2013 Trade Deadline Talk

[Todd]

i don't care who they get back as long as Jeffrey saves money.

[HUGG]

waited too long to trade him

[MiamiHomer]

Joe Frisaro @JoeFrisaro

RHP Steve Ames to be part of Nolasco deal from #Marlins to #Dodgers

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[HUGG]

Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 11m
Hearing #Dodgers also getting international pool money in Nolasco trade with #Marlins.

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Ames is a 25 year old reliever with big time K numbers until this season, he's only 7.9k/9 in AAA so far.

11.5k/9 2.1bb/9 in 207 minor league innings overall
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Ames is the Dodgers #21 prospect and is on the 40 man roster

2013 BA Book:

Ames has performed at every stop along the way in his pro career. He went 8-2, 3.91 while working as a starter in his lone season at Gonzaga in 2009, but the Dodgers converted him to relief right away. He has put up a 1.93 career ERA in four seasons as a pro and earned a spot on Los Angeles' 40-man roster after last season. His brother Jeff pitches in the Rays system. Ames has the prototypical reliever's mentality, coming to the mound in attack mode. He works fast and pounds the bottom of the strike zone with 92-94 mph fastballs. He struggles to maintain a consistent release point for his slider at times, but it looks like a solid major league pitch when he has it going. He has an early-count curveball as well, and he sometimes gets caught between the two breaking pitches. He has some feel for a below-average changeup but uses it infrequently. Ames delivery is a bit herky-jerky, but it's nothing major and his command is solid. He should make his big league debut at some point in 2013, fitting in as a useful seventh or eighth inning option down the road.

[fauowls44]

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Ames is a 25 year old reliever with big time K numbers until this season, he's only 7.9k/9 in AAA so far.

11.5k/9 2.1bb/9 in 207 minor league innings overall
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Ames is the Dodgers #21 prospect and is on the 40 man roster

2013 BA Book:

Well we do need bullpen arms to replace Webb, Qualls, and hopefully Dunn.

[HUGG]

I would imagine if we deal Qualls or Webb, he'll be the one they call up.

[Erick]

I wouldn't mind if we dealt our whole entire bullpen, including Cishek. Webb, Dunn, Qualls and Cishek.

[HUGG]

Joe Frisaro @JoeFrisaro 5m
I'm also hearing RHP Josh Wall, along with Steve Ames, is part of #Marlins #Dodgers pending deal

Another RP, 26 years old, already made his major league debut

#20 on their prospect list

2013 BA report coming in a minute

[Erick]

Josh Wall is guy #2 coming back in the trade.

[marlinsfan24]

BA #20 and #21 would be even lower in our organization. The third player has to be a decent one, or the Marlins lose this deal BIG time.

[Erick]

BA #20 and #21 would be even lower in our organization. The third player has to be a decent one, or the Marlins lose this deal BIG time.

No they don't.

[marlinsfan24]

Read on MLBTR that Angel Sanchez is the third player. Looking for confirmation now.

[HUGG]

Wall:

Wall needed time to mature, physically and mentally, after the Dodgers took him in the second round of the 2005 draft and signed him for $480,000. A rangy, long-limbed 6-foot-6, he struggled to maintain his stuff consistently as a starter, but he turned a corner after converting to relief in 2011. Braving the hitter's haven in Albuquerque last year, he led the Pacific Coast League and ranked fourth in the minors with 28 saves and made his big league debut in July. Wall has the weapons to pitch in the back of a big league bullpen, with a fastball that sits at 94-96 mph and a hard, late-breaking slider. The slider can get sweepy but has been a plus pitch for him. He also has a curveball and changeup left over from his days as a starter, but he is primarily a two-pitch reliever. He has a clean delivery but his size makes it difficult to repeat, and his command remains below average. That hinders him against lefthanders, who posted an .811 OPS against him in Triple-A. Los Angeles has been encouraged by Wall's maturation, as he has come to take his career more seriously. He'll have a chance to make the big league bullpen in spring training.

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If it's Sanchez, he's their #25 prospect.

[marlinsfan24]

Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS 1m
it's stephen ames, josh wall and angel sanchez going to #marlins in pending nolasco deal. @ChrisCotillo had sanchez 1st

[dim]

MLB lists Sanchez as the Dodgers 8th best prospect (before the season).

I'm more inclined towards BA. I don't see how Sanchez is a top 10 prospect.