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Bucs acquire Chris Bostick from Nats for Tyler Gushue and cash

Time to officially say goodbye to Hanson??

0B3B372C2C313615392B2B580 wrote: Time to officially say goodbye to Hanson??
Bostick hasn't even shown he can hit AAA pitching yet (.203).

Gushue about 37th in the pecking order for Bucs catching prospects. Not much of a lose there and who knows about Bostick he came into pro baseball with a higher ceiling than Gushue. Uh, we get to see what happens this winter with some of the kid infielders and a couple FA we might loose. I can live with the deal right now.

This falls in the making a trade for the sake of making a trade category. I don't see anything impactful for either side here.

Or it may mean they are thinking of trading one or more of their middle infielders this off-season. Hanson is the one they seem down on (not sure why), but could be he or Fraizer or one of the AAA ones. They have some thought in mind - I doubt they just trade people for the heck of it.

5949487F6969650A0 wrote: This falls in the making a trade for the sake of making a trade category.  I don't see anything impactful for either side here.
I agree. Bostick has limited AAA experience and hit only .203 there. So it's not as if he's a threat to make the big league club. I don't think Frazier or even Hanson need to worry unless Bostick has a great year at Indy.

4B666B7A7D6C7B3B38090 wrote: This falls in the making a trade for the sake of making a trade category.  I don't see anything impactful for either side here.
I agree. Bostick has limited AAA experience and hit only .203 there. So it's not as if he's a threat to make the big league club. I don't think Frazier or even Hanson need to worry unless Bostick has a great year at Indy.




I think he is just insurance although it is surprising he doesn't play shortstop. The Bucs have liked to stash somebody at Indy every year. Bostick has a couple options so he might be able to stick around for 2018 as depth.

I see it as they don't want to pay Sean Rodriguez what he is worth and what the market dictates. Therefore they trade for a cheap versatile utility player. Of course this won't help the talent level but it will provide............. The infamous financial flexibility.

Guys # not too bad ...He can spend the next year in AAA .Then we see what we have . I like the trade . :-/



No harm no foul in my book.



Something in my gut tells me SROD has started to figure things out  ala Joey Bats but at a later age ..I dont care how old he is ...If we can get 3 top years i will take it ...We let him go we might be missing 25 -35 Hr per year down the line . The guy has a nice swing. ::) and if we let him settle on a starting position WOW stuff may happen 



But where does he fit?