Seattle Mariners Ship Smoak to Tampa Bay
stadiumreport.bbn November 8th, 2012
It is being reported in
Tampa Bay that the
Rays and the
Seattle Mariners have agreed on a trade. According to anonymous sources 21-year-old minor league 3B
Richie Shaffer(21, 2.5/3.5*) will be dealt to the
Mariners in return for 25-year-old 1B
Justin Smoak(25, 2.5*) and 20-year-old minor league LHSP
Wander Marte(20, 1*).
Smoak is hitting .223 lifetime with 291 hits, 49 doubles, no triples, 41 home runs, and 153 RBIs to date. He has scored 126 runs, walked 163 times, and has a .309 OBP.
Richie Shaffer is regarded as a solid third base prospect that has a lot of power, hitting .308/.377/.587 with 37 home runs and 113RBI´s in 127 games in AA, good for 6.2WAR, the AA Silver Slugger Award at 3B, and the AA MVP.
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At least got a prospect for him, that was the maximum we could get as interest was very low.