July 30, 2015

The Trade Mick Jagger Wouldn’t Make

The Cardinals acquired Brandon Moss in what seems to be an unusual deal for the mid-west powerhouse:

The Cardinals’ search for offensive help took them to Cleveland, where they have made a deal with the Indians that will bring over Brandon Moss in exchange for left-handed pitching prospect Rob Kaminsky. The trade was announced Thursday morning.

A year after an All-Star season, Moss has not put up the sort of offensive numbers the Indians hoped for when acquiring him from the A’s in December. He has hit .217/.288/.407 through 94 games, though his 15 home runs will immediately make him the Cardinals’ team leader. He has driven in 48, one fewer than St. Louis team-leader Jhonny Peralta.

Moss’s BABIP is about 30 points lower than his career average, so maybe the Cardinals think he’ll regress to his mean. He is 31 years old, however, so he is on the downside of his career, so maybe his bat is a tick slower.

Kaminsky is playing 2015 as a 20 year old, and is already showing great control. It’s unusual for St. Louis to give up someone potentially very good for at best an average bat. Maybe they’re trying to prove they stopped hacking other the computer systems of other teams.

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