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Toledo W 4-3 Lee 1/4 RBI Sweeney 1/4 RBI 2K Jung 1/3 RBI BB 2B Mattison .2IP 2ER BB 2K Petit 1IP BB K Poulin 1.1IP 2K Erie L 7-3 Clark 2/5 2B McGonigle 2/5 3RBI 2B Anderson 0/4 BB Briceno 0/5 3K Serwa 2IP 3H 2ER 4BB WM W 6-3 Pacheco 0/2 2BB K Graham 0/2 Miller 5.2IP 5H 2ER 2BB 5K Lakeland GM 1 W 18-11 Strong 4/6 2RBI 2 2B Madris 4/5 5RBI BB 2 HR Tillen 2/5 3RBI K 2B HR Lakeland GM 2 L 8-2 Rucker 1/4 K 2B SB Sloan 1.2IP 5H 4ER

Oof. This is a lot to give up for a rental RP, more than I would be willing to give up.

The other Rogers brother

I think you overestimate the amount of hits that an average vs above average 3B takes away in a game. Hedges gets moved because defensive catchers are valuable and catchers in nature are generally not a very offensive position.

"Asking" prices are almost always leaked by someone to drive a narrative. I am sure they asked for Painter, why wouldn't you? They'll come back with counter and back and forth it goes. Highly doubt Painter gets moved for Duran.

Nah, Pirates won this trade easily unless by some magic Hayes actually puts up any offense, which given the back injuries is unlikely. They unload a contract and also bring in one with Rogers that they can flip as you pointed out. As a cheaply run team getting out of that contract is a big deal for them so this has to be a W for the Pirates.

Toledo L 6-5 Lee 1/4 BB K Sweeney 2/5 K 2 2B Malloy 1/3 2BB K Jung 1/4 RBI BB K Kreidler 1/5 2RBI 2B Lange 1IP H K Erie L 5-1 Clark 2/4 2K 2B Liranzo 0/4 3K McGonigle 1/4 K Anderson 2/4 K WM L 6-2 Pacheco 0/2 2BB Pacheco F. 1IP Lakeland L 7-0 Strong 0/4 Rucker 0/4 K Hamm 3IP 3BB 3K DSL Rodriguez 2/4 RBI 3B Miranda 1/3 K

Erie is the Free Game of the Day at 12:05 https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/watch-minor-league-baseball-games-for-free-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

Left $140 on the table 😅

Torkmoil is the only one reporting it so take it with a grain of salt.

I generally prefer Fangraphs over MLB if possible so here is their write up on Jimenez. 28. Enrique Jimenez, C Signed: International Signing Period, 2023 from Venezuela (DET) Age 19.4 Height 5′ 10″ Weight 195 Bat / Thr S / R FV 35+ Tool Grades (Present/Future) Hit Raw Power Game Power Run Fielding Throw 20/40 40/45 20/40 30/30 40/50 50 Jimenez is an undersized switch-hitting catcher prospect who makes an exciting amount of hard contact for a young hitter his size, it’s just often on the ground. Jimenez slashed .242/.366/.376 on the Lakeland complex in 2024 but posted an impressive 42% hard-hit rate. He isn’t an especially projectable athlete at a stocky 5-foot-9, and while it’s amazing that he had a hard-hit rate that sizeable given his physique, it’s tough to project big long-term power for such a small guy. Jimenez also has developing to do on defense; he’s not a great ball-blocker right now and lacks the size of a prototypical catcher. He could conceivably be a Garrett Stubbs type of backup.

So I do want to point out that it's been reported that both Tampa Bay and New York were also in on Paddack so it's not like there was no other interest in him.

Honestly, I don't hate it. He's a solid #5 and who knows, maybe Fetter can work his magic.

Traded from depth

Some interesting things I was looking up about a couple of prospects I have been keeping tabs on. Pacheco must hate even months. April .212/.366/.364 May .337/.440/.627 June .227/.370/.394 July .341/.492/.545 He also hates playing at home .255/.390/.404 vs .311/.442/.576 Away Liranzo has increased his BA each month, all while having only 9 AB's against pitchers younger than him. April .180/.315/.344 May .231/.359/.423 June .242/.377/.435 July .288/.360/.424

Toledo L 6-5 Lee 1/4 RBI HR Cruz 1/3 RBI BB K HR Manning 1IP K Petit 1IP 3H ER 2K Erie W 7-0 Clark 1/3 RBI BB SB Liranzo 1/4 RBI K 2B McGonigle 2/4 2RBI 2 2B K Anderson 2/4 2RBI HR Mattison 1IP K Ashman 1IP H K WM W 7-6 Pacheco 1/3 RBI 2BB 2K 2B Graham 0/5 Randall 5IP 5H R 6K Lakeland W 2-0 Strong 0/4 K Rucker 1/4 Reyes 4IP 2H K

07/24/25 RHP Charlie Christensen assigned to FCL Tigers. 07/24/25 OF Kameron Douglas assigned to FCL Tigers. 07/24/25 1B Beau Ankeney assigned to FCL Tigers. 07/24/25 LHP Caleb Leys assigned to FCL Tigers. 07/24/25 C Edian Espinal assigned to FCL Tigers. 07/24/25 LHP Grayson Grinsell assigned to FCL Tigers. 07/24/25 LHP Ben Jacobs assigned to FCL Tigers. 07/24/25 SS Jack Goodman assigned to FCL Tigers. 07/24/25 RHP Joe Ruzicka assigned to FCL Tigers. 07/24/25 C Michael Oliveto assigned to FCL Tigers. 07/24/25 RHP Malachi Witherspoon assigned to FCL Tigers.

I'm not sure if you are serious about this but this would be an incredible overpay.

Toledo L 3-2 Lee 1/4 RBI BB K 3B Malloy 0/5 Jung 2/2 RBI BB 2B Cruz 0/3 BB 2K Manning 1IP BB K Petit 2IP 2K Erie L 4-3 Clark 0/5 K McGonigle 0/4 BB K Briceno 2/4 RBI BB K 2B Serwa 5.1IP 7H 1ER 3BB 4K WM L 9-5 Pacheco 2/4 K 2B Peck 2/5 2B Lakeland L 5-4 10 Inn MacDonald 0/4 BB 2K Elissalt 5IP 2H 2ER 2BB 5K FCL W 9-2 (Clinched playoff spot) Warwick 0/4 BB K Osorio 0/0 HBP left game Jimenez 1/3 RBI BB K SB Dickson 0/3 BB K SB Diaz 4.1IP 4H ER 3BB 4K

I would agree but the highest paid baseball player from an NIL standpoint would have to play 8 years to get the amount of money he would have gotten in the 2nd round (1.9 million).

One of the rare times that a team won't sign someone in the top 10 rounds. To make it a little more funny, at least to me is he keeps retweeting things about how this is a huge blow to the Pirates draft. My guess is they may have lowballed him and he said ok well I will just go to college and bet on myself.