Ken Rosenthal@Ken_Rosenthal

 

#Padres announce acquisition of Carlos Quentin from #WhiteSox. #MLB

 

Rosenthal just tweeted it. Nothing on whom we get

We got 2 minor league pitchers

Edited December 31, 201114 yr by SOXOBAMA

from Rosenthal too:

 

#WhiteSox will receive two minor league pitchers from #Padres for Quentin - RHP Simon Castro and LHP Pedro Hernandez. #MLB

This had to happen.

 

Thanks for 2008 Carlos!

Intriguing considering the hauls they got for Latos & AGon. Padres got some nice pieces.

Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez

 

Color me underwhelmed.

I know nothing about prospects, but neither guy is in BA's top 10 rankings of the Padres system.

Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez

 

Color me underwhelmed.

They're Warm Bodies, and Carlos's salary gets absorbed.

 

Like it or not, he had to be moved, and he didn't have a whole lot of value after getting hurt again.

Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez

 

Color me underwhelmed.

 

Castro has had two short appearances in AAA and gotten his bell rung.

Bye Carlos. Don't hit the door on your way out, at least not until the trade is finalized. Don't need to break anything before you get there.

I saw Hernandez pitched.. I am sure he is the key to this deal..

We still should have gotten something of value. I'm sick and tired of getting nothing for our guys, with our best hauls ever being merely "fair value".

Castro had been ranked by Baseball America as the #57 and #58 prospect going into 2010 and 2011 respectively. Must have some talent then, but still could be a project the way he struggled at AAA.

Simon Castro used to be a pretty good prospect.

 

Via Sickels 2010 Year in Review:

 

2) Simon Castro, RHP, Grade B+: 3.07 ERA, 87/31 K/BB in 106 innings for Double-A San Antonio, 87 hits. I wish his strikeout rate was a bit higher but overall he's having another good season.

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2010/8/8/16...dres-top-20-pre

 

Then a disasterous 2011 happened, and he fell off the 2012 list entirely.

 

2) Simon Castro, RHP, Grade B+: Got killed at Triple-A Tucson early, 10.17 ERA with 21/18 K/BB and 37 hits in 26 innings. Now back at San Antonio, 5.34 ERA with 57/12 K/BB in 59 innings, 74 hits. Very disappointing in all respects.

 

http://www.minorleagueball.com/2011/8/4/23...pects-in-review

Pretty underwhelming, especially when you consider how we could have dealt him at the trade deadline last year for a much better package by all indications.

We still should have gotten something of value. I'm sick and tired of getting nothing for our guys, with our best hauls ever being merely "fair value".

Carlos Quentin was 50 points in OPS away from not being offered arbitration this offseason.

I would have thought they could have gotten more... Surprised ATL didn't get more involved in CQ.

Pretty underwhelming, especially when you consider how we could have dealt him at the trade deadline last year for a much better package by all indications.

If there was a better deal available then it should have been taken. I don't know that there was one, but any rational GM had to know that the odds weren't in their favor holding Quentin in terms of him staying healthy for the rest of the year.

We still should have gotten something of value. I'm sick and tired of getting nothing for our guys, with our best hauls ever being merely "fair value".

 

Couldn't agree more. Always seems like KW gives up a fortune to get "his guys", but then he gets significantly less in return (at least since the Garcia trade to Phil).

I would have thought they could have gotten more... Surprised ATL didn't get more involved in CQ.

This one is true. It is definitely surprising that Atlanta wouldn't make a run at him at this price.

 

They must really be committed to their youth movement, to the point where they don't want anyone blockign those guys.

Couldn't agree more. Always seems like KW gives up a fortune to get "his guys", but then he gets significantly less in return (at least since the Garcia trade to Phil).

That's a reasonable complaint on the Santos trade.

 

Not here.

If there was a better deal available then it should have been taken. I don't know that there was one, but any rational GM had to know that the odds weren't in their favor holding Quentin in terms of him staying healthy for the rest of the year.

 

The speculation was that KW was asking for more than Houston got for Pence.

So who's the 4th outfielder now?

So who's the 4th outfielder now?

Brent Lillibridge/Alex Rios.

 

I have no issues with this roster now. We actually need a backup IF more than anything, that might be Escobar.