Trevor Bauer to Reds, Yasiel Puig to Indians in three-team deal
A slow-moving trade deadline cycle got moving Tuesday night, with Trevor Bauer on his way to the Cincinnati Reds and Yasiel Puig on his way to the Cleveland Indians in a three-team deal.
Anyone looking for some good MLB trade deadline action got some Monday night. As first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Cleveland Indians will send Trevor Bauer to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a three-team trade that includes the San Diego Padres. Outfielder Yasiel Puig is the other big piece, as he’ll go from the Reds to the Indians.
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Padres will get Reds top outfield prospect Taylor Trammell in the deal. As first reported by Dennis Lin of The Athletic, San Diego will also send outfielder Franmil Reyes and left-handed pitcher Logan Allen to the Indians.
The Reds, in a surprising turn of events considering they seem to have moved into sell mode, surfaced as a suitor for Bauer earlier on Tuesday and didn’t hesitate to part with a top prospect to get it done. Looking to next year, they’ve got the makings of a formidable top three in the starting rotation as Bauer joins Luis Castillo and Sonny Gray.
The Indians have gotten mostly lackluster production out of their outfield this year, and they’ve struggled against left-handed pitching. So they’ll add Puig (22 home runs and 13 stolen bases this season, 1.015 OPS since June 11 entering Monday), and Reyes (27 home runs with an .846 OPS this season) to remedy both of those situations.
The Padres have a loaded farm system. Now they’ll add Trammell, who entered this year as a no worse than a top-35 prospect in all of baseball by three major outlets: No. 11 by Baseball Prospectus, No. 16 by MLB Pipeline and No. 33 by Baseball America.
Left-hander Logan Allen is going to Cleveland as part of the three-way deal for Trevor Bauer, according to a source.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 31, 2019
Other pieces known so far:
- Bauer to Cincinnati
- Yasiel Puig to Cleveland
- OF prospect Taylor Trammell to San Diego
Some three-team trade details, per sources: Trevor Bauer to Reds, Yasiel Puig, Franmil Reyes, Logan Allen to Indians, Taylor Trammell to Padres. Might be more, as well. @JeffPassan was first on the deal.
— Mark Feinsand (@Feinsand) July 31, 2019
The Padres are also sending young infielder Ivan Nova to the Indians as part of the deal.
19-year-old rookie ball prospect Victor Nova is also going to from the Padres to Cleveland in the deal, sources say.
— AJ Cassavell (@AJCassavell) July 31, 2019
Passan added that Reds pitching prospect Scott Moss is also involved in the trade. Jonathan May of MLB.com added Moss will go to the Indians.
What we know about monster Indians-Reds-Padres three-way trade, per sources:
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 31, 2019
Cincinnati gets: RHP Trevor Bauer
Cleveland gets: OF Franmil Reyes, LHP Logan Allen, OF Yasiel Puig, 3B Victor Nova (per @AJCassavell)
San Diego gets: OF Taylor Trammell
LHP Scott Moss also involved.
Sources tell me that #Reds LHP prospect Scott Moss is also involved in this three-team deal sending Trevor Bauer, going to the #Indians. Details still emerging...
— Jonathan Mayo (@JonathanMayo) July 31, 2019
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Deeper details continue to trickle out, with prospects being added, but the primary pieces of this monster three-team deal are clearly Bauer and Puig, and the initial winner looks like the Indians.