[情報] Astros Acquire Gerrit Cole
The Astros have acquired right-hander Gerrit Cole from the Pirates for
righties Joe Musgrove and Michael Feliz, third baseman Colin Moran and
outfielder Jason Martin, according to announcements from both teams.
Houston and Pittsburgh nearly reached an agreement on a Cole trade earlier
this week, but reports of a done deal proved premature. The two sides
continued to negotiate, however, and have now come together on one of the
most noteworthy trades of the offseason. Cole is the second potential
front-end starter the Astros have acquired since last August, when they
landed longtime Tigers ace Justin Verlander, who ultimately helped pitch them
to their first-ever World Series title a couple months later.
With Verlander, Dallas Keuchel, Charlie Morton, Lance McCullers and Collin
McHugh among their starters on hand, the Astros didn’t exactly have a
desperate need for Cole heading into next season. But adding Cole should
nonetheless increase their chances to finish atop the major league mountain
again in 2018, and with two years of team control remaining, he figures to
help their cause again in 2019. Neither Keuchel nor Morton is under contract
through that season, which helps explains why the Astros have been in on Cole
and other high-end starters this offseason. The Astros’ addition of Cole
should affect top free agents like Yu Darvish and Jake Arrieta, both of whom
have been on their radar this winter, as it seems to remove a potential
suitor in each case.
Cole, who settled on a $6.75MM salary for his penultimate year of arbitration
control on Friday, is coming off a somewhat disappointing season. Although
the 27-year-old racked up 203 innings and continued to serve as one of the
majors’ hardest-throwing starters, a bloated home run-to-fly ball rate (15.9
percent, well above his career figure of 10.0) helped lead to a
personal-worst 4.26 ERA/4.08 FIP.
Given his down 2017, the Pirates weren’t in position to sell high on Cole.
However, as a Scott Boras client nearing free agency, the low-payroll club
knew its chances to extend him weren’t good. Consequently, the Bucs shopped
Cole around the league – including to the Yankees, Twins and Cubs – before
sending him to the Astros. Cole had been with the Pirates since they selected
him first overall in the 2011 draft, and he looked like an ace with them at
times after debuting in 2013. All told, Cole registered a 3.50 ERA/3.27 FIP
with 8.44 K/9, 2.34 BB/9 and a 47.4 percent groundball rate across 782 1/3
innings in Pittsburgh.
Parting with Cole could begin a rebuild for the Pirates, who finished under
.500 for the second straight year in 2017. However, acquiring three major
league-ready players for him in Musgrove, Moran and Feliz may also help them
compete next season. The headliner is arguably the 25-year-old Musgrove, a
former top 100 prospect who has worked as both a starter and reliever since
debuting in 2016. While Musgrove scuffled as a starter last season, he was
utterly dominant in his first big league action out of the bullpen. Moving to
a relief role enabled Musgrove to ramp up his velocity, and it helped lead to
a 1.44 ERA with just under nine strikeouts per nine and a paltry 1.44 BB/9
across 31 1/3 innings. It’s unclear whether he’ll be a starter or a
reliever going forward, but with five years of control, the Pirates will have
time to find an ideal role for him.
Moran was a first-round pick of the Marlins in 2013 who topped out as
Baseball America’s 61st-ranked prospect after that season, though he hasn’t
seen much action in the majors to this point (37 plate appearances). And with
the emergence of third baseman Alex Bregman, there simply wasn’t a path to
playing time in Houston. The 25-year-old Moran held his own in 2017 at
Triple-A – his second season at that level – with a .308/.373/.543 line in
338 PAs. Moran ranked as the Astros’ fifth-best prospect prior to the trade,
according to MLB.com, which lauds “his pure left-handed swing and his
ability to barrel balls easily while controlling the strike zone.”
Defensively, Moran has the hands and arm to handle third, though he lacks
range, per MLB.com.
Feliz, 24, amassed significant experience out of the Astros’ bullpen over
the previous two seasons, during which he combined to make 98 appearances and
throw 121 innings. While Feliz brought high-90s heat, posted a sky-high 13.14
K/9 and a passable 3.5 BB/9 along the way, he only managed a 4.94 ERA –
owing in part to a low groundball percentage (37.1 percent) and a lofty home
run-to-fly ball rate (16.5 percent). ERA indicators have been bullish on
Feliz, who owns a career 3.67 FIP and 3.17 xFIP. He comes with four years of
control, including a pre-arbitration season in 2018.
Martin, an eighth-round pick in 2013, brings the least fanfare of anyone in
this trade, with Rosenthal noting on Twitter that he may end up as a reserve
outfielder down the line. MLB.com agrees that he won’t turn into a regular
option in the corner outfield, though it rated Martin 15th in Houston’s
system and suggested he has a chance to develop into a starting center
fielder. The 22-year-old spent most of last season in Double-A, where he
slashed .273/.319/.483 in 320 PAs.
跟太空人交易
Michael Feliz + Colin Moran + Jason Martin + Joe Musgrove <-> Gerrit Cole
太空人幾隻算是蠻眼熟的(有上過MLB)
但當初果然只是喊喊-.-"
喊的人都沒來lol
接下來看McCutchen / Harrison 有沒有被賣(?
感覺明年先發陣容又有得洗牌了...
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