Reds-Rays-Diamondbacks pull three team trade

[Diamondback Jay]

What's known is the Reds, Diamondbacks and Rays have swung a trade and Ryan Hannigan is one piece going to Tampa. More to come as info develops.

 

[bankybruce]

1:32pm: Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic tweets that Heath Bell appears to be involved in the trade, though he's not sure which team would be acquiring the right-hander.

WOOHOO

 

[bankybruce]

1:41pm: Piecoro adds that in order to shed the remainder of Bell's contract, the Diamondbacks are giving up something of value instead of taking on another bad contract (Twitter link).

BOO

 

[bankybruce]

Nick Piecoro ‏@nickpiecoro 2m Lefty David Holmberg is also involved in this deal.Expand Collapse Reply Retweet Retweeted

Double BOO

 

[Diamondback Jay]

I'm going to withhold judgement as of now till seeing what's going to be coming back in return. I sure as hell hope its going to be someone of value coming here.

 

[bankybruce]

Nick Piecoro ‏@nickpiecoro 1m RT @JackMagruder #Dbacks Heath Bell "I'm heading off to tampa."

Confirmed?

 

[crisper57]

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo620 11s
Dbacks likely to acquire Randy Choate and definitely will get a player to be named later

 

[bankybruce]

I'm going to withhold judgement as of now till seeing what's going to be coming back in return. I sure as hell hope its going to be someone of value coming here.

Sounds like we are sending a propect just to dump his salary.

 

[bankybruce]

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo620 11s
Dbacks likely to acquire Randy Choate and definitely will get a player to be named later

WOW, a 38 year old average RP.

 

[crisper57]

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo620 34s
The prospect Arizona will get will be from Tampa

 

[Diamondback Jay]

Holmberg to Cincy

 

[crisper57]

WOW, a 38 year old average RP.

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo620 31s
Make that Justin Choate not Randy.

BIIIIIG Difference, Gambo.

 

[crisper57]

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo620 39s
So in a nutshell Arizona gets Justin Choate and a good prospect to be named later for Bell and Holmberg.

 

[bankybruce]

Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal 1m #DBacks get RHP Justin Choate, player to be named, per source. Bell, Hanigan, $$$ to #Rays, Holmberg to #Reds, Choate and PTBN to #DBacks.

.

 

[bankybruce]

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo620 31s
Make that Justin Choate not Randy.

BIIIIIG Difference, Gambo.

Just a little bit. Sounds ok now.

 

[crisper57]

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo620 18s
Dbacks save nearly all of Bell's remaining salary ($6 million) to be spent elsewhere.

 

[Diamondback Jay]

@Ken_Rosenthal: #DBacks get RHP Justin Choate, player to be named, per source. Bell, Hanigan, $$$ to #Rays, Holmberg to #Reds, Choate and PTBN to #DBacks.

 

[crisper57]

Justin Choate's Stats:

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=645136

Looks like a long-term reliever prospect. Just broke into MiLB this year.

NY-Penn League: 16 Games Played, 1-3 Record. 2.88 ERA. 8 BB, 35 K's.

Strange, they have him listed at being born in 12/31/1990, which would make him 22, but he does not have a college. If this is his first year in MiLB, where was he after HS?

EDIT: I guess they don't have his bio up-to-date.

After his sophomore season at Texarkana in 2011, Choate committed to Stephen F. Austin State University, a Division I member of the Southland Conference.

This spring as a senior, Choate went 5-2 with a 3.93 ERA, mostly as a starter, but he did not hear his name called during the draft.

"I was expecting to get drafted in the 20th to 30th round by Cleveland," he said. "Two days before the draft I got a call saying they were going to pick me, but I never got the call. I went to a Rays' tryout and Pat Murphy, the scout, really liked me. I went and played three days of indy baseball until I actually got a phone call."

Choate was briefly a member of the Roswell (N.M.) Invaders of the Pecos League before he learned he was being assigned to Hudson Valley.

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130901/SPORTS14/309010328/-1/SPORTS14

 

[crisper57]

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo620 7m
Arizona only sending 500K of Bell's remaining $6 million salary to Tampa.

 

[Dback Jon]

Saving $5.5 Million, if spent wisely, makes this a good deal.

 

[Diamondback Jay]

Choate went to Stephen F. Austin.

 

[Phrazbit]

So we gave away Holmberg just to rid ourselves of Heath Bell?

Kevin Towers is shortening my life.

 

[Brian]

So we gave away Holmberg just to rid ourselves of Heath Bell?

Kevin Towers is shortening my life.

Yeah, the same Heath Bell that KT just had to have.

Sad.

 

[82CardsGrad]

So we gave away Holmberg just to rid ourselves of Heath Bell?

Kevin Towers is shortening my life.

Huh?? Sure... because Holmberg was our ticket to the championship, right?

 

[WildBB]

Huh?? Sure... because Holmberg was our ticket to the championship, right?

Right! Sometimes you got to see the forest, we saved big bucks to free up cash.

This deal should have other positive ramifications. Also addition by subtraction. It HAD to be done.