Diamonbacks/Phillies

[Arizona Diamondbacks]

After a good bit of negotiation the Phillies & D-Backs have agreed to the following trade...



Phillies get:
   David Hess, SP, Orioles.  2019/1M  2020/2M  2021/ARB1 - ARZ is paying .5M of Hess's salary in 2019
   Nicholas Lopez, SS, Royals.  2019/0.4M  prospect
   Adam Haseley, CF, Phillies.  2019/0.3M  prospect

D-Backs are also sending $5M in cap space to Phillies.


D-Backs get:
   Julio Teheran, SP, Braves.  2019/11M  2020/TO 12M  2021/UFA
   Lolo Sanchez, CF, Pirates.  2019/1.7M  prospect
   Michael Grove, SP, Dodgers.  2019/0.25M  prospect


The D-Backs once again have found a way to use pieces from their farm system to upgrade the MLB roster. It wasn't in the plans to move Hess, Lopez and Haseley, but they felt they couldn't pass up the opportunity to add a quality SP in Teheran. He has been somewhat of a tough luck pitcher through the years, but most on his peripherals have been good and now with the retooled lineup in Atlanta the wins should improve also. His contract is very reasonable and at 27 years old, will be extended. The move of Haseley & Lopez hurt a bit after working so hard to acquire them recently. But, to help the farm we added Lolo Sanchez, an up and coming, although very young, outfielder along with Michael Grove, an excellent pitching prospect coming off of TJ but should be ready to go this year.

All in all we felt if we were going to improve in a tough division, it was a move we needed to make.

Thanks to the Phillies management for hanging in the negotiations and being willing to find a middle ground. Hopefully this deal works out well for both teams.

[Philadelphia Phillies]

Phillies accept. There was quite a bit of back and forth but I am glad we were able to work something out. I hate losing Teheran, especially since he is a workhorse 27 year old, but his control has been regressing for some reason and I was right up against the cap. He was the only person I was really getting any real interest in to clear some space and upgrade my prospects. I love Haseley and Lopez's ability to put the bat on the ball and in this league's scoring system, that is a good commodity. Hess had a nice end to the year and I'm hopeful that he can continue that success and be a solid back of the rotation piece. Sanchez was expendable mainly because of his contract.

Hopefully I can put the newfound cap space to good use and find a way to replace the points I'm losing from Teheran.

Thanks to the DBacks for proactively coming up with creative ideas and I hope Teheran is a strong fixture for the rotation for years.

[Arizona Diamondbacks]

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