Profar to the A's, Rays and Rangers 3-Way Trade

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Ken Rosenthal

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Source confirms: #Athletics get Jurickson Profar from #Rangers. First reported: @JeffPassan.

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The trade that sent Jurickson Profar to the Oakland A’s is part of a three-way deal that also includes the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. There are multiple major leaguers and minor leaguers involved, plus a draft pick and international $.

 

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The trade of Jurickson Profar from Texas to Oakland is part of a three-way deal that includes the Tampa Bay Rays, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. The A’s will send prospect Eli White to the Rangers and the 38th overall pick in the 2019 draft, plus RP Emilio Pagan, to TB.

 

The Rays will send lefty Brock Burke, a favorite among scouts, to Texas. At least three other minor leaguers are involved, sources tell Yahoo Sports, but the core deal: Jurickson Profar to the A’s, Brock Burke and Eli White to the Rangers, 38th pick and Emilio Pagan to the Rays.

 

 

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More Ken Rosenthal Retweeted Jeff Passan

#Rangers getting four players and int’l slot money in this trade, source says.

 

 

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Full trade, sources tell Yahoo Sports:

 

Oakland gets: Jurickson Profar

 

Texas gets: Brock Burke, Eli White, Kyle Bird, Yoel Espinal, international $

 

Tampa Bay gets: 38th pick in 2019 draft, Emilio Pagan, Rollie Lacy

[ewitkows]

One less spot for Lowrie to go

[SRB]

One less spot for Lowrie to go

 

Or Tulowitzki!

 

Great trade from our perspective

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

It is really fun to see all the pre-Christmas player movement this year after last year's market was so stagnant until seemingly late January last year. Hopefully the Brewers get on the bandwagon with a bigger move than Claudio or Spangenberg.

[KeithStone53151]

Rangers are stockpiling draft picks. They now have 2 of the comp round 1 picks. Agreed I think this is generally good for us getting a quality 2b option at a budget price.

 

Edit - I read this wrong, I guess the pick is going to TB.

[ewitkows]

Profar is going to the Rays.

 

Profar is the only piece headed to the Rays, per Passan. The A’s will receive Oakland’s Competitive Balance pick, reliever Emilio Pagan (from Oakland) and minor league lefty Rollie Lacy (from Texas). The Rangers, meanwhile, will acquire minor leaguers Brock Burke, Eli White, Kyle Bird, Yoel Espinal and international bonus allotments.

[KeithStone53151]

That's a fun trade, I can see how all 3 teams would like the trade. I am a bit surprised by how much Oakland gave up to acquire Profar. This feels like the equivalent of us giving up Stokes, Taylor Williams, and a comp pick. Stokes isn't a perfect example as he's an OF, but it's the closest we have.

[KeithStone53151]

Profar is going to the Rays.

 

Profar is the only piece headed to the Rays, per Passan. The A’s will receive Oakland’s Competitive Balance pick, reliever Emilio Pagan (from Oakland) and minor league lefty Rollie Lacy (from Texas). The Rangers, meanwhile, will acquire minor leaguers Brock Burke, Eli White, Kyle Bird, Yoel Espinal and international bonus allotments.

 

This looks weird. The A's seem to be receiving a lot of their own stuff...

[homer]

Profar is going to the Rays.

 

Profar is the only piece headed to the Rays, per Passan. The A’s will receive Oakland’s Competitive Balance pick, reliever Emilio Pagan (from Oakland) and minor league lefty Rollie Lacy (from Texas). The Rangers, meanwhile, will acquire minor leaguers Brock Burke, Eli White, Kyle Bird, Yoel Espinal and international bonus allotments.

 

This looks weird. The A's seem to be receiving a lot of their own stuff...

 

Time is a flat circle

[3and2Fastball]

Profar is going to the Rays.

 

Profar is the only piece headed to the Rays, per Passan. The A’s will receive Oakland’s Competitive Balance pick, reliever Emilio Pagan (from Oakland) and minor league lefty Rollie Lacy (from Texas). The Rangers, meanwhile, will acquire minor leaguers Brock Burke, Eli White, Kyle Bird, Yoel Espinal and international bonus allotments.

 

This looks weird. The A's seem to be receiving a lot of their own stuff...

 

Time is a flat circle

 

The Earth is not flat! Fake news!!!!

[ewitkows]

MLB traderumors changed it again and now Pofar is indeed headed to the A's

[JosephC]

I haven't heard the amount of the international bonus pool is heading from Tampa Bay to Texas.

 

Really hard to judge this trade because what number does one put on Profar? He was basically a worthless player prior to 2018.

 

But just glancing, the Rays appeared to have given up 3 fringe prospects and some of their international bonus pool, got one fringe prospect back, a comp A pick and a marginal MLB reliever. This seems like a pretty good move for them.

[KeithStone53151]

I haven't heard the amount of the international bonus pool is heading from Tampa Bay to Texas.

 

Really hard to judge this trade because what number does one put on Profar? He was basically a worthless player prior to 2018.

 

But just glancing, the Rays appeared to have given up 3 fringe prospects and some of their international bonus pool, got one fringe prospect back, a comp A pick and a marginal MLB reliever. This seems like a pretty good move for them.

 

It's the A's getting Profar, not the Rays.

[And That]

Who's on first

[B-Train]

Oakland and Tampa are profar away from each other too.

[3and2Fastball]

Who's on first

 

Jesus

[HiAndTight]

I haven't heard the amount of the international bonus pool is heading from Tampa Bay to Texas.

 

Really hard to judge this trade because what number does one put on Profar? He was basically a worthless player prior to 2018.

 

But just glancing, the Rays appeared to have given up 3 fringe prospects and some of their international bonus pool, got one fringe prospect back, a comp A pick and a marginal MLB reliever. This seems like a pretty good move for them.

 

It's the A's getting Profar, not the Rays.

 

 

 

Whoever it is, remember when he was the top rated prospect in baseball or at least among the top with Trout, Moore and others? I'm just going off memory, but I do remember he was exected to be not just a good player, but a great, cant miss type guy.

 

At his age, and a nice resurgence last year, I would definitely be buying high on Profar if I was either the Rays OR the A's.

[JosephC]

Will be interesting to see if he does become the next Phil Nevin. Nevin was the first overall pick and was horrible until he got to his age 28 season. Had three good seasons and then was really mediocre again. Time will tell.