Sean Marshall officially headed to Cincy

[Rice Cube]

It looks like the Cubs won that trade by far...

I agree. That's a nice haul for an almost-30-year-old reliever even if he's one of the best relievers in the league.

 

[Rice Cube]

MLBTR:

Cubs To Send Sean Marshall To Reds For Travis Wood: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com

 

[Jntg4]

Big fan of Torreyes, batted .390 in Venezuela, .349 in Arizona, and .356 in the Midwest League... OBP of about .55 higher than his average, pretty decent... .935 career minor league OPS, not much power yet though, but only 19.

Sappelt is pretty decent too.

 

[JBconway]

Big fan of Torreyes, batted .390 in Venezuela, .349 in Arizona, and .356 in the Midwest League... OBP of about .55 higher than his average, pretty decent... .935 career minor league OPS, not much power yet though, but only 19.

Sappelt is pretty decent too.

What position do you see him ending up at as a big leaguer? We gotta upgrade at 2nd- Barney is not an everyday player

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

My jaw dropped a bit..

I think we fleeced the Reds on this one.

 

[waldo7239117]

Prospects the Cubs will Receive to Complete Marshall Trade |

On Wednesday, the Cubs traded left-handed relief pitcher Sean Marshall to the Cincinnati Reds for starting pitcher Travis Wood and 2 prospect. Today, Keith Law of ESPN.com reports the Cubs will receive OF Dave Sappelt and IF Ronald Torreyes to complete the Sean Marshall trade. The deal is expected to be announced later today.

Here’s a brief look at the prospects the Cubs have received:

OF Dave Sappelt: Sappelt is a 24 year year-old outfielder who bats right-handed. He did see a brief stint in the majors during the 2011 season. Sappelt made his major league debut on August 7th, 2011 against the Chicago Cubs. Hmmm, sound familiar? It may because Travis Wood, who the Cubs received too, made his major-league debut vs. the Cubs. In his time in the majors, Sappelt hit .243 with 0 home runs and 4 runs drive in. However, Sappelt had a good season in Triple A… batting .313 with 29 runs drive in. Also, he batted .358 vs lefties.

Sappelt was drafted in the 9th round of the 2008 draft by the Cincinnati Reds.

I don’t think Sappelt will make the team out of spring training, but will be given every chance to do so. He’s probably more for depth in the minors and a call-up for injury purposes. He’s not rated in the Baseball America’s 10 prospects list.

IF Ronald Torreyes: He’s a steal in the trade for the Cubs. Watch out for this kid and he is only a kid, being 19-years old. He has been putting up nice stats in the minors and is looking like a promising player. As I already mentioned, Torreyes is 19-years old and a right-handed hitter. In A ball, Torreyes hit .356/.398/.457/.855 with 3 home runs and 41 runs drive in. Also, Torreyes struck out 19 times and drew 14 walks. I saw that he also plays good defense… which the Cubs need. Torreyes is not in the top prospects list entering the 2012 season, by Baseball America. I’m surprise he’s not mentioned in the list.

As you can see, Torreyes is still far away from the majors.. But he does look like a promising young infielder. Now this is one kid to keep an eye on. I expect good things out of Torreyes.

Dream-young infield in years: 3B-Javier Baez; SS-Starlin Castro; 2B-Ronald Torreyes and 1B-Daniel Vogelbach. I know that won’t happen, but would be fun and cool.

So… it’s official, Sean Marshall is a Red and the Cubs get a young starter in Travis Wood. Also, the Cubs get two young players – OF Dave Sappelt and IF Ronald Torreyes.

 

[tbo41fan]

score one for Theo

 

[WindyCity]

The more I read about this trade the more I like it as we probably would not have been able to get Marshall resigned.

If we can continue to make deals that add potential major league players and some nice prospects we will be in good shape.

Torreyes is someone to watch.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

wow thats a really impressive trade(for us atleast)

nice job theo

 

[Shawon0Meter]

There seems to be a need to overhype the trade on the Cubs side. The pitcher, if he reaches 100% full potential, is a journeyman 5th starter when an injury happens. The 2 minor leaguers aren't anywhere near the Reds top 10 and will never sniff a full season in the majors.

 

[Jntg4]

There seems to be a need to overhype the trade on the Cubs side. The pitcher, if he reaches 100% full potential, is a journeyman 5th starter when an injury happens. The 2 minor leaguers aren't anywhere near the Reds top 10 and will never sniff a full season in the majors.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

There seems to be a need to overhype the trade on the Cubs side. The pitcher, if he reaches 100% full potential, is a journeyman 5th starter when an injury happens. The 2 minor leaguers aren't anywhere near the Reds top 10 and will never sniff a full season in the majors.

lol wood has been active in the reds rotation, he's young, and i think he's certainly viable to be in the back of the cubs rotation now

both of the prospects are doing well in the minors even if they arent supposedly in the top 10 in their farm(which surprises me)

sapplet will probably be in the majors soon...and torreyes may not be for a while but he is a serious talent

its a very good trade because we get some really good young pieces that we need for the future(since that is what the organization is aiming for under theo) in return for a reliever(a good one,mind you, but still...)


i doubt marshall was going to be on the team long term anyway

 

[85Bears4life]

Travis wood...

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

There seems to be a need to overhype the trade on the Cubs side. The pitcher, if he reaches 100% full potential, is a journeyman 5th starter when an injury happens. The 2 minor leaguers aren't anywhere near the Reds top 10 and will never sniff a full season in the majors.

D3A did you make another account?

 

[Uman85]

The Seedlings To Stars 2012 Top 100 Prospects, #93: Ronald Torreyes - Seedlings to Stars - A Minor League Baseball Site - Draft and Prospect News, Blogs, Opinion and More


^^A little more info on Torreyes.

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

Yeah we win this deal on paper.

 

[waldo7239117]

D3A did you make another account?

Haha I was going to say that. But was too lazy.

 

[Uman85]

Where's d3a been? I haven't seen him in a few weeks.

 

[Jntg4]

He struck out just 19 times in 67 games–just 6.2% of his at-bats. For comparison, the only player in the big leagues to have a lower strikeout rate this season was Juan Pierre.

Definitely a Theo type of guy.

Figure him to be at Daytona for his age 20 season, Tennessee at 21, Iowa at 22, and hopefully MLB at 23 if he pans out.

 

[Jntg4]

He’s listed at 5’9″ and 140 lbs., but is probably closer to 5’7″-5’8″, and clearly isn’t physically imposing in the least.

Pretty small, but isn't that the reason that Castro was almost passed up on and why Pedroia wasn't supposed to be good?