Tigers trade for Austin Meadows

[gotime909]

Gave up Paredes and a pick. Wow


https://twitter.com/tigers/status/1511160496589840387?t=62W4PgfzQmuwsf3sW05WZg&s=19

 

[biggunsbob]

We did need outfield depth. I guess we will see if Paredes can amount to something in Tampa. I like the deal. Seem one sided to the tigers unless I am missing something. He does K a lot.

 

[Johnny68]

Hopefully he can repeat his HR and RBI numbers from last season.

 

[biggunsbob]

I?d prefer his break out season

 

[gotime909]

Avila turned Alex Wilson and his son into Jeimer Candelario amd Austin Meadows. Incredible moves

 

[Mitchrapp]

We did need outfield depth. I guess we will see if Paredes can amount to something in Tampa. I like the deal. Seem one sided to the tigers unless I am missing something. He does K a lot.

He doesn't seem like a good defensive player.. But neither was Paredes. In the end Meadows has at least performed at the ML level. If we're trying to win sooner than later it's a good move and Paredes might do nothing.

 

[sggatecl]

Nice to see a 'see results now' move and not a move that just seems to be kicking the can down the road.

 

[@Stakesarehigh]

Paredes isn't a good defender and at least we know Meadows can hit above average against mlb pitching. Like it

 

[@Stakesarehigh]

I also read the breakdown between lefties from the east to the central is pretty drastic. Only 2 left handed starters in central. His splits are 875 versus right and roughly 700 versus left

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/austin-meadows-traded-to-tigers
Tigers deal for OF slugger Meadows from Rays.
Detroit sends INF Paredes, Draft pick to Tampa Bay.
Tigers official site

While Meadows isn?t a center fielder, he is a major offensive boost, having posted 33 and 27 home runs over his past two full seasons, both including 29 doubles. Last year?s 27-homer campaign came with a career-high 106 RBIs and 59 walks. Though he hit .234 overall, he was a .299 hitter with runners in scoring position. His 19 game-winning RBIs led the Majors, while his 29 go-ahead RBIs tied for third-most.

Likewise, the rise of infield prospects in the Tigers' system over the last year, including Ryan Kreidler and Gage Workman, allowed the team to deal from surplus with Paredes, whom the Rays had checked on since the offseason. While the 23-year-old has shown advanced plate discipline, he had yet to hit for impact in the Majors, slashing .215/.290/.302 in 193 career plate appearances.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/4...s-detroit-tigers-tampa-bay-rays-isaac-paredes
Tigers acquire OF Austin Meadows from the Tampa Bay Rays.
Isaac Paredes and a comp pick will be heading the other way.
BYBTB

Meadows is decidedly a fly ball hitter, posting a 53 percent fly ball rate in 2021. He may want to tone down the loft a bit in Comerica Park. He hits plenty of homers as a result, but tends to run fairly dreadful batting average on balls in play (BABIP) marks due to the high volume of fly balls. However, he?s also fairly decidedly a pull hitter, and Comerica?s right field porch isn?t going to hold him back.

Meadows doesn?t strike out too much, holding a roughly league-average 22.5 percent strikeout rate for his career. He will also draw walks at a slightly above average clip. In particular, Meadows absolutely crushes right-handed pitching, posting a 137 wRC+ against right-handers in 2021. This is a perfect fit offensively for a team that was already lacking a bit in left-handed thump even before Greene went down with a foot fracture last Friday. We won?t be surprised to see Meadows DH a bit even when there?s a right-hander on the mound.

https://motorcitybengals.com/2022/04/04/detroit-tigers-40-man-austin-meadows/
Detroit Tigers 40-man roster surprise: Austin Meadows.
MCBTB

Who is Austin Meadows?
Austin Meadows was the 9th overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2013 MLB Draft. He spent most of the next five years as a top-50 prospect in baseball, and he made his big-league debut in May of 2018, just a few weeks past his 23rd birthday.

Pittsburgh sent him to Tampa Bay in one of the most ill-fated trades in recent memory. Even though Meadows was hitting .292/.327/.468 at the time of the deal, the Rays sent him back to Triple-A Durham. He came back to Tampa for ten games in September.

Austin Meadows broke out in a big way in 2019. He had a strong first half of the season, batting .297/.371/.506 with 12 home runs to earn a spot in the All-Star Game. But then he went wild in the second half of the year, hitting .292/.364/.619 with 21 homers over his final 67 games.

Two stints on the Injured List contributed to a rough 2020 season for Meadows, as he hit just .205 with four home runs in 36 games. His power returned in 2021, with 27 home runs and 29 doubles, but his batting average hovered in the .230 range all year.

