DEE traded to MARLINS

This is like if we traded Urias for Dee Gordon lol

Insane

The parts outside of Heaney are fascinating as well man


I will miss Dee, no doubt

 

or update it...

 

wow
it can be a cold business at times...

Roberto Baly ‏@rbaly79 2 minutes ago
Here's a picture from earlier today when Dee Gordon received a call while being with kids at a Little League event http://bit.ly/1ICJo7Q
5:49 PM - 10 Dec 2014
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you mean except for all the sources reporting it?...

Dodgers, Marlins Agree To Six-Player Trade Involving Gordon, Haren For Heaney
By Mark Polishuk [December 10, 2014 at 7:26pm CST]

7:26pm: The Dodgers will pay Haren’s $10MM salary as part of the trade, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports.

7:24pm: The Dodgers and Marlins have agreed to a blockbuster deal that will send middle infielder Dee Gordon and veteran right-hander Dan Haren to Miami in exchange for left-hander Andrew Heaney, second baseman Enrique Hernandez, righty reliever Chris Hatcher and catching prospect Austin Barnes. The trade has not been been officially announced by either team, though apparently only some “paperwork” needs to be completed, as per Andy Martino of the New York Daily News.

With the Dodgers reportedly open to dealing Gordon and the Marlins open to trading from their surplus of young arms, the two made sense as trade partners, especially with Miami rather thin at second base. Gordon is an upgrade over the Marlins’ current second base options (Donovan Solano and Derek Dietrich), though Gordon could also return to his original shortstop position and supplant Adeiny Hechavarria, who has been a negative fWAR player over the last two seasons.

Gordon broke out with an All-Star campaign in 2014, hitting .289/.326/.378 over 650 plate appearances while leading the league in both steals (64) and triples (12). He is controlled through the 2018 season, though he’ll start getting expensive this winter as he is arbitration-eligible for the first of four times (as a Super Two player). MLBTR’s Matt Swartz projects Gordon to earn $2.5MM in 2015.

Haren said last month that he could retire if he was pitching anywhere other than with the Dodgers or Angels. The righty exercised his $10MM player option for the 2015 season, so now the question seems to be whether Haren will have a change of heart about playing outside of southern California, or if he’ll indeed hang up his glove and walk away from that $10MM. Haren posted a 4.02 ERA, 7.0 K/9 and a 4.03 K/BB rate over 186 innings last season, so he’d fit the Marlins’ desire for a veteran arm if he did continue to pitch. ESPN’s Buster Olney did hear that a third team could be involved in the trade talks, which could be a precursor to another Marlins trade that could send Haren to a more preferred destination.

From the Dodgers’ perspective, they’ve overhauled their middle infield in a matter of hours between this deal and the seemingly impending Jimmy Rollins trade. The Dodgers will receive a quartet of controllable young players, at least a couple of whom could help the team in 2015. USA Bob Nightengale points out that L.A. could also use some of these youngsters as trade bait to acquire a top starter such as Cole Hamels. It’s also possible that some of these players could be going to the Phils to complete the Rollins deal, as per Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Heaney is the biggest name of the four, the ninth overall pick of the 2012 draft and tabbed as both the Marlins’ top prospect and the #30 prospect in the sport by Baseball America in their 2014 preseason rankings. Heaney has a 2.77 ERA, 9.1 K/9, and 3.85 K/BB rate over 259 2/3 minor league innings, and he threw 29 1/3 innings for Miami this season in his first taste of the bigs. At age 23 and controllable through the 2020 season, Heaney projects to be a big part of the L.A. rotation for years to come.

This is Hernandez’s second trade in less than five months, as he came to the Marlins from the Astros in July as part of the Jarred Cosart deal. Hernandez also made his MLB debut in 2014, posting a .248/.321/.421 slash line and a 110 wRC+ over 134 PA with Houston and Miami. He played mostly as a second baseman in the minors and will join Alex Guerrero, Darwin Barney and Justin Turner in battling for playing time at the keystone in Los Angeles. Hernandez also has experience at third, short and all three outfield positions, so he could be a valuable bench piece.

Hatcher enjoyed a breakout season in 2014, posting a 3.38 ERA, 9.6 K/9 and a 5:1 strikeout-to-walk rate over 56 innings last season. He’s a solid addition to a Dodgers bullpen that was looking to upgrade at a low cost, given the large salaries already committed to the likes of Brandon League, Brian Wilson and J.P. Howell, not to mention Kenley Jansen‘s projected $8.2MM arbitration salary.

Baseball America ranked Barnes as the Marlins’ 20th-best prospect prior to the season. The 24-year-old catcher has shown some impressive skill at the plate, with .298/.390/.431 slash line over 1855 minor league PA. Barnes posted a .913 OPS in 348 PA at the Double-A level last season.​