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Mariners Acquire Danny Valencia From Athletics
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By Charlie Wilmoth | November 12, 2016 at 2:32pm CDT
The Mariners have acquired Danny Valencia from the Athletics, Yahoo! Sports’
Jeff Passan tweets. In exchange, Oakland will receive righty Paul Blackburn,
tweets MLB.com’s Greg Johns.
[Related: Updated Seattle Mariners Depth Chart]
The 32-year-old Valencia has hit well in each of the past two seasons, most
recently posting a .287/.346/.446 line in 517 plate appearances with Oakland
in 2016. He also logged substantial playing time at three positions (third
base, first base and right field), giving him a bit of defensive versatility.
He graded poorly at third, though, and got in a clubhouse altercation with
Billy Butler that resulted in Butler heading to the 7-day concussion DL.
Butler was released soon after, and although the Athletics said Butler’s
release was unrelated to the clubhouse fight, it seemed by season’s end that
the A’s were looking to move on from Valencia. Youngster Ryon Healy received
the bulk of the Athletics’ available playing time down the stretch at third
base. It already looked possible the A’s could look outfield help this
winter, and now it looks even more likely that they will.
Valencia has one more year of club control remaining before he’s eligible
for free agency, and we project he’ll make $5.3MM next season. The Mariners
obviously have a good third baseman in Kyle Seager, but Valencia could be a
factor at first base and/or in the outfield. At first, his right-handed bat
might pair well with that of lefty Dan Vogelbach.
The 22-year-old Blackburn, who arrived with Vogelbach in the Mike Montgomery
deal in July, ranked as the Mariners’ 18th-best prospect, according to
MLB.com. The Cubs made him the 56th overall pick in the draft in 2012. He
throws sinkers in the low 90s and has what MLB.com describes as solid
secondary stuff and a good feel for pitching, so perhaps he could profile as
a back-of-the-rotation type in the big leagues. He produced a 3.27 ERA, 6.2
K/9 and 2.2 BB/9 in 143 Double-A innings in 2016.
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1. 水手隊與運動家隊達成一筆選手交易案如下：
Paul Blackburn (RHP, SEA) <-> Danny Valencia (3B/1B/RF, OAK)
2. Danny Valencia在三壘的守備並不出色，也一度因為與Billy Butler產生衝突，使得
Billy Butler進入了七日腦震盪傷兵名單。
3. 運動家將會讓年輕新秀Ryon Healy頂替三壘的空缺，且這筆交易意味著運動家在交易市
場補強外野手的可能性大增。
4. Danny Valencia還有一年的球隊控制權，2018年才成為自由球員，而明年球季的預估薪
水為$5.3MM。
5. 水手隊已經有明星三壘手Kyle Seager，不過Danny Valencia能守3B/1B/RF，也增添了
調度的靈活度，預計跟左打的Dan Vogelbach來Platoon一壘的位置。
6. 潛力新秀Paul Blackburn因為Mike Montgomery的交易案來到了水手，曾位居水手官網
潛力新秀排名第18名，90mph左右的Sinker與不錯的Stuff，預計能勝任後段輪值。
7. Danny Valencia今年的成績表現(今年31歲；今年薪水：$3.15MM)：
G H HR RBI SO BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
130 135 17 51 115 41 .287 .346 .446 .792 119