To the Rangers for 5 prospects.
I'll delve into it more when we have the names but the Rangers system is weaker but in part due to injury and bad 2025s - which yes, I know but these guys can turn around pretty quickly.
The name that is in there Gavin Fien, a guy that's arguably Top 2-4 in the Rangers system but also arguably outside the Top 100 overall. He is supposed to hit well and profiles to be a decent fielding 3B or a 1B/RF type (good enough glove to play SS in HS, not slow but probably not quick enough to be a major league SS). But he's 18 and with 10 A-ball games under his belt a long way off.
Prepare to stink!
https://www.mlb.com/news/mackenzie-gore-trade-to-rangers-from-nationals
UPDATE :
Names already in. We were never going to see Sebastian Walcott (their best prospect and a legit top one in baseball) but I was hoping to see some of the arms that looked good but had off years for reasons.
Alejandro Rosario was one of them. A real good arm but out until 2027. Which is worse when he already missed all of 2025. (He tried to wait out needed TJ surgery but it didn't work and he got it recently) That means he'll be throwing again after a full two years off and at age 25 not throwing in AA yet. But still one of the names I hoped to see.
Devin Fitz-Gerald is a nothing IF. A kid but one that projects to have no pop and no one is raving about any of his other skills. Will have to surprise.
Yeremy Cabrera is another kid (under 20 last year) this one being all skills and hoping to see it translate into... something. The speed does work on the basepaths and he has a good eye but that's about it right now. That's not nothing but those are your complimentary skills.
Abimelec Ortiz is a non-athletic (for baseball players - more athletic than us probably) 24 yo with pop but swings and misses a bit much and gets eaten alive by lefties. Maybe there's a platoon bat here, but probably not.
3 comments:
As a Nats fan, this is not a good sign for the future on multiple different levels. Not nearly a good enough return, and the top two pieces are YEARS away. Things are going to get really bleak. Not giving much confidence in Taboni at all.
Welp, see ya later Mack. I’m okay with him being gone, but the reason why is what is depressing. Looks like a lengthy re-rebuild ahead. And with the return Toboni brought back (nothing in the top 100) it seems like they went quantity over quality. Which is fine if he’s just trying to plunge out all the Rizzo crap from this toilet of an organization.
I think Wood will be gone if and when this team makes a “run” at the post season in 2029-2030. It doesn’t matter. I guess the action in Fredericksburg is more compelling (and cheaper) than the AAAA team in DC.
And with the inevitable lockout (doom!) then all of this hope for the future gets really tough to digest. You’re a good man for following this team Harper. Thank you.
It doesn't bother me that the top two pieces are young. They can always be traded for any value they may have in a year or two, or whenever the Nats stop stinking. But I agree with anon 1:19--meh return.
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