Trade Grade
Nady and Marte for Tabata, Ohlendorf, Kontos and Coke. I follow the Yankee minor leagues a lot. Check out yankeesprospoects.com for good box scores and yankees.scout.com for a subscription site with great minor league news.
I rate the trade a B+. Nady is a good RH bat that has a contract through 2009. Marte is the type of lefty reliever the Yanks need to neutralize lefties.
Tabata was starting to remind me too much of Ruben Rivera or Jackson Melian. He is 20 and has a boat load of talent so he could develop into a very good OF for the Pirates.
I really liked Ohlendorf but like Tabata, you have to give up something to get something.
Kontos and Coke are good arms but do not project better than a #3 or #4 at best in a MLB rotation.
This trade shows how deep the Yankees minor league system is right now. Between Ramirez, Veres, Robertson already making a statement in the bigs and guys like Melancon, Cox, Horne, Hughes, Kennedy, Marquez, Betances, Alfredes and others in AAA and AA the Yanks could unload the 3 arms. They also have Jackson at AA plus Curtis, and others.
This trade really strengthens the team for the final stretch but does not sacrifice a lot of talent. Overall, very good trade.
