The Boston Red Sox replaced Andrew Benintendi with the Kansas City Royals and the return includes a young outfielder, a prospect of pitcher and three players who will be named later.
It is an exchange of three teams involving the Red Sox, Royals and Mets. Boston will receive left-handed striker Franchy Cordero, 26, and two players who will be named later from the Royals. It will also host 22-year-old right-handed pitcher Josh Winckowski and a player to be named after the Mets.
Cordero, a native of the Dominican Republic, had 0.236 strikes with a percentage of 0.304 at the base, 0.433 percentage of strikes, 0.737 OPS, 12 home runs, 12 doubles, four trebles, 36 RBIs and eight steals in 95 major league games (315 plate appearances). He is expected to earn $ 800,000 in 2021 and will be under the team’s control until the 2023 season.
Cordero appeared in 79 games for the San Diego Padres from 2017-19, then 16 games for the Royals last season, after San Diego switched him to Kansas City with Ronald Bolanos for appeaser Tim Hill on July 16. Fangraphs.com, referring to his sprint speed and starting speed, wrote a column in 2018 about how Cordero was one of the “most exciting young players”.
He certainly has the potential for power. But he has a very high strikeout rate and has posted 8 saved negative defensive runs in all three external positions combined during his career. Most of its entries took place in the central field and in the left field.
Winckowski was created by the Blue Jays in the 15th round in 2016 at Estero High, Florida. The Jays left him and two others with the Mets for Steven Matz on January 27.
The 6-foot-4, 202-pounder was 18-17 with a batting average of 3.35 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 0.251 in 54 minor league matches, including 50 matches.
He started 2019 in Low-A, going 6-3 with an ERA of 2.32, WHIP 1.19 and a batting average of 0.230 against 13 games. He then received a promotion to High-A, where he went 4-5 with an ERA of 3.19, WHIP 1.21 and a batting average of 0.232 against 11 games (10 starts).
Baseball America wrote about the righty, “Winckowski is a solid attack launcher who didn’t go to the Toronto alternative training site last year, but went to the instructional league, where he ran his fastball at up to 96 mph at the end of camp and was in the process of learning a divider. ”BA also noted, he” can spin a breaking ball.
The MLB Pipeline classified him as potential customer # 26 of the Mets and wrote: “Winckowski depends a lot on a pellet with an average of 93 mph and a slider that is a solid step. He plays downhill, using his height to create angles, and although he occasionally lends a small arm to the ball with an arm that leaves something to be desired, he succeeds. Right-handed change is below average, although he played with more consistent action in 2019. He is aggressive and competitive, and does his job well. The potential is there for Winckowski to become a back-end holder or a longtime reliever in the big leagues. It feels good on the hill and some disappointment in its delivery. Relatively young for where he played, Winckowski has performed well in the past two seasons and is a player to watch. “
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