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Trade Bait: Cantu to the Rangers
Since joining the Florida Marlins, Cantu has been a major run producer. His resurgence in a Marlins uniform has helped a few Marlins teams to exceed expectations. But this season he hasn’t hit that well and his trade stock has plummeted. The Marlins aren’t that content to wait until next season to see if his trade value rebounds as they are trying to remake the roster. With Cantu traded, they can bring in slick-hitting prospect Logan Morrison to play left field, shift Chris Coghlan to second (after he returns from the pie injury) and Dan Uggla to third base.
The Rangers get a veteran corner infielder that will likely hit better than existing first baseman Chris Davis (.188 BA) as they race towards the finish. Hitting in a different league and in the hitter-friendly Ballpark at Arlington may help him offensively as well.
The Marlins get two pitching prospects for Cantu. Omar Poveda is the better known prospect of the two, but he has never pitched all that well and has recently gone under the knife for Tommy John surgery. With this lack of a quality fastball, it is unlikely that the Marlins will get much out of him.
Evan Reed is actually the better prospect of the two at this point. After a brief try at starting, the Rangers put him in relief and never looked back. He relies on a heavy, sinking fastball that gets strikeouts and ground balls. Reed has the ability to be a good late-inning reliever for the Marlins.
As the Marlins were going to lose Cantu to free agency, without compensation, this trade looks especially good for the Marlins. Cantu will have to really rebound to his previous hitting prowess these last couple months to equal the return.
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