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Good.
Two years of control for Texas if they want it so lets see what they got for him.
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Should be better than what they gave us for Kelly
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I feel like we should get a decent prospect back.
Hopefully, this gets the ball rolling.
https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/1818372524880585003?t=EPhZFEGYLCdsgYdCSiNEzg&s=19
In case anyone is questioning my original source. @tigers.news on Instagram is legit.
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Next year club option only
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Yea badly worded on my part, good correction, rest of this season and option for next season was my intent.
3:36pm: Pitching prospects Joseph Montalvo and Chase Lee are going to Detroit, reports Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News (X link).
Montalvo #27 on MLB Pipeline prospect list
Fangraphs:
Joseph Montalvo - Stats - Pitching | FanGraphs Baseball
Fastball
40 / 50
Slider
50 / 60
Changeup
40 / 55
Command
35 / 60
Nothing that immediately excites me, but to be fair, I wasn’t excited when we got a nobody called Lee last year (which looks pretty good now).
Not a bad return for Chafin.
He’s thrown a ton of strikes in the low minors and stands a good shot to be a no. 4/5 starter down the line. He’s Rule 5 eligible this offseason and might be kept at High-A all year in effort to keep him off the Rule 5 radar. He’s more likely to be rostered after next season and debut in 2026, probably as a spot starter.
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The Athletic grades:
The trade
Texas Rangers get: LHP Andrew Chafin
Detroit Tigers get: RHP Chase Lee, RHP Joseph Montalvo
Stephen J. Nesbitt: The Rangers have had a bottom-10 bullpen by ERA this season, and adding a veteran lefty like Chafin will help bolster that unit. Chafin had a 1.35 ERA through May 7, and over the next month that number swelled to 5.40 because of three particularly bad outings. Since early June, though, Chafin has allowed only one run over 17 innings. He is a known commodity, exactly the type of arm teams target at the trade deadline. Chafin eviscerates lefties, and the AL West has some scary ones. Chafin has held left-handed hitters to a .474 OPS this season, compared to .756 OPS for righties. We’ve seen a few lefty relievers moved already this month — A.J. Puk, Jalen Beeks, Caleb Ferguson — and Chafin might be the most reliable of the bunch. His command is solid. He’s leaning on his slider more than ever this season, leading to a career-best strikeout rate (30.9 percent).
The Tigers, who enjoyed their first go-round with Chafin in 2022 so much that they brought him back in 2024, now deal his expiring contract for a couple minor league arms. Baseball America has Montalvo ranked as the Rangers’ No. 19 prospect. Between Lee and Montalvo, there’s a decent chance the Tigers will one day get a capable reliever out of this deal.
Rangers: B
Tigers: B
Cody Stavenhagen: Chafin has had a nice bounce-back season after a down year in 2023. With a 34.4 percent whiff rate and a slider that is holding opposing hitters to a .132 average, he makes perfect sense for a Rangers bullpen in need of another left-handed weapon. The Rangers have an uphill climb to make the postseason, but Chafin is the type of durable arm who could take down important innings in their quest to get there. He even comes with a $6.5 million team option after the season that the Rangers could pick up if all goes well.
Detroit gets back a pair of interesting right-handed arms. Lee has averaged 12.3 strikeouts per nine innings in relief over four years in the minors. Montalvo, currently a starter, has a riding fastball and a swing-and-miss slider that have helped him post a 2.63 ERA and solid strikeout rates in the minors. The Tigers believe in their ability to get the most out of pitchers, so getting two intriguing arms rather than one makes this a solid return.
Rangers: B+
Tigers: B
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