(AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, File), Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. As noted in last week’s look at their logjam, the Padres aren’t short on internal replacement options for Renfroe, and several teams with starters for sale are notably thin in the outfield. Latest on Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Hunter Renfroe including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. Go get em twins. Janks is a superior defender – better than Margot, he is an elite base stealer, and his OBP is about league avg. Only reason he is out there everyday is his contract. 3-SD is not desperate to make a trade. They need starting pitching and relief pitchers. He’s controlled for another four seasons beyond the 2019 campaign, although he’ll be arbitration-eligible in each of those years by virtue of Super Two status. You need 25 guys on the roster. Renfroe May be traded…..but it would be for a controllable Starter or a LH centerfielder with on base skills…..like an Adam Eaton. His OBP will definitely drive down trade value, and there’s no way he keeps up an .600 slugging percentage. Since you want to make stupid trades I’ll counter that with Remember if you are trying to get something good, you will have to trade something good, No one is going to give you a good or decent pitcher for Margot, Myers, Cordero, or other pieces or spare parts. A comparable deal a few years back was Logan Forscthye being traded to the Dodgers with 1 or 2 years less team control for then premier prospect Jose De Leon who ranked 20-35 before TJS. They go and so does his value. Already Subscribed? Your statement makes literally no sense. Don’t see a need for a corner OF, but 2b is a concern as is pitching for Detroit. Green sucks. How Much Hunter Renfroe Ne Worth In 2019? He’s been pretty clutch with the home runs he has hit and he has improved his defense quite a bit. Partnered with the USA TODAY Sports Media Group  |  Powered by, Signed a 1 year $3.3 million contract with Tampa Bay (TB), avoiding arbitration, Traded to Tampa Bay (TB) from San Diego (SD) with, Signed a 1 year $582,100 contract with San Diego (SD), Signed a 1 year $535,900 contract with San Diego (SD), Drafted by San Diego (SD): Round 1 (#13 overall), Drafted by San Diego (SD): Round 1 (#13 overall), Sarris: Appreciating the style of this Rays team, in videos, The Dodgers, pushed to brink, roar back to win Game 7, National League pennant, Stark: Wild and Weird, Astros-Rays ALCS Game 7, The Tampa Bay Rays played it their way — all the way to the World Series, Rays beat Astros, advancing to the World Series while avoiding infamy, Stark: Wild and Weird, Astros-Rays ALCS Game 6. Two great starters is what you need in a 5 game series. That is short term thinking. That OBP is pitiful. Urias > Merrifield especially if the Padres would have to throw more prospects into the trade. He is a solid major league player. If Kansas City makes Whit Merrifield available, they will be several teams interested. Did your mom drop you on the head when you were a child? Why would the Padres want a 30 year old player whose game is dependent on his legs? No jk but the twins should be able to acquire Felipe Vazquez and Ken Giles, Gonna take some serious ammunition for either/both. Bruce Maxwell, the first major leaguer to kneel for the national anthem last year following NFL players’ leads, had been the projected starter before the acquisition of Lucroy. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. Currently, he is under 1 year / $582,100 contract with the San Diego Padres, which he signed on March 5, 2019. Porcello if we eat a lot of salary, and convince SD they are one #2/3 away from the playoffs? He has played right field in 29 games and center field in 5 games so far this season. That considerable amount of club control remaining will give the Padres some pause when it comes to trading Renfroe, but they’ve also been linked to controllable starting pitchers for quite some time now. If the Padres trade a 30 HR, .900 OPS player with 4 years of team control its going to be for a top of the rotation starter with 3 or 4 years of control. Hence why I said “they wouldn’t trade Fried unless Yates was involved” idiots like you just love to get into arguments on these threads nowadays huh? CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: fantasynews | arena: mlb | pageType: stories | The deal includes $582,100 guaranteed and an annual average salary of $582,100. Give it a rest. I don’t care how overrated Enyel de los Santos is or how overrated Koamalu thinks he is. September 21, 2016: San Diego Padres selected the contract of RF Hunter Renfroe from El Paso Chihuahuas. Congratulations! All Rights Reserved. But the Padres held onto all of their outfielders this winter, as they were seemingly unable to find an offer to their liking. Well the Padres sure should if they are trying to realistically assess their odds of making the postseason this year! Put Renfroe in St. Louis, NY or Boston and he rakes. And remember, Chicago gave up Frazier and three prospects for a half year of Chapman. He is much more patient at the plate. But, either way, bone head green would still put myers in center “to get his bat in the lineup” even though he sucks at center and his bat is ice cold. Please login to leave a reply. Slugging outfielder Hunter Renfroe is reportedly a popular target for other clubs in trade talks with the Padres. In 