Det/Mil & Stl/Oak Trade Part Deux

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Detroit trades the following to Stl.

Mike Moustakas 17: $3m
Trevor Bauer 17&18: $500k
Jake Thompson 17-20: $500k (Just checking, would 2017 be Thompson's $0 year?)
Franklin Barreto (prospect)
Taylor Jungmann 17&18: $500k

Stl sends the following to Detroit

Corey Kluber 17&18: $15m
Carlos Gomez 17&18: $29,120,000
Colin McHugh
Alex Reyes (prospect)


Simple trade for me. I have the CAP space to take on the monstrosity of a contract that is Gomez and a total of $90m while shoring up my SP and prospects to try and make a run for it in 2017. I hate giving up the youth, but after watching Kluber K 8 out of the first 9 how could I not. Hope the trade works out for both teams.

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I agree. Simply put I wasn't going to retain McHugh by free agency so he was just a throw in. Being able to get Bauer and his drones (he does come with the drones right?) was a big part of the deal because I replaced Kluber with an MLB starter who I hope may be close to figuring things out. Moose is also a welcome addition because I believe he'll be a very good player for the foreseeable future. FB and JT are two prospects that I hold in high regards and hopefully JT will be ready to step into my rotation full time next spring. This deal allows for me to get younger while freeing up a ton of salary for next year and beyond. It hurt to lose Kluber but getting that Gomez contract off my payroll helps a ton.

[Scott (Boston Padres)]

Commish approved. But cannot process on Fantrax until new 2017 site is ready to go. Also need to check on Thompson's contract.

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[Scott (Boston Padres)]

Processed on Fantrax. Salaries not updated yet for 2017.