[新聞] Royals trade Whit Merrifield
The Royals get two prospects from the Blue Jays.
By Max Rieper@maxrieper Aug 2, 2022, 6:06pm EDT 381 Comments
The Royals have traded Whit Merrifield to the Toronto Blue Jays for
infielder/outfielder Samad Taylor and pitcher Max Castillo, according to
MLB.com reporter Mark Feinsand.
Taylor was ranked the #16 prospect in the Blue Jays farm system according to
MLB Pipeline, #23 by Baseball America, and #33 by Fangraphs. The 24-year-old
can play second base or outfield and was hitting .258/.337/.426 with 9 home
runs and 23 stolen bases in 70 games in Triple-A. He has posted a solid 10
percent walk rate in the minors and showed good pop with 16 home runs in
Double-A last year.
MLB Pipeline writes:
With a combination of speed and some power for a second baseman, Taylor
excites the organization with his natural bat speed. The next step will be
trusting that bat speed, allowing pitches to get a bit deeper in the zone
before committing. His overall approach and in-game adjustments will be part
of this next step, too, but the raw tools continue to be tantalizing.
Fangraphs praises his speed and defense, two things the Royals covet.
He’s both passive and prone to swinging and missing, a combination that
works among players with big pop but often proves fatal for anyone else.
However, his speed and defensive chops — he started at least five games at
five different spots, including the four hard ones — give him big league
utility, particularly in the slim-bench era.
Taylor was originally a tenth-round pick by Cleveland in 2016 out of high
school in California before being traded for reliever Joe Smith.
Castillo was originally signed out of Venezuela in 2015, and has made his MLB
debut this year. The 23-year old right-hander has served as a starter and
reliever, and in 20 2 innings he has a 3.05 ERA with 20 strikeouts and 5
walks.
Baseball America ranked him #14 in the Blue Jays’ system, writing:
Castillo deploys a three-pitch mix led by a four-seam fastball that sits
92-94 mph touching 95 mph at peak. He shows the ability to miss bats with the
pitch due to his ability to land it and some late ride and run. It’s a live
fastball despite lacking eye-popping analytical metrics. His changeup is his
primary secondary and he shows feel for the pitch, it doesn’t have
tremendous velocity separation from the fastball, but it does have
above-average vertical separation allowing it to play despite being somewhat
firm at 86-87 mph. His slider sits 82-84 mph with short slider shape, it’s
his best bat-missing pitch of his trio and it plays well off of his fastball
and changeup looks.
Merrifield has spent his entire seven-year career with the Royals and is a
two-time All-Star. He was having his worst offensive season, batting
.240/.290/.352 with 15 steals in 95 games, but had come on to rebound a bit
lately. He did not travel to Canada for the series against the Blue Jays
three weeks ago due to his vaccination status, but indicated he was open to
getting vaccinated to play in a pennant race. Merrifield is signed through
2023, and will make $2.5 million with escalators that will take his salary to
$6.5 million.
跟藍鳥發動交易
Whit Merrifield <> infielder/outfielder Samad Taylor (BA TOR#16)
pitcher Max Castillo (BA TOR#14)
過去幾年除了Salvy的看板再會了
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