2020, Renfroe will earn a base salary of $3,300,000, while carrying a total salary of $3,300,000. The Oakland Athletics landed a new starting catcher, finalizing a $6.5 million, one-year contract with free agent Lucroy. But with the loaded Padres system, and a timeline of probably 5+ years, and small current year chances, I’d keep Urias. Bud Black is my hero! All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. The Padres selected Renfroe in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft. The Galvis trade wasn’t about the long-term. The Padres could move a different outfielder or, as they showed this offseason, forgo any sort of move and find a creative means of keeping all their current assets through the end of the season. Very comparable players in terms of production. Basically the speed of jank and bat of coredero were missed. Do you think you can educate them in just a few paragraphs? 2019 has been a big step in the right direction for SD but this isn’t their year. More AP baseball coverage: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball, FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2017, file photo, Colorado Rockies catcher Jonathan Lucroy throws out San Diego Padres' Hunter Renfroe on an infield ground ball during the third inning of a baseball game in San Diego. In the case of Renfroe, that should prove to have been a smart play given that the 27-year-old has elevated his stock through the first two-plus months of the 2019 campaign. Not that bad. that may be, but I remember him feuding with others on here stating, “Renfroe is going to be a part of the next Padre’s playoff team” And here we are reading rumors about him being dangled on the trade market. It’s not ideal, but neither is using Merrifield there. section: | slug: padres-hunter-renfroe-contract-selected-by-padres | sport: baseball | route: article_single_fantasy | Boyd has exactly 2.5 months of baseball that is above average in 5 seasons. Under .300 OBP? Padre fans going back and forth with nonsense priceless. 5:32 pm ET, Rays' Hunter Renfroe: Hits grand slam in clincher, Rays' Hunter Renfroe: Launches eighth homer, Rays' Hunter Renfroe: Cranks seventh homer, Rays' Hunter Renfroe: Contributes to rout, Rays' Hunter Renfroe: Launches fifth homer. Grain of truth there. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors. Just did a little research on Mike Trout. He played for them last season. Oh wait, that was me. All evidence says otherwise. They knew that they were not going to contend in 2018 and Tatis was the future and they were not going to block him. Padres should package him to the Royals for Whit Merrifield. Myers has actually managed to be passable in CF this year. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. Renfroe's adjusted salary with the Tampa Bay Rays is $1,222,222 Its gonna take a stronger offer for Boyd. Anyway, the Padres can afford to wait on Urias, who will be better than Merrifield during their window anyway. You can’t fix stupid. Dumb comparison on your part. Merrifield is owed – 5 mill in 2020, 6.75 mill in 2021, 2.75 mill in 2022, club option of 10.75 mill in 2023. padres have a team OBP of .294…….his OBP of .344 would be 1st on the padres out of guys with at least 200 at bats. 18hr 898ops is not too bad. Is he just a 4/5 OF’er? they traded to the cubs and now he is a super star 1B man .. they traded Rizzo for Cashner and that traded did not pan out…. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. All the check marks are coming out. MadBum is a FA at the end of the year. I don’t think that’s it. If you think the Padres can contend in 2020 it doesn’t really matter if he wants to go year-to-year. But if the Padres must move a name or 2 in the OF, they sure consider Jankowski and/or Cordero. I worry about 2020 tho because Eric Hosmer can only play well in odd-numbered years. Maybe they should trade Justin Upton for Max Fried. He put too much on his throw and it’ll go wild. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Padres have one of the best 2nd baseman in the minors and he is stuck there until thu dfa kinsler. He’s also 30. How many times have the teams with the best record blow it in the playoffs? maybe not the return they’d like. Would love to wait and see if Urias can figure it out, but 2B and CF need answers before guys get expensive. By Steve Adams | June 11, 2019 at 12:41pm CDT. Yes, its strategic. I’m not outinleftfield either! NOOOO! Oakland designated left-hander Jairo Labourt for assignment to create roster space for Lucroy. Only 2 cycles? Watson, a 34 year old situational lefty, has literally no value to the Padres. Derek Norris is the biggest threat to society! Actually, it was. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalised web experience. In fact, it fact, almost mandatory to overpay. He works counts. So is Andy Green! That’d be the present. In other words, in his decline years. Lol Renfroe’s average exit velocity has increased, though, and he’s shown more power than ever before. Chicago did not give up anyone named “Frazier” in the Chapman trade and he was the one missing piece for them. The team announced the deal Monday, March 12, 2018. Exactly. Teams value on base skills more than slugging now a days. You are sarcastically saying that, since Merrifield would be a okay fit, that it is okay for the Padres to overpay. The Padres have to send Miguel Diaz back to the Brewers if he doesn’t come off the DL by the end of the year!