Forsythe Traded to Rays

[revo]

four-player swap, Rays give up Alex Torres. No word on the other two players. Seems like a lot to give up for a middling utility infielder type, but he attracted the attention of quite a few teams.

[Moonlight J]

Rays need guys that can hit LH as DeJesus & Joyce have to sit against them. Was hoping for Denorfia

[Grinch]

Do we have all the players? Last I saw the Rays may be getting another? Hard to rate it until we see the final outcome.

[BuckyBuckner]

Per Ken Rosenthal: #Padres make trade with #Rays official - LHP Torres and RHP Hahn to SD for IFs Forsythe and Tissenbaum and RHPs Andriese, Boxberger, Lollis.

[joncarlos]

I kinda like Boxberger but Torres looked like a guy who was at least a dominant setup guy, which is an awful lot to trade for Logan Forsythe.

[Moonlight J]

Buy low, sell high type of situation. Team needs bats to face LH guys, & Forsythe does that. Boxberger has a lot of swing & miss & is good against lefties. He & Torres were nearly identical last year in how they handled LH.

Hahn's health has been a question mark, and Torres was a guy that was nearly out of the org last year who got hot at a good time. Torres is also out of options, and he was one of 8 guys on the 40 man roster in the pen out of options, 3 of which were left-handed (Ramos, McGee, Torres).

[revo]

Maxx Tissenbaum is a Stony Brook alum who was on our 2012 CWS team!

[Sour Masher]

Any chance Torres' role changes this year in SD, to closing or starting?

[Moonlight J]

He's 5'10 and lefty, without Billy Wagner's stuff. I don't think he's a closer or a starting pitcher, but he has good reliever stuff.