Washington Nationals Trade Proposal Creates Quite The Stir On Social Media after signing another supportive pitcher
The Milwaukee Brewers Double-A affiliate team recently announced on social media that prospects Mike Boeve and Eric Brown Jr were removed from the Biloxi Shuckers starting lineup, but were in uniform in the dugout. This sudden change created quite the stir on social media and had one Washington Nationals fan account speculating about a potential trade.
A possible trade deal for a closer between the Chicago Cubs and the Washington Nationals offers a much-needed solution for the Cubs bullpen.
Cubs Rumored in Possible Trade for Nationals Closer Kyle Finnegan
An idea to bring Washington closer Kyle Finnegan to Chicago has started to percolate online. The suggested deal, put forward by Zachary Rotman for Fansided, would send Cub minor leaguers Matt Mervis, Cristian Hernández, and Brandon Birdsell to the Nationals for Finnegan. The Cubs would, in turn, get some much-needed help at closer, where they’ve struggled for consistency.
On Friday night the Biloxi Shuckers changed their starting lineup by removing 10th ranked prospect Eric Brown Jr and 13th ranked Mike Boeve. Play-by-play announcer and media relations personnel Javik Blake did confirm that both players were in uniform in the dugout, but Boeve not starting snapped his streak of 51 consecutive games played. On Saturday night Brown Jr was back in the lineup but Boeve remained on the bench.
A trade for Mervis could fill a need at first base for Washington. The 26-year-old is a solid defender and has a .799 OPS with 12 HR and 33 RBI in 48 games with Triple-A Iowa this season. But he has struggled at the plate during his time with the big league club.
Hernández, 20, the Cubs’ number 17 prospect, is tearing it up with Single-A Myrtle Beach (.291/.410/.427) this season. But the Cubs are solid at shortstop and second base, and the talented rookie could make a nice prize for a team looking to add depth.
The 24-year-old Birdsell, the Cubs’ number 20 prospect, is 3-4 with a 3.79 ERA, 52 strikeouts, and 13 walks with Double-A Tennessee. His fastball can touch 99 mph and Birdsell also features a slider with good depth and a sweeping curve. But a plague of injuries starting with Tommy John surgery his sophomore year of high school delayed his entry to the Major Leagues until 2022.
The social media account District 9 caught wind that two of the Brewers top prospects were late scratches and that perhaps a trade was in the works. Their thought process was that both Boeve and Brown Jr could be traded to the Nationals in a deal for Jesse Winker. Yes, the same Jesse Winker that was just a member of the Brewers a season ago, struggled with injury, and statistically had his worst season as a professional baseball player.
