The trade market heated up as the Padres continued to remake their OF situation by acquiring Tommy Pham from the Rays for Hunter Renfroe. SS prospect Xavier Edwards is also moving from the Padres to the Rays with a PTBNL coming back. Pham is probably more of an all-around player than Renfroe, but Renfroe has tremendous power that he may be just starting to tap into. Fangraphs also surprisingly(at least to me) grades Renfroe out as a better fielder. The Padres seem to be making aggressive challenge trades this hot stove season and it's a challenge to see how they have really helped themselves.
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The Brewers acquired left-handed hitting C Omar Narvaez from the Mariners for a prospect and a CB round draft pick. I always like the setup of a left-handed hitting primary catcher paired in a straight platoon with a righty hitter. The Mariners apparently see Tom Murphy emerging as their primary catcher which made Narvaez, who seems to be a bit defensively challenged, expendable.
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The Astros shipped OF Jake Marisnick to the Mets for a couple of minor leaguers. Marisnick has all the tools in the world but struggles at the plate against RHP's so is limited to the the short end of a platoon and late-inning defensive replacement. It's not clear how this trade moves the needle much for the Mets.
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The Giants announced a couple of hires: 33 yo Donnie Ecker will be the new hitting coach. Ecker was the assistant hitting coach for the Reds and is credited with helping Aristides Aquino unlock his power. Ecker's playing career never got past the low minors and indy ball but he has made a name for himself as a coach at the HS, college and pro levels. The Giants also announced the addition of Mets Director of Pro Scouting Jim D'Aloia to the Giants scouting staff. Aloia is reported to have argued strongly against including Jarred Kelenic in the Cano/Diaz trade. So far, it looks like he was right in that argument. I'll give credit to Farhan for casting a wide net and creating new roles for his coaching and scouting hires while bringing in young guys who appear to be very innovative and forward thinking with strong emphasis on getting better performance out of talent already in the organization. We look forward to seeing results in the field.
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