{"id":10555,"date":"2017-12-12T14:24:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T19:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=10555"},"modified":"2017-12-12T17:13:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T22:13:04","slug":"padres-complete-pair-al-east-trades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/12\/12\/padres-complete-pair-al-east-trades\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Padres Acquire Chase Headley as they Complete a Pair of AL East Trades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Day Two of the 2017 MLB Winter Meetings, and the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/san-diego-padres\/\" target=\"_self\">San Diego Padres<\/a> have been making a splash. Early on Tuesday, the Padres completed two trades with a pair of American League East teams, continuing what has already been an exciting week for baseball. First, San Diego worked out a deal with the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/new-york-yankees\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Yankees<\/a>, who made the biggest splash of the offseason just a few days ago. The Padres agreed to acquire pitcher <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchbr01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryan Mitchell<\/a><\/strong> and infielder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/headlch01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chase Headley<\/a><\/strong> from New York, in exchange for outfielder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/blashja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jabari Blash<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I hear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yankees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Yankees<\/a> have traded Mitchell and Chase Headley to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Padres?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Padres<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joelsherman1\/status\/940614995385176065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>San Diego didn\u2019t wait long to make their second move of the day. The ink had hardly dried on the Yankees trade before the Padres agreed to send infielder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schimry01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Schimpf<\/a><\/strong> to the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/mlb-teams\/tampa-bay-rays\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Rays<\/a>, in exchange for minor league infielder <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=tansel000dei&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deion Tansel<\/a><\/strong>. The offseason is just getting started for all three teams, and it\u2019s already a busy one.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Rays<\/a> have acquired INF Ryan Schimpf from the Padres for minor league INF Deion Tansel. Schimpf is added to the 40-man roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Kinsella (@Steve_Kinsella1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Steve_Kinsella1\/status\/940648976604434432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Padres Complete Pair of AL East Trades<\/h2>\n<h3>Headley Makes his Return<\/h3>\n<p>Headley, 33, will get a homecoming of sorts when he arrives in San Diego. The 10-year veteran began his career with the Padres, and played there until he was traded to the Yankees in 2014. He\u2019s a career .264 hitter and has some power, but has only hit more than 14 home runs in a season once. That season, by far his best, came back in 2012, when he launched 31 long bombs and drove in 115 runners, while also putting up a .286 batting average.<\/p>\n<p>Headley still has a good bat; he hit .273 in 2017, and collected a respectable 61 RBI. However, for the Padres, this trade was more about acquiring Mitchell, and was all about dumping salary for New York.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yankees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Yankees<\/a> are getting back outfielder Jabari Blash for Headley\/Mitchell. This feels like NYY salary dump, tying Mitchell&#8217;s upside arm to get <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Padres?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Padres<\/a> to take all of Headley&#8217;s $13M pact.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Joelsherman1\/status\/940617870320521217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Padres?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Padres<\/a> absorbing all of Headley\u2019s $13M salary for 2018, sources say. Trade clears more room under luxury-tax threshold for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yankees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Yankees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/940617739416334338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mitchell, 26, has spent just three relatively unsuccessful years in the majors. The righty owns an ugly 4.94 career ERA. Yet, the Yankees thought highly of Mitchell; during Spring Training and through the early portion of the season, Mitchell was a candidate to take the final spot in New York\u2019s rotation. While he didn\u2019t make the cut, his upside remains intact. A change of scenery could help him tap into that upside. If he can, he could be a big part of San Diego\u2019s future as he enters his prime years.<\/p>\n<p>Blash, 28, probably won\u2019t see much time with the Yankees. He\u2019s played just 99 games at the major league level, and hasn\u2019t done much to warrant extended playing time. He owns a .200 batting average, and has struck out 100 times in 235 at-bats. The Yankees outfield is crowded; if Blash stays in the majors, it will be in a bench role.<\/p>\n<h3>Schimpf heads to Tampa<\/h3>\n<p>Schimpf is a frustrating player. The 29-year-old has two years in the majors under his belt, and has some power. He has 86 hits in his career; 56 of those have either been doubles or home runs. Unfortunately, he\u2019s the definition of a boom-or-bust player. His career batting average sits at a measly .195. He might be able to figure something out with the Rays, but he\u2019s already almost 30. More than likely, this is just the player he is.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;ve acquired INF Ryan Schimpf from San Diego for minor league INF Deion Tansel.<\/p>\n<p>67.4% of his hits have been XBH &#8211; the top ratio in MLB since 2016 (min. 500 PA). <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JumboSchimpf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#JumboSchimpf<\/a> ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FXBwOAH3sv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/FXBwOAH3sv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaysBaseball\/status\/940649240241598464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tansel, 23, has never player above the Low-A level. He\u2019s shown some ability as he has a .280 batting average and a .736 OPS in the minor league career. He might be a solid role player in the majors someday, but it\u2019s too early to tell at this point.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"NpZDQb4tQol7hKT0lTCapg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/864789564\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'NpZDQb4tQol7hKT0lTCapg',sig:'ZGa1XJEUJZms6j0wqAuSFExITa8YmZNcVC9YUx9BXu0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'864789564',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Day Two of the 2017 MLB Winter Meetings, and the San Diego Padres have been making a splash. Early on Tuesday, the Padres completed two trades with a pair of American League East teams, continuing what has already been an exciting week for baseball. First, San Diego worked out a deal with the New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":807,"featured_media":10557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,5,35,30,6],"tags":[68,1607,389,1816,1815,69,41,1355,93,566],"class_list":["post-10555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-yankees","category-news","category-padres","category-rays","tag-baseball","tag-bryan-mitchell","tag-chase-headley","tag-deion-tansel","tag-jabari-blash","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-ryan-schimpf","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-tampa-bay-rays"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}