Warm stove

[hostros7]

Per Mark Berman on Twitter:

Astros announce they've acquired infielder Aledmys Diaz from Toronto for RHP Trent Thornton. Astros 40-man roster is at 35 players


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[hostros7]

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Díaz, 28, played in 130 games with the Blue Jays in 2018, batting .263 with 26 doubles, 55 RBI, a .756 OPS (.303 OBP/.453 SLG) and a career-high 18 home runs.


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[hostros7]

Kaplan:

Thornton was among the minor leaguers Houston faced a decision on before Tuesday’s deadline to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft.


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[MusicMan]

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Díaz, 28, played in 130 games with the Blue Jays in 2018, batting .263 with 26 doubles, 55 RBI, a .756 OPS (.303 OBP/.453 SLG) and a career-high 18 home runs.


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He’s played short, second, third, and left.

Bye, Marwin.


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[JimR]

He’s played short, second, third, and left.

Bye, Marwin.


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Maybe or maybe insurance. Boras May have priced Marwin out of Luhnow’s market, but I cannot believe it will be easy for Marwin to leave Houston.

[BizidyDizidy]

Interestingly, 1.6 WAR last year exact same as Marwins (although not close to the 4 MarGo put up the year before)

[hostros7]

Maybe or maybe insurance. Boras May have priced Marwin out of Luhnow’s market, but I cannot believe it will be easy for Marwin to leave Houston.

Per Rosenthal:

For #Astros, acquisition of Diaz is protection in event they lose free agent Marwin Gonzalez. Team still wants to keep Gonzalez.


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[JimR]

Per Rosenthal:

For #Astros, acquisition of Diaz is protection in event they lose free agent Marwin Gonzalez. Team still wants to keep Gonzalez.


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That was my guess.

[juliogotay]

Strictly a right-handed player that has played a lot of SS.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Here's a link to his spray chart:

https://www.fangraphs.com/spraycharts.aspx?playerid=15937&position=SS&type=battedball&pid2=15937&ss1=2018&se1=2018&ss2=2018&se2=2018&cht1=hittype&cht2=battedball&vs1=ALL&vs2=ALL

[moriartp]

Bye, Marwin.

Almost certainly.

[Nate Colbert]

Kaplan:

Thornton was among the minor leaguers Houston faced a decision on before Tuesday’s deadline to protect players from the Rule 5 Draft.

As we've been tracking over here.

An absolutely terrific trade by Luhnow:

• Acquires a player who'll be under club control for 4 more seasons (thru 2022).
• Uses the tremendous minor league pitching depth to acquire a much-needed bat and utility piece.
• A likely $2MM add to 2019 payroll vs an expected $9-13MM hit had Marwin been re-signed which should allow funds to be redirected toward adding a starting pitcher like Eovaldi plus a second bat.

[subnuclear]

Here's a link to his spray chart:

https://www.fangraphs.com/spraycharts.aspx?playerid=15937&position=SS&type=battedball&pid2=15937&ss1=2018&se1=2018&ss2=2018&se2=2018&cht1=hittype&cht2=battedball&vs1=ALL&vs2=ALL

His home runs seem pre-calibrated to the Crawford Boxes.

[Jacksonian]

An absolutely terrific trade by Luhnow:

+1

[juliogotay]

Rosenthal has written that he thinks Cle may make Gomes available. That's a pretty good catcher.

[moriartp]

Rosenthal has written that he thinks Cle may make Gomes available. That's a pretty good catcher.

Reports are Kluber and Carrasco available too. I get that they can probably take their division with 75 wins next season, but actively attempting to do so seems like questionable strategy.