVSalarySurplusLowMedianHigh
Yandy Diaz29Majors1BLow3.331.316.614.710.313.216.1
Greg JonesMinorsSSOF14.311.414.317.2
Kevin Kiermaier31MajorsOFMedium1.313.118.9-5.9-7-5.9-4.7

Total Value:

21.6

emilempenza

Rays get 2 big right handed bats to fix their issues with LHP, Story plays SS and Franco moves to third for the year, giving Walls time to sort himself out before taking over next year. With Cron platooning at first and Wander at 3rd full time, it makes Yandy expendable, but with his 3+ years of control, valuable to a team like the Rockies where his low K rate should really excel. Kiermaier moves with $5m to cover the salary hit for the Rays, while also giving the Rockies a good look at whether elite centerfield defence is an avenue worth exploring at Coors. With Cruz coming knocking Meadows back into the outfield, it looks a bit too crowded with Randy, Margot and Phillips also in the mix so KK is the expendable one with his relatively high salary. Greg Jones is the main piece probably, a legit SS prospect from a team that already has a ton of those, to a team that has a real lack of middle infielders coming through.

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