Clayton Receives:
SP Clay Buchholz BOS
RP Heath Bell MIA
13th rounder
Angry Pirates receives:
SS Andrelton Simmons ATL
SP Kyle Kendrick PHI
10th rounder
This was a great move by Russ as the three-round downgrade is relatively little and he gets a revitalized starter and closer. In three weeks these guys probably would’ve cost him ten rounds, so this is a great move on his part.
That said, I can’t really blame Kyle here since Clay was a bad start aware from AAA a couple weeks ago and Bell already had the closer role briefly taken away from him. So, he very well could’ve had no value between the two of them in three weeks as well. The difference between 10th (celiign: Feese, Melky, Mous, floor: Francour, Ubaldo) and 13th (ceiling: CLewis, Prado, floor: Alexei… and Bell actually)isn’t huge, but its certainly more than say the 17th and the 20th. He’s doing what he should be doing at this point – trade parts, acquire more parts, trade those parts, acquire more.
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