The Chase Headley trade -- rumored for years -- has finally happened. Let’s take a look at what our favorite experts are saying.
Padres waited too long, didn’t get enough from Chase Headley trade
Here is what the experts are saying about the Chase Headley trade.
Jason Miller
Dammit, Padres
Before the details were released:
No word on who SD is getting for Headley, but it'll be fun when it's 1/10000th of what it could have been when they should have traded him.
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) July 22, 2014
It is known. Why did they wait so long? What were they thinking then? What are they thinking now?
The Padres also don't get to offer Headley a qualifying offer, and they're making moves without a GM. Weird, weird franchise.
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) July 22, 2014
Worth pointing out that there IS a reason Padres GM Josh Byrnes was fired.
Not quite sure why you don't QO Headley and either try again next year with him or take the pick if he walks
— Jonathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) July 22, 2014
This is why you don’t make major moves with an interim GM. Or maybe this is why Byrnes is gone? I mean...
Graphing the Padres OBP by Slugging ...left Headley on for now, just for perspective. Rest of images- Yikes! pic.twitter.com/7IOv0C3JDD
— Mark Simon (@msimonespn) July 22, 2014
The Padres paid the Yankees to take Chase Headley. The Padres paid the Yankees to take Chase Headley. The Padres paid the Yankees to take Ch
— Marc Normandin (@Marc_Normandin) July 22, 2014 whypeoplegetfired.jpg
Only the Yankees can really do this on the regular:
Chase Headley turned 30 in May. Now old enough to be a Yankee.
— Danny Knobler (@DannyKnobler) July 22, 2014
Knobler is being funny here, but he's making a subversive point. The Yankees *still* aren't getting younger, no matter how little they're giving up. Is that sustainable? Not if you're any team but the Yankees.
Getting a million bucks for Solarte and DePaula is a pretty good deal all by itself. 60 games of Headley is a bonus.
— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) July 22, 2014
Sheehan makes a good point. Does anybody bat an eye at Solarte/DePaula-for-$1-million?
Solarte is consistent with the idea of not giving up much. A journeyman who got hot and faded.
— Andy Martino (@MartinoNYDN) July 22, 2014
Cashman turned a future reliever, a career minor leaguer, and a Vidal Nuno into Brandon McCarthy, Chase Headley, and money. Amazing.
— Tanya Bondurant (@TanyaBondurant) July 22, 2014
Is Cashman the Bill Belichick of MLB? Everything looks wise in retrospect when it was Brady / the weight that Yankees’ financial leverage confers all along? Let’s talk about this later.
But what are the Yankees actually getting?
Over the past 30 days, Chase Headley has a 110 wRC+. Among 29 qualified third basemen, that ranks 14th. #Padres #Yankees
— Beyond the Box Score (@BtBScore) July 22, 2014
Solid point by @mikeaxisa. Yanks added Nuno/Solarte for nothing & turned them into McCarthy/Headley. Thats 2 upgrades, however big or small
— Jack Curry (@JackCurryYES) July 22, 2014
Headley is more accomplished than Solarte. McCarthy is more accomplished than Nuno. If you're Yanks, you make both moves. They're upgrades.
— Jack Curry (@JackCurryYES) July 22, 2014
Headley has not been very good since 2012, but Yankees are betting he is better than he has shown.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 22, 2014
/nodding
Wisdom for the rest of the league
#Royals fans take note: The Headley trade return from the Yankees is what happens when you hold onto an asset too long.
— Justin Bopp (@justinbopp) July 22, 2014
I don't care if it's gauche to embed your own tweets. The Royals -- and all teams like them like the Cubs -- never quite understand their place on the spectrum of winning and the best moment to trade talent. Everyone please go look at the Rays and why they're trading Price now (hint: not because they're losing).
Headley getting traded means he won't cost a draft pick this offseason. Probably drops Pablo's price a smidgen.
— Grant Brisbee (@mccoveychron) July 22, 2014
Nothing happens in a vacuum in MLB. The way this affects the rest of the trade market will be awesome to see play out.
The #bluejays were definitely interested in Headley. Had several of their top pro scouts watching Padres last few weeks.
— Richard Griffin (@RGriffinStar) July 22, 2014
See!
The man himself:
I would just like to thank the @Padres and the city of San Diego for the best years of my life. I'm excited to join the Yankee organization!
— Chase Headley (@ChaseHeadley7) July 22, 2014
Edit: ^That man is a bad man and is a fake account. Apologies to our readers.
I've been told in the past that Headley always liked the idea of being a Yankee.
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 22, 2014
Every ballplayer, everywhere probably feels the same, unless they’re from New England. Who doesn’t want to be Yankee?
Man, all of those contract offers Chase Headley turned down.
— Scott Weber (@LookoutLanding) July 22, 2014
Oops.
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