Ms trade Hunt to Os for Bauman Reliever

[bpj]

They'd be spending$24 mil over two seasons for a backup catcher, I'd be surprised

As opposed to paying $24M for a DH that can't hit?

[Donn Beach]

They'd be spending$24 mil over two seasons for a backup catcher, I'd be surprised

As opposed to paying $24M for a DH that can't hit?

Yup. it's not what they paid for. I would expect them to stick to their plan..

[D-train]

Unless Hunt literally is the worst defensive catcher in Baseball this is a shit trade.

[harmony]

FWIW ZiPS projects 2024, 2025 and 2026 WAR of -0.1, 0.0 and 0.0 for Blake Hunt:

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/blake ... rojections

... and 0.4, 0.5 and 0.4 for Michael Baumann:

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/mike- ... rojections

Hunt has one more year of team control

The ZiPS 2024, 2025 and 2026 WAR projections for Michael Perez come in at 0.1, -0.2 and -0.2:

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/micha ... rojections

[harmony]

A Baltimore Orioles forum reacts to the trade:

https://forum.orioleshangout.com/topic/ ... lake-hunt/