Didi traded in 3 way NY/Det

[nooch]

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 1h1 hour ago
Source: Gregorius going to #Yankees. Deal is done.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 55m55 minutes ago
Source: Deal also includes Greene to #Tigers, Ray to #DBacks and another minor leaguer going from DET to AZ.

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 36m36 minutes ago
To clarify: Trade agreement is in place between the #Yankees, #DBacks and #Tigers. Medical information still being exchanged. Not yet final.

Sad to see Didi go. I liked him but, get infield was crowded. Don't know much about Ray other than he's a young lefty.

 

[Zeno]

In return, the Yankees would send pitcher Shane Greene to Detroit while the Tigers would send pitcher Robbie Ray and minor league infielder Domingo Leyba to the Diamondbacks.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...r-trade-didi-gregorius-shane-greene/19944903/

Don't know anything about the guys they got but Didi was very underwhelming in AZ.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Ray was the #5 prospect for the Nationals and #97 out of 100 for MLB overall in 2013.

He is a lefty reliever who was dominant in High A and AA. He was decent at AAA. His basic pitching metrics mirror his AAA performance in his short stint in the majors last year. His ERA of 8.13 came in only 15.1 innings pitched.

He isn't arbitration eligible until 2018. No free agent until 2021.

Basically, they are trying to get a cheap lefty reliever who has displayed a good k/9 through most of his young career on the cheap.

Won't know if it pays off but it looks fair for Didi right now.

 

[Chainthroer]

Hard to tell whether this is a good deal for the Diamondbacks. The key is Domingo Leyba. Sources say he did fairly well before the AZ Fall League, but then purportedly only batted .171 with the Glendale Desert Dogs.

 

[AzKarl]

He is only 19 with upside

Hard to tell whether this is a good deal for the Diamondbacks. The key is Domingo Leyba. Sources say he did fairly well before the AZ Fall League, but then purportedly only batted .171 with the Glendale Desert Dogs.

Only 19 years old and supposedly very good bat speed and up side

 

[82CardsGrad]

I'm ok with this... DiDi provided minimal to no value for the Dbacks...

And man are the Yankee faithful pissed about the deal!! They see Didi as "all glove, no bat"... which is true of course...

 

[Azlen]

It's going to be rough for Didi to be the guy who follows Derek Jeter as the Yankee starting SS.

 

[don7031]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=ray---001rob
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rayro02.shtml
http://www.statfox.com/mlb/mlbpitcher.asp?pitcherid=RAY+ROBBIE&season=2014

Ray struggled as soon as there was a scouting report on him in the majors. He's headed to Reno.

 

[Matt L]

I hope they give Ray a chance in the rotation. He is only 23 and has been groomed to be a starter. He had six starts last year for the Tigers and maybe just needed some seasoning to learn how to get MLB hitters out.

 

[unseenaz]

Ray - Career 4.27 minor league ERA.. 8.16 ERA in 28 innings in the pros

 

[Phrazbit]

Robbie Ray looks like a hard throwing lefty reliever... which means he will probably have a long career that involves him oscillating between striking guys out on 3 pitches and then getting tattooed by the next hitter. The other dude is 19, good numbers so far but he is only in A ball.

Its fair value for Didi, who has played enough at the big league level that you can assume he is going to need a great hitting coach or some juice in order to be a bat worth using on a daily basis. If he could just get his average up to .270, then his walk rate is already good enough that he would be a solid hitter... but I think his BA is more likely to drop 2-4% than it is to increase that much.

Makes the Bauer trade sting even more, but the current regime has a lot of mess to clean up.

 

[BC867]

It's going to be rough for Didi to be the guy who follows Derek Jeter as the Yankee starting SS.

He'll show flash in the field and, as mentioned, no hit. He will be a buffer following Derek at SS, so a stronger candidate can start fresh the following season.

Too bad ARod isn't in a position to be that buffer, just as Manny Sanguillen (Roberto Clemente's best friend on the Pirates) was when he moved from C to RF for a season after Clemente died.

It is still a plus for Didi, who would otherwise be a very marginal player except for his flashiness at SS. He wasn't a solid fielder with us, he was flashy.

At least now, Chris Owings won't have Didi hanging over his head at SS. I was not happy when Owings was not handed the SS job back to him when he came off injury. Then again, with the exception of Goldy, to whom did Gibson ever show a commitment?

 

[Iceman]

It's going to be rough for Didi to be the guy who follows Derek Jeter as the Yankee starting SS.

You are dead on! Would hate to follow Jeter. Especially in NY

 

[The Polecat]

Towers did label Didi "The next Derick Jeter"

 

[BC867]

Towers did label Didi "The next Derick Jeter"

LOL

 

[Dback Jon]

Towers did label Didi "The next Derick Jeter"

So he was right!!

 

[WildBB]

Ray seems to have some control issues. 35 WP's in 5 minor league seasons.

He needs plenty of work.

 

[Dback Jon]

I'm ok with this... DiDi provided minimal to no value for the Dbacks...

And man are the Yankee faithful pissed about the deal!! They see Didi as "all glove, no bat"... which is true of course...

Do they still think that?

 

[Dback Jon]

This is an interesting thread to read through, 3 years later

 

[82CardsGrad]

Do they still think that?

What a great season for DiDi!! Really not sure he can replicate this in future years, bit I'm happy for the kid!!

 

[unseenaz]

The trade that netted us Robbie Ray, im ok with it

 

[Dback Jon]

The trade that netted us Robbie Ray, im ok with it

The trade worked out for both NY and Arizona. Detroit, not as much.

 

[Ronin]

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[Matt L]

Greene may become the Tigers version of Dellin Betances or Andrew Miller.

I mean the Tiger can dream right?

 

[Ronin]

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