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November 7, 2024 (UBLN)
Subject: Trade: McGuire for Navarro
Newspapers in Oakland and Cleveland reported that the Commodores have reached a deal sending 20-year old minor league RHP Adam Thompson, 26-year old 3B Keeran Seese, and 29-year old LF Eric McGuire to the Rangers for 26-year old LF Miguel Navarro.
Lifetime McGuire is hitting .272 with 435 hits, 82 doubles, 2 triples and 54 home runs. He has scored 176 runs and driven in 217.
Navarro has a lifetime .245 average and .316 on-base percentage in his career with 551 hits, 117 doubles, 22 triples, 83 home runs, 270 RBIs and 326 runs scored.
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Navarro (3.5*/3.5*) is a speedster with solid hitting numbers, hitting 23 homeruns and 29 doubles in 158 games. He can play all 3 outfield spots, and this trade along with acquiring Jimenez and Flores and, adding in Barlini, creates a strong outfield. McGuire adds a high batting average as the Rangers ranked 14th in the league in team batting average. Players were sad to see a leader go, but he was due almost $55 million over the next 5 years, and I was not planning on paying that to the soon to be 30 year old. Seese was out of options and was nothing more than backup infielder, and Thompson is young but does not project to be anything more than an emergency role.
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