Mason Miller trade grades: Who won the Padres and Athletics deal?
Flamethrowing Mason Miller is headed to the San Diego Padres, as is lefty starter J.P. Sears. And in exchange? The Athletics are getting a bunch of prospects ... including a blue-chipper.
WOW. WOW WOW WOW! This is a big deal for the National League playoff race, and maybe this is huge for the Athletics, who dealt an arbitration eligible arm and got back some young talent.
Let's break it down with trade grades for both teams, as we do:
Athletics and Padres trade details
Padres get: RP Mason Miller, LHP JP Sears
Athletics get: RHP Eduarniel Nunez, SS Leo De Vries, RHP Braden Nett and RHP Henry Baez
Padres trade grade
The rich getting richer. Sears can slot in at the back end of the rotation, but it's Miller who gives them yet another arm in a group full of bullpen talent from Robert Suarez to Jeremiah Estrada to Jason Adam to Adrian Morejon. YIKES. A devastating amount of depth just got deeper.
Was it worth giving up shortstop Leo De Vries, a top-5 prospect in all of baseball? Time will tell. But if you're contending, this is what you do.
GRADE: A
Athletics grade
They knew Miller was going to need a significant raise. So instead, they're going to end up with a blue chip prospect in De Vries, the Padres' third-best prospect (per MLB.com) in Nett and a couple of other names who were noteworthy in San Diego's system.
If De Vries ends up being a future star, it's going to be worth it. I love the return here.
GRADE: A
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