Finally! Official Hot Stove League Thread

[harmony]

The Mariners have traded righthander Joseph Hernandez, the 2022 California League Pitcher of the Year, to Milwaukee for righthander Justin Topa, a nearly 32-year-old reliever with four years of team control:
https://www.milb.com/news/single-a-all- ... spect-2022

https://www.mlb.com/mariners/roster/transactions

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/ ... l#comments

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ju01.shtml

https://www.baseball-reference.com/regi ... rnan053jos

[desbcoach]

The Mariners have traded righthander Joseph Hernandez, the 2022 California League Pitcher of the Year, to Milwaukee for righthander Justin Topa, a nearly 32-year-old reliever with four years of team control:
https://www.milb.com/news/single-a-all- ... spect-2022

https://www.mlb.com/mariners/roster/transactions

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/ ... l#comments

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ju01.shtml

https://www.baseball-reference.com/regi ... rnan053jos

Not sure I like it a 22 year old lottery pick exchanged for a 32 year old prospect

[Seattle or Bust]

Topa throws a 96-99 mph sinker and has a sweeping slider.

At least it's not some spaz who throws 89 mph.

[GL_Storm]

What a stupid move. Hernandez looks like he's starting to come around, very promising, and you give that up for a total project that you could probably pick up off the waiver wire at some point anyway. I don't get it at all.

[bpj]

Wasn't this guys name Ken Giles the last couple years?

[harmony]

Forum contributors who still play baseball or softball deserve our admiration.

But those beer leaguers would be the first to admit they're not ready to compete at the MLB level.

We forum contributors expressed ourselves to the best of our abilities given our limited information and expertise.

However, we and the Seattle front office don't possess the same information and expertise. We're amateurs! Metaphorically we're trying to hit big league pitching.

Mariner executives probably won't share with us a detailed explanation why a nearly 32-year-old reliever is worth the 22-year-old California League Pitcher of the Year. But the front office undoubtedly has its reasons.

[desbcoach]

Topa throws a 96-99 mph sinker and has a sweeping slider.

At least it's not some spaz who throws 89 mph.

Seems like 22yo lottery for a 32 yo lottery , don’t make sense to me

[Donn Beach]

Guess they are not done acquiring relievers

[D-train]

The Mariners have traded righthander Joseph Hernandez, the 2022 California League Pitcher of the Year, to Milwaukee for righthander Justin Topa, a nearly 32-year-old reliever with four years of team control:
https://www.milb.com/news/single-a-all- ... spect-2022

https://www.mlb.com/mariners/roster/transactions

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/ ... l#comments

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... ju01.shtml

https://www.baseball-reference.com/regi ... rnan053jos

Not sure I like it a 22 year old lottery pick exchanged for a 32 year old prospect

Straight up trash. I am going to laugh my ass off when our pen is a joke this season. Jerry getting WAY too cocky.

[D-train]

Forum contributors who still play baseball or softball deserve our admiration.

But those beer leaguers would be the first to admit they're not ready to compete at the MLB level.

We forum contributors expressed ourselves to the best of our abilities given our limited information and expertise.

However, we and the Seattle front office don't possess the same information and expertise. We're amateurs! Metaphorically we're trying to hit big league pitching.

Mariner executives probably won't share with us a detailed explanation why a nearly 32-year-old reliever is worth the 22-year-old California League Pitcher of the Year. But the front office undoubtedly has its reasons.

Sorry I don't share your inferiority complex that makes you think Jerry Dipoto who paid $177M for 6 WAR over the years is some enlightened genius with access to some mysterious treasure trove of data that makes him make idiot decisions.