Developed - Devin Williams to the Yankees for Nestor Cortes and Caleb Durbin

[folly412]

 

[MoreTrife]

Oh wow, give me more deets!!

[Lloyd330]

Bracing for the worst

[KeithStone53151]

Nasty Nestor...

[Joseph Zarr]

Just now, Lloyd330 said:

Bracing for the worst

There was very very low hanging 'fruit' here:

"Bracing for the wurst"

I ask for silence as I grieve the loss of a pun. #IStandWithDadJokes

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Sounds like Nestor Cortes is part of the return. Solid lefty starter. 30 years old. Two more years of control.

[jay87shot]

I am not a huge fan of the Yanks system, maybe Clarke Schmidt for Devin straight up would be nice.

[wibadgers23]

2 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

Sounds like Nestor Cortes is part of the return. Solid lefty starter. 30 years old. Two more years of control.

Just one year of control I believe.

[jay87shot]

Whoops looks like Nestor and an IF Caleb Durbin. My first thoughts are yuck

 

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Durbin was the breakout player of the year in the Arizona Fall League. Stout, compact middle infielder with pop.

[KeithStone53151]

3 minutes ago, jay87shot said:

Whoops looks like Nestor and an IF Caleb Durbin. My first thoughts are yuck

 

We're getting a better player for less money this year plus one additional year of team control...AND we're getting a prospect. Which part is "yuck"?

AND, neither player coming back has a wall-punching celebration in their scouting report

[MoreTrife]

So Freddy Peralta, Tobias, Woodruff, Cortes then.......battle with Hall, Ashby, Carlos Rodriguez, Logan Henderson, Chad Patrick??

[treego14]

Again, the MLB forces the Brewers to give up another star.

Brewers need to start their own league where teams have equal payrolls.  Time to leave the Rig Leagues and start a true and fair Big Leagues!

[DR28]

Love getting Durbin!!!!!!! Big OBP guy!

Is he our 3B?

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Just now, MoreTrife said:

So Freddy Peralta, Tobias, Woodruff, Cortes then.......battle with Hall, Ashby, Carlos Rodriguez, Logan Henderson, Chad Patrick??

Civale will be in the rotation too. Can never have enough quality starting arms. Woody is a huge ???. 

[MoreTrife]

2 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

Durbin was the breakout player of the year in the Arizona Fall League. Stout, compact middle infielder with pop.

Would Turang ever move to short? DUrbin at 2nd, Ortiz stays at 3rd?

[Brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, jay87shot said:

Whoops looks like Nestor and an IF Caleb Durbin. My first thoughts are yuck

 

Nestor is a middle of the rotation starter. Have you seen what the going rate for that is on the open market?

Durbin is an MLB ready prospect that we can add to the infield mix and who fits like a glove with the team-wide philosophy of getting on base and speed.

Bottom line is Devin had a single year of control as a reliever. Middle of the rotation starter>elite reliever. 

[DR28]

1 minute ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

Civale will be in the rotation too. Can never have enough quality starting arms. Woody is a huge ???. 

Liking our rotation!

Peralta

Myers

Cortes

Civale

And maybe Woodruff

 

Damn!

[KeithStone53151]

1 minute ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

Civale will be in the rotation too. Can never have enough quality starting arms. Woody is a huge ???. 

We can also trade SP at any point. Almost every team in baseball can almost always use a good SP.

[Thurston Fluff]

2 minutes ago, MoreTrife said:

Would Turang ever move to short? DUrbin at 2nd, Ortiz stays at 3rd?

Either that or Durbin moves to third. It does address the infield either way.

[Lloyd330]

Its one yr control and Spotrac says he already signed a contract with the brewers for 8.3 mil 

 

 https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/24678/nestor-cortes

[KeithStone53151]

This trade to me, seems like the Yankees are big mad about not getting Soto and their front office is just clicking buttons. Or, they know more about Nestor's elbow injury than we do...

[liveforoctober]

.396 OBP at AAA last year for Durbin. Initial thoughts on the trade is we improved... is Durbin our new SS? I would hesitate to move Turang off of 2nd after being named the best defender in baseball.

Durbin is 5'6. Altuve like.

[Brewcrew82]

2 minutes ago, MoreTrife said:

Would Turang ever move to short? DUrbin at 2nd, Ortiz stays at 3rd?

I'm not convinced they plan on simply installing Durbin at 2B. I think it's more about adding to the IF depth which took a hit with Adames leaving and giving them options in navigating the rest of the offseason. 

Maybe they feel more comfortable going after Alonso/Goldschmidt now?

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

2 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Nestor is a middle of the rotation starter. Have you seen what the going rate for that is on the open market?

Durbin is an MLB ready prospect that we can add to the infield mix and who fits like a glove with the team-wide philosophy of getting on base and speed.

Bottom line is Devin had a single year of control as a reliever. Middle of the rotation starter>elite reliever. 

Many were upset with the return for Hader as well. Taylor Rogers flopped, Lamet was a nothingburger, but Gasser has shown real talent, and will hopefully make a full recovery from TJ. And of course Ruiz turned into Contreras and Payamps.