Hours after acknowledging that the Miami Marlins bullpen needed work,  general manager Kim Ng reached function by trading JJ Bleday to the Oakland Athletics for left-handed reducer A.J. Puk. The one-for-one swap of former first-round MLB Draft picks is currently official.The #Marlins have reportedly obtained LHP A.J. Puk ($4.1 M typical trade value) from the #Athletics in exchange for OF JJ Bleday ($4.2 M). The deal is accepted by our model.-- Baseball Profession Worths February 12,  2023Listen back to State of the Fish beginning at the 29:45 mark to listen to how Give Kiefer and I analyzed the sell actual time.Bleday's potential fit with the 2023 Fish was hazy at best. After an unexciting development via their farm system,  he choked up as a newbie with the big league club during the 2nd half of last period (.167/.277/.309,  72 wRC+ Marlins Shorts,  -0.3 fWAR in 238 ). The Marlins didn't precisely established him up for a smooth change to the highest degree,  straining him with the defensive obligation of being their daily facility fielder despite doing not have the dexterity generally connected with the position.Bleday would certainly have been on the outdoors looking in at the Opening Day lineup without a course towards routine playing time. As high as Bleday's stock has actually plummeted since he was chosen 4th overall in the 2019 draft,  it might have proceeded to go down if he spent his age-25 project rotting in the minors.Meanwhile,  the A's are as far away from playoff contention as any kind of MLB team. Without pressure to win games in the short-term,  they can provide a longer chain for players like Bleday to try to pick up from their mistakes. Likewise worth keeping in mind in Bleday's situation,  being a pull-happy lefty,  he should be a beneficiary of the league's brand-new restriction on infield shifting. The previous Vanderbilt celebrity will be under Oakland's club control for a minimum of the next 6 periods and he still has all three of his minor organization choices intact.In exchange for Bleday,  the Marlins get a player who deals with among their vulnerabilities. Transforming 28 in April,  Puk has a horrible fastball-slider combination that's especially reliable versus left-handed batters. He obtained substantial experience pitching in high-leverage situations for the 2022 A's and collected 4 saves. Not yet qualified for adjudication,  he'll be under club control via the 2026 period. A.J. Puk's MLB career statistics Baseball-Reference Puk has had a hard time to stay healthy and balanced in the past. He went through Tommy John surgical treatment in 2018 and has considering that missed out on time with a left shoulder stress and a left biceps stress. In 2015,  he stayed clear of the IL completely,  only being gotten rid of from the Athletics roster for a couple of days in April during a trip to Toronto (Puk was ineligible to go as a result of Canada's requirement that site visitors have the COVID vaccine). The Marlins were lacking alternatives to augment their bullpen. Over the last two days,  cost-free agents Michael Fulmer,  Andrew Chafin and Alex Reyes authorized with the Cubs,  Diamondbacks and Dodgers,  specifically. Perhaps not coincidentally,  this profession was finished shortly after the news of Reyes' offer-- according to the Miami Herald,  the Marlins had been in quest of him this offseason.Replacing Bleday with Puk only bumps up Miami's 2023 pay-roll by a minimal amount,  so this ought to not disqualify them from proceeding to look for corresponding seasoned duty players.

Hours after acknowledging that the Miami Marlins bullpen needed work,  general manager Kim Ng reached function by trading JJ Bleday to the Oakland Athletics for left-handed reducer A.J. Puk. The one-for-one swap of former first-round MLB Draft picks is currently official.The #Marlins have reportedly obtained LHP A.J. Puk ($4.1 M typical trade value) from the #Athletics in exchange for OF JJ Bleday ($4.2 M). The deal is accepted by our model.-- Baseball Profession Worths February 12,  2023Listen back to State of the Fish beginning at the 29:45 mark to listen to how Give Kiefer and I analyzed the sell actual time.Bleday's potential fit with the 2023 Fish was hazy at best. After an unexciting development via their farm system,  he choked up as a newbie with the big league club during the 2nd half of last period (.167/.277/.309,  72 wRC+ Marlins Shorts,  -0.3 fWAR in 238 ). The Marlins didn't precisely established him up for a smooth change to the highest degree,  straining him with the defensive obligation of being their daily facility fielder despite doing not have the dexterity generally connected with the position.Bleday would certainly have been on the outdoors looking in at the Opening Day lineup without a course towards routine playing time. As high as Bleday's stock has actually plummeted since he was chosen 4th overall in the 2019 draft,  it might have proceeded to go down if he spent his age-25 project rotting in the minors.Meanwhile,  the A's are as far away from playoff contention as any kind of MLB team. Without pressure to win games in the short-term,  they can provide a longer chain for players like Bleday to try to pick up from their mistakes. Likewise worth keeping in mind in Bleday's situation,  being a pull-happy lefty,  he should be a beneficiary of the league's brand-new restriction on infield shifting. The previous Vanderbilt celebrity will be under Oakland's club control for a minimum of the next 6 periods and he still has all three of his minor organization choices intact.In exchange for Bleday,  the Marlins get a player who deals with among their vulnerabilities. Transforming 28 in April,  Puk has a horrible fastball-slider combination that's especially reliable versus left-handed batters. He obtained substantial experience pitching in high-leverage situations for the 2022 A's and collected 4 saves. Not yet qualified for adjudication,  he'll be under club control via the 2026 period. A.J. Puk's MLB career statistics Baseball-Reference Puk has had a hard time to stay healthy and balanced in the past. He went through Tommy John surgical treatment in 2018 and has considering that missed out on time with a left shoulder stress and a left biceps stress. In 2015,  he stayed clear of the IL completely,  only being gotten rid of from the Athletics roster for a couple of days in April during a trip to Toronto (Puk was ineligible to go as a result of Canada's requirement that site visitors have the COVID vaccine). The Marlins were lacking alternatives to augment their bullpen. Over the last two days,  cost-free agents Michael Fulmer,  Andrew Chafin and Alex Reyes authorized with the Cubs,  Diamondbacks and Dodgers,  specifically. Perhaps not coincidentally,  this profession was finished shortly after the news of Reyes' offer-- according to the Miami Herald,  the Marlins had been in quest of him this offseason.Replacing Bleday with Puk only bumps up Miami's 2023 pay-roll by a minimal amount,  so this ought to not disqualify them from proceeding to look for corresponding seasoned duty players.