Mariners trade for Teoscar Hernandez

[SoulfishHawk]

Toronto Blue Jays trade Teoscar Hernadez to Seattle Mariners | TSN

The Toronto Blue Jays traded outfielder Teoscar Hernandez to the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday in exchange for reliever Erik Swanson and lefty pitching prospect Adam Macko.

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Sounds like a damn good addition, and he's a good hitter. They have him for 2 years minimum. Needed another outfielder. I like it.
This team needed more offense, this is a good start.

 

[Echawks]

Interesting.. doesn’t look good for keeping mitch

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Listening to the scouting report on Hernandez, kid can flat out rake. Shannon Drayer thinks that it's likely Marco or Flexin as part of the deal. Hope they take Winker with them

update: Mariners send to Toronto - Eric Swanson and prospect Adam Macko.

Wow, this looks like a hell of a deal for the M's, yet again. Dipoto is in a zone the last couple years imo. Early reviews are that they fleeced Toronto.
How fitting since we fleeced them in the playoffs.

 

[sutz]

I'll miss Swanson if that's the deal, but adding a solid OF is a definite plus. Still hope we keep Haniger on board. Move Kelenic instead.

 

[seatownlowdown]

terrible trade. swanson alone is worth more than hernandez. and we threw in macko?

desperation.



it's too bad we have the worst ownership in all of sports.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

He was also a Silver Slugger, and a hell of an outfielder, crushes the ball. GREAT trade. The prospect has been injured, a lot. The team just got better.
People who ACTUALLY KNOW BASEBALL are calling this a flat out steal. I'll go ahead and trust their opinions.

 

[therealjohncarlson]

terrible trade. swanson alone is worth more than hernandez. and we threw in macko?

desperation.



it's too bad we have the worst ownership in all of sports.

Lol trolling? We just traded a reliever for a plus plus outfielder

 

[ivotuk]

Don't understand why anyone would want to give up Kelenic who is only 23 and has shown some real flashes at the plate. Plus, his defense has been outstanding. All he needs to do is bring his MiLB AVG to the Majors.
AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP OPS
1140 209 336 56 204 50 .295 .369 .909

Bring back Mitch, and I'm kind of "meh" on Winker. If he can bounce back to his All Star stats, he'd be a keeper as a DH. Winker's career AVG is 270 and his career OPS is 836

 

[SoulfishHawk]

REALLY hope they somehow move on from Winker. He might be the worst outfielder we have seen on this team, and that's saying a lot.

 

[ivotuk]

I liked Eric Swanson, but like Jeff Passan says, "Seattle has done a truly excellent job over the last two years of growing relief arms. And: "traded from a strength to get Teoscar Hernández for next season."

 

[ivotuk]

"Teoscar Hernandez"

BA 2022: .267 Career: .262

HR 2022: 25 Career: 133

RBI 2022: 77 Career: 380

OPS 2022: .807 Career: .819

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[Bobblehead]

Just a case of in house contenders helping each other..

 

[sutz]

Don't understand why anyone would want to give up Kelenic who is only 23 and has shown some real flashes at the plate. Plus, his defense has been outstanding. All he needs to do is bring his MiLB AVG to the Majors.
AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP OPS
1140 209 336 56 204 50 .295 .369 .909

Bring back Mitch, and I'm kind of "meh" on Winker. If he can bounce back to his All Star stats, he'd be a keeper as a DH. Winker's career AVG is 270 and his career OPS is 836

JK needs a fresh start somewhere. He's had 3 tries in the majors with us and it's been mostly meh at the plate. If we can get something for him in a trade I'm all in.

Agree about Mitch and Wink. Apparently Wink was injured all season, so if he gets fixed maybe he gets back to his career average, which would be good. I think he's just an average defensive OF at best though. We have prospects coming up I'd rather spend time on.

 

[Bobblehead]

From all accounts I've read, Winker is on his way out, probably paired with Flexon or Marcos.

I seriously doubt they are going to get anyone worth what the M's deem JK is worth and I'm thinking he might just stay as a 4th OF/floater/defensive replacement.

 

[sutz]

Yeah, I've heard reports about Wink as well. He's under contract for next year, so now would be a good time to move him if we can. Kind of have an emotional attachment to Marco and Flex, but they could both be valuable chips to trade for more offensive help. We do still have some promising prospects coming up, but probably not anything that will help a lot in '23.

I'd try to move JK, even if we only get another minor leaguer with upside for him. Hell, I'd be good with releasing him if he's taking roster space from someone who actually produces runs. He was supposed to be what Julio actually turned into. Disappointing.

 

[Sports Hernia]

You spelled Aaron Judge wrong.

Good deal, got a good player for little cost, only wish they could have traded Marco and Winker, maybe they still will.

Glad they didn’t trade Flex though.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Free Agency is just starting, and this is a hell of a start. Seems like every time they make a trade, someone immediately comes out with "they should have done x instead"

Not really how it works and it's not reality. Can only do one trade at a time. This helps the offense immediately.
Couldn't agree more on BP Marco and can't catch a cold in the outfield Winker. Please move them.

 

[XxXdragonXxX]

I'm so happy about this move. Teo is one of my favorite/most hated players to face. He's a great hitter and maybe a great fielder with an absolute cannon for an arm. He's one of those arms you just do not test.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

I didn't know that about his arm, thx for sharing. Good to hear. When they asked the GM why they traded for him, he says "because he hits the ball REALLY HARD"

Love it

 

[seatownlowdown]

Lol trolling? We just traded a reliever for a plus plus outfielder

no. you're sipping copium being fed to you.




the general manager (dipoto) is solid+. the manager is solid+. but the ownership refuses to spend money in the free agent market outside of a couple outliers every few years. it's the #1 reason (not the only) we went 21 YEARS straight w/o playoffs. they're cheapskates that only view the mariners as a cash cow. they have a monopoly over NW market, and won't open up the checkbook. moneyball, but with no reason to play moneyball besides profit.

dipoto does what he can given the constraints. he's a magician... sometimes. dipoto traded from a position of strength, which makes sense given those constraints. but make no mistake, this move was a concession and a signal to the real fans that they will be beta's this offseason spending money, despite now being the most sense to go spend money to fill vacant holes.

it's sad, because fans show up in droves when they are a winner. attendance=$.