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Originally Posted by bucketsndimes
That Fred Cake...
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My master plan was to get both Fred Cake and his "brother" (who incidentally is an everyday third baseman) Bill Cake on the team this year but the Mets already traded for Bill from the Padres earlier this year. It would have been marketing gold!
Fred was just a stopgap free agent pickup and I'm thrilled he somehow got 7 wins. But I'm inclined to think the Guevaro injury is really going to start to expose the starting pitchers going forward and we can't have someone walking the ballpark every chance he gets. All of the trade options though are asking for too much in return right now so I don't think we're going to be able to swing anything else other than what we've already done.
Some other teams have been on the move, though:
TRADE DEADLINE UPDATE
A number of minor deals have been completed thus far and with just six days left until the embargo the biggest one has been between the Minnesota Twins who sent 31-year old 3-time All Star second baseman
Mike Hoffmann to the Atlanta Braves for 29-year old left fielder
Carl “Earthquake” Cleere (the San Rafael, California native is afraid of earthquakes, hence the nickname) and 32-year old right-handed reliever
Bill Stewart. Hoffmann hit .278 with a .357 OBP and .507 SLG for Minnesota with 21 home runs, 65 RBI, and 59 runs scored but the Twins have been trying to make the switch to their 26-year old prospect
Ken Watkins for the last 2½ years and can now play the young man everyday. Hoffmann is also signed for the next 2 years on an absurd contract that owes him $40 million over the next two seasons. New Twin Earthquake Cleere is also making $20 million a year but his contract is up at the end of the year. Cleere hit .276 with a .400 OBP and .579 SLG for Atlanta with 24 home runs, 65 RBI and 64 runs scored in 340 at-bats. 32-year old reliever Stewart was a throw-in and was 1-2 with 2 saves and a 4.86 ERA in 53 appearances and 66.2 innings pitched for the Braves. Stewart has allowed 13 home runs this year which is a career high however he’s never thrown more than 72 innings in a season before. He’s also already signed to a 3-year, $3 million contract extention which is reasonable these days if he’s actually near the end of the line. Both Cleere (2018) and Stewart (2017) have appeared in an All Star game.