Reds trade Straily to Marlins for prospects
The Miami Marlins' busy offseason of adding arms to both their starting rotation and bullpen continued Thursday.
Miami dealt three prospects - right-handers Luis Castillo and Austin Brice along with outfielder Isaiah White - to the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday in exchange for right-hander Dan Straily, the teams announced.
Straily, 28, was a bright spot in the Reds' rotation last season - his first in Cincinnati - posting a career-low ERA of 3.76 and earning 14 wins across 191 1/3 innings, although he did tie for the National League lead with Max Scherzer in home runs allowed (31).
He'll be in the mix for a starting spot in Don Mattingly's rotation with pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training in less than a month.
Potential pitchers for starting rotation
| PITCHER | GS | IP | W-L | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wei-Yin Chen | 22 | 123.1 | 5-5 | 4.96 | 1.28 |
| Edinson Volquez | 34 | 189.1 | 10-11 | 5.37 | 1.55 |
| Dan Straily | 31 | 191.1 | 14-8 | 3.76 | 1.19 |
| Adam Conley | 25 | 133.1 | 8-6 | 3.85 | 1.40 |
| Tom Koehler | 33 | 176.2 | 9-13 | 4.33 | 1.47 |
| Jeff Locke | 19 | 127.1 | 9-8 | 5.44 | 1.53 |
Castillo, 24, was ranked as the fifth-best prospect in the Marlins organization by MLB Pipeline after going 8-6 with a 2.26 ERA in 26 appearances (24 of which were starts) across two levels in the minors last season. He was originally part of a Marlins trade with the San Diego Padres last season involving Andrew Cashner, but was sent back to Miami in exchange for Colin Rea, who suffered an elbow injury in his first start for the Marlins.
The 24-year-old Brice was ranked as the No. 9 prospect in the Marlins organization by MLB Pipeline. The ninth-round selection in the 2010 draft appeared in 15 games for Miami last season, posting a bloated 7.07 ERA across 14 innings of work. He did own a 2.89 ERA in 102 innings across Double and Triple-A in 2016.
White, 20, was a third-round selection in the 2015 draft who was listed by MLB Pipeline as the No. 16 prospect in the Marlins' system. He struggled to a .214/.306/.301 slash line in Single-A last season.
Miami has already acquired Volquez, Locke, A.J. Ellis, Brad Ziegler, and Junichi Tazawa this offseason.