Posted December 12, 201113 yr The Rays acquired right-hander Burke Badenhop from the Marlins for minor league catcher Jake Jefferies, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times (Twitter link). http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/12/rays-acquire-burke-badenhop.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter So long Hopper. And that completes the Miguel Cabrera trade.....
December 12, 201113 yr Hmmm...i expected to rebuild the farm by aquiring multiple players for every one lost. Otherwise, they could just do it through free agency. Whatever....
December 12, 201113 yr Well that's disappointing. Wish we coulda picked up something a little better for the comedian.
December 12, 201113 yr Author What the?! With trading Hensley and Hopper we now have no long reliever?!? Leblanc?
December 12, 201113 yr Well at least the catcher looks... ugh, terrible... nevermind. We'll miss you Hopper! Not an extremely important piece, but I still liked him. Trade still doesn't make sense.
December 12, 201113 yr And that completes the Miguel Cabrera trade..... Haha, my exact thoughts when I first found out.
December 12, 201113 yr Author Well I expect Ceda to make the pen this coming season to take over Hensley's spot. Leblac or Volstad to take over Badenhop?
December 13, 201113 yr Andrew Miller Cameron Maybin Dallas Trahern Burke Badenhop Mike Rabelo Eulogio De La Cruz
December 13, 201113 yr What a great way to put the nail in the coffin of our returns from the Cabrera trade. I seriously think that's going down as one of the worst trades of all time by the time he retires.
December 13, 201113 yr What the?! With trading Hensley and Hopper we now have no long reliever?!? Oh no, how will we ever make it now??????? Those long relievers are soooooooo valuable!!! Wade LeBlanc...
December 13, 201113 yr Don't we also still have Dustin Richardson in the minors? No, I don't think so. Not that he's really a long reliever. Also, one of the replacements for Hopper/Hensley is technically Cishek, since he wasn't on the Opening Day roster last year and should make the team next year. Our bullpen is Bell, Mujica, Cishek, Webb, Dunn, Choate, long reliever.
December 13, 201113 yr That's also assuming Juan Carlos isn't our setup man next year, which isn't exactly set in stone yet.
December 13, 201113 yr To Tampa Bay? This couldn't have been Hopper for Shields straight up? No? Actually, the more I think of it... considering Hopper's already had a few solid major league seasons under his belt... we couldn't realistically get more for him? I know he's "just a reliever" but this doesn't seem like a decent return considering his contributions to us.
December 13, 201113 yr Quick fact- This is the first ever trade between the rays and marlins in franchise history
December 13, 201113 yr What the?! With trading Hensley and Hopper we now have no long reliever?!? Oh no, how will we ever make it now??????? Those long relievers are soooooooo valuable!!! Wade LeBlanc... While I did forget about LeBlanc, I don't think you can underestimate the importance of a long reliever while we have Nolasco and Volstad pencilled in as starters...
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