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Post by Chicago Cubs (Curtis) on Feb 5, 2024 12:45:11 GMT -8
CIN sends SP Pablo Lopez $20,000,000 2026-27P (CIN retains $15MM for entire contract)
CHC sends 3B Brady House SS Eric Brown Jr. 3B BJ Murray OF Jose Ramos 4th rd AMAT
A prospect haul that hurts to see go in return for a very talented SP at below-market contract. It really hurts to see my future 3B option go but felt a strong need to shore up my team's biggest weakness in front-end SP talent.
Brandon was a pleasure to work with through various iterations of this deal.
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Post by Cincinnati Reds (Brandon) on Feb 5, 2024 12:50:39 GMT -8
Cincinnati Agrees.
While I never like retaining salary, that is one of the only advantages I have when it comes to rebuilding this team. I am very excited for this return though. House turned a corner last year and should be an impact bat in Washington by September. The other pieces are at the very least solid contributors. Brown has progressed nicely at each stop averaging two levels per year. Granted, he struggled in 7 AB in AA to end the season, he has always been a nice OBP machine. Murray showed great tools across the board in AA and should start the year in AAA in 2024. Ramos is the question mark as he might need a change of scenery to get to the bigs, but the talent is there.
Thanks to Curtis for his patience as we worked through this.
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Post by Chicago Cubs (Curtis) on Feb 7, 2024 10:09:47 GMT -8
Processed
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