https://twitter.com/JackCurryYES/status/491628728494333952Chase Headley is about to join the Yankees. Yankees are finalizing a deal to acquire him from the Padres.
https://twitter.com/JackCurryYES/status/491628728494333952Chase Headley is about to join the Yankees. Yankees are finalizing a deal to acquire him from the Padres.
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 3m
Confirmed: #Yankees closing in on #Padres' Headley. First reported: @JackCurryYES.
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal now
#Padres do not figure to get much from #Yankees for Headley. Potential FA, .323 BA/.785 OPS in July, .229/.651 overall.
ThePrideofShiner said:He's hitting .229 with seven home runs. He'll fit right in.
jon abbey said:I am going to hate this deal if they give up any real prospects, he is a FA at the end of the year.
Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS 16s
yanks send depaula, solarte to sd forn healdey, which pays $1M plus in cash
gammoseditor said:I guess I'm in the minority, but if Headley is healthy I think this is a pretty good pickup for the Yankees. He was injured earlier in year so again, if healthy, he's better than those numbers. He's also going from Petco to Yankee Stadium and is a lefty. And he's filling a major need for them.
rembrat said:
What need is that?
Yep he's going to a perfect stadium for him. How is his defense?gammoseditor said:
3B? That entire infield is a disaster. He might be the most valuable infielder they have now. OPS+ last year of 115, and Yankee stadium is probably a perfect fit for him.
gammoseditor said:He's also going from Petco to Yankee Stadium and is a lefty.
Really, really good.StuckOnYouk said:Yep he's going to a perfect stadium for him. How is his defense?
MakMan44 said:And as PotS says, they may also try to resign him in the offseason.
jon abbey said:De Paula has been disappointing since moving to high A last year, but he has a high ceiling. I just hate giving up prospects for stopgaps, this team isn't going anywhere anyway.
jon abbey said:
Then there's the A-Rod issue.
Hasn't solarte sucked for a month?Wingack said:
Selling high on Solarte though
StuckOnYouk said:Hasn't solarte sucked for a month?
StuckOnYouk said:Hasn't solarte sucked for a month?
jon abbey said:
Two months, .499 OPS in 117 PAs since May 24 (he raked in AAA for a week in there).
Honestly, I think the Padres did him a real favor here. Headley was in a really weird spot, because his season hasn't been worth a QO but the Padres might have given one anyway. He's in a much better situation now.Lars The Wanderer said:The good news for teams looking for a 3B this offseason is that there is no draft pick compensation attached to him now if he doesn't re-sign with the Yankees.
A true YankeeHe batted a whopping .286/.376/.498 with 31 homers to go along with elite defense and solid baserunning in 2012, but since that time he’s been slowed by a fractured thumb, a calf strain and a herniated disc in his back (for which he received an epidural injection earlier this month). He’s hitting .323 with a homer, a triple and four doubles this month, so perhaps the injection helped to ease some of the pain he was experiencing. However, he’s yet to walk in July and has struck out 16 times, so his approach at the plate certainly doesn’t appear to be what it was in 2012 when he posted a career-best 12.3 percent walk rate.
jon abbey said:This is a funny juxtaposition of phrases, makes it sound like he is bedridden:
"perhaps the injection helped to ease some of the pain he was experiencing. However, he’s yet to walk in July"
MakMan44 said:Honestly, I think the Padres did him a real favor here. Headley was in a really weird spot, because his season hasn't been worth a QO but the Padres might have given one anyway. He's in a much better situation now.
MakMan44 said:De Paula might be something,I'll take JA word on that, but I think is a pretty good move. And as PotS says, they may also try to resign him in the offseason.
jon abbey said:Hopefully this means they dump Brian Roberts and move Kelly Johnson back to his natural position of 2B.
So you're saying there's a chance the Padres would have given Headley a qualifying offer of around $15 million next year.Lars The Wanderer said:The good news for teams looking for a 3B this offseason is that there is no draft pick compensation attached to him now if he doesn't re-sign with the Yankees.
rembrat said:The Yankees are buying?