Yankees acquire Chase Headley for Solarte and DePaula
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Looking at Headley's career trajectory, he looks a bit like Morgan Ensberg (and they were teammates in 2007). Ensberg ended up on the Yankees the next season. Hopefully he's as good as Ensberg.
I'm curious what his trade value is at this point..
I'm curious what his trade value is at this point..
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.
They have been rumored to be after Headley for a few years now, so perhaps this is a tryout and then they will try to sign him to a cheap deal in the offseason. Unless ARod really is going to play third next year.
rembrat 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.
I think this is a pretty good deal for San Diego. Even when struggling de Paula still has great K rates and solarte is at least a useful backup IMO.
gammoseditor said:
So are Ellsbury and McCann, who have 8 and 10 home runs respectively....
His walk rate is way down this year but he is striking out at his "normal" rate - no walks in the last 16 games, so who knows if his recent better BA is sustainable. But, this is the only kind of trade the Yankees can make if they don't want to give away their handful of higher upside guys in A and AA - they just are not going to be in the market for higher impact trade options I don't think...
If he hits well in the second half I would imagine he will use that to get a pretty nice 3 or 4 year deal from someone no?
I mean it might be from NY but I don't think he will go somewhere for small change if he hits well
I mean it might be from NY but I don't think he will go somewhere for small change if he hits well
I think Headley could easily put together a good half season for the Yankees. It doesn't seem to be a ton of cost.
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.
StuckOnYouk said:
Well yeah, but he was also a piece probably noone was interested in for a bag of toenail clippings a few months ago.
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:
MakMan44 said:
This may have cost Pablo Sandoval some money as well. The Giants will almost certainly extend a QO to him. Pablo may find himself in Drew's situation this offseason.
MakMan44 said:
So I have a Chrome word filter that changes "resign" to "quit", and the end of that sentence had a bit of Brokeback feel to it until I remembered about the plugin. The filter is also fun for changing Jeter>Jeteybear, "get a gun" to "I pee in my mouth", and so on.
jon abbey said:
NYY didn't have to give up much to trade for a Kelly Johnson clone with less power (Headley's 2012 screams "outlier"), and he's only two years younger.
rembrat said:
Well, technically they could be described as selling in this deal. Solarte is a league average bat, so he's been better than Headley and they added a prospect in DePaula while getting money back from San Diego.
