Former AL Cy Young award winner Blake Snell is reportedly on the move. Not to the Marlins, as I advocated for following the World Series, but to the Padres.
Here’s the haul that the Rays are receiving for Snell:
The hypothetical Marlins package I put together two months ago consisted of left-hander Trevor Rogers, second baseman Isan Díaz and outfielder Peyton Burdick. That trio carried a combined $46.8 million in surplus value, according to Baseball Trade Values (BTV). Instead, Tampa Bay pressured the win-now Padres into “a slight overpay”—Patino/Mejía/Wilcox/Hunt are valued at $60.