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Bowden: Marlins Trade JT Realmuto to Phillies for Alfaro, Sanchez, Two Others
Stewart was an under-the-radar 20th rounder from an Alabama high school in 2015 and was mostly anonymous his first two pro summers until showing some progress in 2017 during his third summer in a short-season league, then breaking out this year in Low-A. Stewart primarily relies on an above average low-90s sinker that helped him post a 62% groundball rate in 2018, ranking fourth among qualified pitchers in all of the minor leagues. His slider is his best secondary pitch, but all three grade as various versions of average; his control, if not his command, is above average. The main hurdles to Stewart becoming an innings-eating starter is whether there is enough swing-and-miss in his repertoire, and if his strike-heavy approach will need to change in the upper minors.
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Philadelphia and Miami are in agreement on a trade that would send All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto to the Phillies for catcher Jorge Alfaro, pitching prospects Sixto Sanchez and Will Stewart, and an international bonus slot, league sources familiar with the deal tell ESPN.
Stewart is a little bit of a letdown. Not a bad prospect, but I was hoping for one of the bats in their top 10. I'd like to know the specifics of the international slot.
Seems like a solid deal if unspectacular. They did
1. Replace Realmuto with a future, cheaper option.
2. Get a pitching prospect with ace potential (Sanchez)
3. Get a prospect who is doing well at a low end of the minors, possible breakout potential (Stewart)
Given the Marlins situation at the moment, that's kind of what they needed to do.
Stewart is a little bit of a letdown. Not a bad prospect, but I was hoping for one of the bats in their top 10. I'd like to know the specifics of the international slot.
Biggest concern is the Marlins have stacked up on starting pitching prospects and outfield prospects in the post 2017 tear down that it'll be interesting to see how they progress at other positions. They're basically banking on just one player at many of the infield positions to succeed for future purposes. Not really hedging their bets outside of the starting pitchers.
Well, that ends up being somewhat underwhelming. Sanchez is a great piece. He's the top prospect we needed to get. But a backup catcher, and a 3rd piece outside their top 10 isn't great filler, especially when we've heard about the Braves that they'd be charging a premium to keep him in the division. The IFA money is nice, but overall, I don't love this deal. But I guess it's better than I expected with what we've heard recently.
Seems like a solid deal if unspectacular. They did
1. Replace Realmuto with a future, cheaper option.
2. Get a pitching prospect with ace potential (Sanchez)
3. Get a prospect who is doing well at a low end of the minors, possible breakout potential (Stewart)
Given the Marlins situation at the moment, that's kind of what they needed to do.
It's def solid.
Also - a lot of our message board banter was "yea throw in Conley."
Conley is turning into players in June/July for sure. Something.
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