Jays get Happ, Lyon in 10 player trade!

[love_that_reefer]

The Astros and Blue Jays have completed a ten-player trade, the teams announced. The Astros obtain seven players from Toronto: Major Leaguers Francisco Cordero and Ben Francisco, minor leaguers Joe Musgrove, Asher Wojciechowski, David Rollins and Carlos Perez, and a player to be named. The Astros send Brandon Lyon, J.A. Happ and David Carpenter to Toronto in the trade.

“Once again we are adding depth to our minor league system with quality young players," GM Jeff Luhnow said in a team press release. "We really feel this will help us moving forward and are extremely excited about the players we’ve added to our organization.”

Cordero and Francisco don't have assurances of staying with the Astros beyond 2012. Cordero, 37, has a 5.77 ERA with 6.8 K/9 and 3.7 BB/9 in 34 1/3 innings this year. He signed a one-year deal with a base salary of $4.5MM before the season. Francisco, 30, earns $1.54MM this year and will be arbitration eligible again this coming offseason. He posted a .240/.296/.380 batting line in Toronto and battled a hamstring injury, so he could be considered a non-tender candidate.

The Astros get back a pretty crappy reliever, a 4th or 5th OFer and some very young talent. The Jays get a lefty who gives up the long ball in Happ and a decent reliever in Lyon. Strange looking trade to say the least so it's hard to see any winner or loser. They both look like losers to me but time will tell

[Kingdom]

Were these two GMs bored or what?

[cjkalt]

Houston wins because they need to make their team as bad as possible, this helps in that goal and they got young bodies in the process

[Hammer]

not that happ is good or anything, but i dont see why houston would want one of the franciscos for him alone. i guess if one of the prospects become something, its worth it... but i think id rather happ and lyon than francisco/cordero.

[zodious]

They just want to make sure their not the only NL central team that didn't have Fransisco.

[Kingdom]

And that's about all that's interesting about the deal fantasy-wise. Houston fared reasonably well in this deal, getting a few interesting prospects back, including 19-year-old right-hander Joe Musgrove, who is years away from relevance. Right-hander Asher Wojciechowski is 23 and has shown some promise, as has lefty David Rollins, 22. Perhaps 21-year-old catcher Carlos Perez develops as a hitter. Losing Happ and his 4.84 ERA over three seasons with the Astros is no big deal. The Blue Jays have been desperate for rotation help, though certainly one could argue nothing has changed in that respect.
The Astros also get veteran outfielder Ben Francisco back, and while I'm not a fan it should be noted he hit 10 home runs and stole 13 bases in a mere 89 games for the Cleveland Indians in 2009. He has done little since, but he wasn't a starter for long periods of time, either. The Astros might use him regularly, and he's worth a buck in an NL-only format. Heck, he might even end up hitting in a run-producing spot. After all, little-known Scott Moore has been batting third recently.

Astros acquisition Francisco Cordero could find his way to saves in Houston - Fantasy Baseball - ESPN

[realmofotalk]

AA is collecting all the players who he originally wanted from the Phillies in the Halladay trade (Drabek, D'Arnaud, Gose, Happ).