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Re: Ms trade Hunt to Os for Bauman Reliever

Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 10:00 am
by bpj
Donn Beach wrote:
Thu May 23, 2024 4:16 am
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?

Re: Ms trade Hunt to Os for Bauman Reliever

Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 11:42 am
by Donn Beach
bpj wrote:
Thu May 23, 2024 10:00 am
Donn Beach wrote:
Thu May 23, 2024 4:16 am
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..

Re: Ms trade Hunt to Os for Bauman Reliever

Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 1:37 pm
by D-train
Unless Hunt literally is the worst defensive catcher in Baseball this is a shit trade.

Re: Ms trade Hunt to Os for Bauman Reliever

Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 3:26 pm
by 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

Re: Ms trade Hunt to Os for Bauman Reliever

Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 4:18 pm
by harmony
A Baltimore Orioles forum reacts to the trade:

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