in Game 6 of the World Series, their decision to trade him to San Diego isn’t surprising at all.
Two months later, the Rays are again moving on from Snell before they have to, this time in a trade with San Diego. The Padres are reinforcing their status as one of baseball’s most interesting teams by agreeing to acquire Snell for pitcher Luis Patino, catcher Francisco Mejia and prospects Blake Hunt and Cole Wilcox.
Patino, who began the 2020 season as Baseball America's No. 18-ranked prospect, should contribute at the MLB level in 2021. At this point, he's more raw than polished , but he just turned 21. Plus, the addition of Mejia helps considering the Rays’ need for catching depth and the additional prospects bolster an already deep Tampa Bay system.
To this point, this off-season has been moving incredibly slowly, but between now and the start of spring training those four teams will be competing for some of the same arms. And at some point, the action has to pick up, doesn’t it? January has a chance to be as interesting as November and December have been quiet.It was just last summer that the Blue Jays and Rays completed a trade for Eric Sogard, but that was a minor deal at a time that the Blue Jays were still deep in a rebuild.
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RaysBaseball bnicholsonsmith BlueJays I guess the Blue Jay brass really is all talk & no action. Interested in all players but can’t seem to get one.
RaysBaseball bnicholsonsmith BlueJays It's not a 'long view ' move its a if you want to stay here done get too good ... we don't pay people here so bye move .. its sad that Tampa operates this way ..move this franchise asap