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Just dumping Hudson would have been excellent news.



Getting Dickerson in return for him is icing on the cake.

1:17pm: The Pirates are sending the Rays $1MM as part of the trade, reports Rob Biertempfel of The Athletic. In essence, then, they’ll spend an additional $1.45MM to turn Hudson into Dickerson, while the Rays will add a reliever to their ’pen, a prospect to the lower levels of their farm system, and trim $1.45MM from their 2018 payroll.


hmm, i didn't realize biertempfel had left the trib.

666F677678020 wrote: Luplow to minors.  Dickerson starts vs RHP.  Brentz starts vs LHP.



That's a good trade.
I like the idea of this proposed platoon for left field. Maybe you could project 30-35 homers between the two players.

757978232A232B26213E24130 wrote: Luplow to minors.  Dickerson starts vs RHP.  Brentz starts vs LHP.



That's a good trade.
I like the idea of this proposed platoon for left field. Maybe you could project 30-35 homers between the two players.


Line up definitely looks better. Cervelli is only guy in line up lacking at least 10 home run power.

Getting Dickerson makes good sense for the Pirates. Getting rid of Hudson in the bargain is like addition by subtraction. Tristen Gray? A diffuse cloud on the horizon of 2022.



I give NH credit for a good move here.

Can anyone provide some Rays perspective on this? The money is almost a wash before anyone goes there.

Let us not take the cost for Dickerson to lightly. Yes, dumping Hudson turns junk into something usable. But the Bucs also sent cash considerations along to the Rays as well as Tristan Gray and young middle infielder who seems to have a bat. Got to see him a few times when I went to Black Bears games and was impressed.



Here is what P2 says about him:

"That leaves Tristan Gray as the other piece in the trade and he looked like a promising hitter this past season after being drafted in the 13th round. Gray was the best hitter on Morgantown and played solid defense at second base, while also sliding over to shortstop for added versatility. He has some solid potential in his bat from the left side with both power and average, but if there’s any position that the Pirates could give up lower level depth, it’s middle infield. He could very well end up as a solid big leaguer, though that won’t be for at least 3-4 years down the line. We had him as the 40th best prospect in our 2018 Prospect Guide."



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Holy cow! Just getting rid of Hudson is a bonus. Dickerson benefited by playing in Coors Field and has been pretty ordinary in the 2 years since. Altho he did have a great 1st half last year. He also hits LHP fairly well so a platoon probably won't be needed unless he slumps vs LHP.

I like it. Hudson wasn't worth anything, Gray had a decent year at WVBB but is so far away and there are a lot of middle IF prospects ahead of him. If the Bucs are paying the difference between Hudson and Dickerson's salaries (or less) this is good. Feliz/Schugel/Kontos/Crick/Santana/Neverauskas/Glasnow could be a decent bunch of arms.



Who would think the Pirates would take advantage of a salary dump?

61535F5F4B795A535E5B5453320 wrote: Can anyone provide some Rays perspective on this?  The money is almost a wash before anyone goes there.
The deal includes cash considerations from the Pirates. Obviously, TB was cutting costs when they DFA's him. Now they get Hudson at a similar price so the Bucs must be paying a big chunk of Hudson's salary.