Going into the trade deadline, I was expecting the price tag on Mike Clevinger to be massive. He’s 29, has three years of control left, and is a consensus top 10 pitcher in baseball. I figured that the asking price would start with a premium young big leaguer (Gleyber Torres) or a blue chip sure fire prospect (Jasson Dominguez.)
As it turns out, Clevinger went for way less that. The Padres surrendered six pieces, which seems like a lot on paper. However, they hung on to their top seven prospects, so what did they really give up? A few lottery tickets.