Austin Meadows? Contract
Austin Meadows is in his first year of arbitration eligibility, and he and Tampa agreed to a $4-million deal to avoid arbitration. He turns 27 at the beginning of May, and the Detroit Tigers will have him under team control for three full seasons. If he continues to perform the way he did last year he?ll probably earn another $18-24 million before hitting free agency.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ustin-meadows-trade-isaac-paredes/9465423002/
Tigers bolster outfield by acquiring Austin Meadows from Rays in trade for Isaac Paredes.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...e-austin-meadows-rays-boost-power/9465352002/
Detroit Tigers add Austin Meadows in trade with Rays, boost outfield power.
Freep

On Monday, the Tigers acquired outfielder Austin Meadows from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for 23-year-old infielder Isaac Paredes and a 2022 competitive round-B draft pick (No. 71 overall).

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/0...uire-outfielder-austin-meadows-from-rays.html
Tigers trade prospect to acquire outfielder Austin Meadows from Rays.
Mlive

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/04/tigers-acquire-austin-meadows.html
Tigers Acquire Austin Meadows.
MLBTR

It?s a fascinating deal between two teams envisioning both immediate and long-term contention in the American League. The Tigers add a potential middle-of-the-order bat, bolstering an outfield fresh off an injury setback. (In a fun tidbit, they also raise the possibility of Meadows pairing with his younger brother Parker ? a High-A outfielder in the Detroit system ? in the Comerica Park outfield someday). The Rays continue to preemptively stockpile young players and draft capital, building the kind of organizational depth that allows them to perpetually deal good players like Meadows with the knowledge that additional talented players are on the horizon.

 

[tomdalton22]

It's nice to add some HR power to the lineup but he is not a good defensive player. He played about 1/2 of the time as the Rays DH. Hopefully he mashes RH pitching and when Green gets healthy Meadows can DH against RH pitching and Miggy against LH??

 

[gotime909]

It's nice to add some HR power to the lineup but he is not a good defensive player. He played about 1/2 of the time as the Rays DH. Hopefully he mashes RH pitching and when Green gets healthy Meadows can DH against RH pitching and Miggy against LH??

What makes you think he's a bad defender? Maybe the Rays are just loaded with outfielders

 

[Sbee]

Very good move here, Tampa Bay is cash strapped and wanted to unload Meadows before he got a big raise in arbitration next year, they were also LH heavy and want to balance the lineup out. We ran into a distressed seller, got a middle of the order hitter for next to nothing.

We will be very LH heavy in the OF if and when all of our guys are healthy, but we could work around that with a platoon. We can't carry 5 OF and 3 catchers, but we could get rid of reyes and Garneau, play Hill in CF and Haase at C vs LHP when the time comes.

 

[tomdalton22]

What makes you think he's a bad defender? Maybe the Rays are just loaded with outfielders

I heard it on MLB radio this AM. Plus, he's been a negative defensive WAR player since he's been in the league.

 

[Sbee]

I heard it on MLB radio this AM. Plus, he's been a negative defensive WAR player since he's been in the league.

If he were a great defender, Tampa Bay wouldn't have traded him. He's still a middle of the order bat for us and makes us a much better baseball team.

 

[tomdalton22]

I think it was just a reaction because Greene got hurt

 

[Mitchrapp]

So where does he play? Of the OF's he obviously would play before Reyes but he's no CF. So a rotation between Gross, Baddoo, and Meadows?

 

[tomdalton22]

So where does he play? Of the OF's he obviously would play before Reyes but he's no CF. So a rotation between Gross, Baddoo, and Meadows?

I read that they are going to put him in LF because his defense is worse than Baddoo and Grossman. I like his bat, but for a team that has been preaching making their defense better, they just made it worse having 3 below average outfielders.

My guess against RH pitching
LF Meadows
CF Baddoo
RF Grossman

hopefully vs LH pitcher
LF Baddoo
CF Hill
RF Grossman

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers offseason additions:

- SS Javier Baez (6 years, $140 M)
- LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5 years, $77 M)
- LHP Andrew Chafin (2 years, $13 M)
- RHP Michael Pineda (1 year, $5.5 M)
- C Tucker Barnhart (trade with Reds)
- OF Austin Meadows (trade with Rays)

57M added to the 2022 payroll..which now stands at 120M.

Meadows
4M 2022
3 years of control
just a strange deal by TB

 

[kalinecountry]

Austin Meadows

137 wRC+
24 HR
81 RBI
10.9 BB%
52% FB%
16.4% HR%
43% pull rate

versus RHP

Meadows had a 137 wRC+ and a 363 wOBA vs RH in 2021
251/336/536 872 OPS vs RHP
24HR
81 RBI
vs RHP

will be the LF.

Baddoo is gonna play CF.