Eric Sogard traded to the Rays for RHPs Edisson Gonzalez and Curtis Taylor

Post #1 » by **Schad** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:46 pm

Doesn't have far to go, at the very least. Details pending on return.

BigLeagueChew · Post #2 » by **BigLeagueChew** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:47 pm

Sogard somehow hit a .406 OPS last year as utility player and double it to .840 when he was traded.

Ado05 · Post #3 » by **Ado05** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:49 pm

I hope we got someone thats at least remotely interesting.

bturn2210 · Post #4 » by **bturn2210** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:51 pm

sounds like for a Minor Leaguer..not really sure who it could be..Have to think Mckay, Brujan, Sanchez, Liberatore, Honeywell, and Baz are out of the equation.

Gachibass · Post #5 » by **Gachibass** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:55 pm

I'm thinking they got Kevin Padlo for Sogard

Post #6 » by **Schad** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:55 pm

Baseball features many weird things. Few things I have witnessed match the weirdness of Eric Sogard's 2019. A guy who carved out a long (if DFA-filled) career by being a decent defensive utilityman and good clubhouse presence who, at age 33 suddenly was one of the better leadoff hitters in the majors.

Guessing it's not a massive return. He's a rental, and the bit where he has been a really bad hitter for all of his career pre-2019 is going to be priced into it.

vaff87 · Post #7 » by **vaff87** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:56 pm

bturn2210 wrote:sounds like for a Minor Leaguer..not really sure who it could be..Have to think Mckay, Brujan, Sanchez, Liberatore, Honeywell, and Baz are out of the equation.

I feel like you’re forgetting a guy ... :wink:

bturn2210 · Post #8 » by **bturn2210** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:57 pm

vaff87 wrote:
bturn2210 wrote:sounds like for a Minor Leaguer..not really sure who it could be..Have to think Mckay, Brujan, Sanchez, Liberatore, Honeywell, and Baz are out of the equation.

I feel like you’re forgetting a guy ...

haha he's getting traded for Wander, obviously.

polo007 · Post #9 » by **polo007** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 6:13 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #10 » by **Schad** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 6:21 pm

Read on Twitter

Lateral Quicks · Post #11 » by **Lateral Quicks** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 6:27 pm

Schad wrote:

Read on Twitter

Rays PTBNL > whatever Cubs can offer? :lol:

Post #12 » by **Schad** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 6:44 pm

Apparently. PTBNL can mean a few different things...could involve a player on their 40-man, and we don't want to complete the trade until we've cleared roster spots through the other trades likely to occur, could be a player rehabbing an injury, all manner of stuff. I mean, when Tampa got a PTBNL in the Archer deal, it was Shane Baz, so the quality of such varies significantly.

(It won't be Shane Baz)

So_Fresh · Post #13 » by **So_Fresh** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 6:56 pm

Was this topic necessary?

We have a 2019 Deadline Thread.

Post #14 » by **Schad** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 7:03 pm

Here's the thread where people bitched and complained that we didn't have a thread for every trade at the deadline last year, and instead had all of the discussion in the deadline thread (we could have; people just didn't create them):

viewtopic.php?f=123&t=1736375

So, I created a thread for a trade at the deadline, because it was something people seemed to consider quite necessary.

GoRapstheoriginal · Post #15 » by **GoRapstheoriginal** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 7:21 pm

/tongue in cheek: I WANT TO KNOW NOW!! Not later!!! Gimme, gimme, gimme that info!!

So like we find out in days/weeks or months this information
(the players to be named later)

anj · Post #16 » by **anj** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:44 pm

So_Fresh wrote:Was this topic necessary?

We have a 2019 Deadline Thread.

Happy this trade has its own thread. The deadline thread's turned into a very strange place where, I think, someone is advocating that Josh Donaldson should play shortstop for the the Jays in 2022?

Post #17 » by **Cyrus** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:07 pm

Schad is saying we are getting Brendan McKay for Eric Sogard. Looks like a good deal to me

The_Hater · Post #18 » by **The_Hater** » Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:06 am

Lateral Quicks wrote:
Schad wrote:

Read on Twitter

Rays PTBNL > whatever Cubs can offer?

The PTBNL is only a mystery to us, the Jays almost certainly have a list of prospects from which they’ll be able to pick 2 from later. But maybe they don’t want to move them off their minor league teams just yet. Let them finish the season.

Post #19 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 29, 2019 12:08 am

Often times there isn't even really a list: there's basically a prospect, and then an alternate or two if something happens to that prospect. I'm not expecting anything significant, but there's a fundamental difference between "PTBNL" and "PTBNL or cash considerations" in terms of what they convey...the former can be anything, the latter generally means "a one-armed man named Hector, or an Arby's gift certificate."

polo007 · Post #20 » by **polo007** » Mon Jul 29, 2019 1:05 am

Rays have deal in place to get Eric Sogard from Blue Jays

TORONTO - The Rays have a deal in place to get infielder/outfielder Eric Sogard in trade from the Blue Jays, whom they are playing right now.

Nothing is expected to be made official until after the game, as medical reviews are believed to be ongoing.

The return from the Rays is not known but it will be a minor-league player, or players, possibly not announced today. It is not anyone on the 40-man roster, as the Rays will have to make room there for Sogard as well.