[Passan] The New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs are in agreement on a trade that will send right-handed reliever Mark Leiter Jr. to the Yankees and infielder Ben Cowles and right-handed reliever Jack Neely to the Cubs
July 30, 2024
[Passan] The New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs are in agreement on a trade that will send right-handed reliever Mark Leiter Jr. to the Yankees and infielder Ben Cowles and right-handed reliever Jack Neely to the Cubs
33 comments
I blinked what the fuck
Someone tell me how to feel about this
Quick somebody tell me how to feel about this
I figured Leiter Jr. would be an attractive bullpen add for a contender. Was kinda hoping we’d get another starting pitching prospect like Ben Brown or Wesneski.
Neely just turned 24 and is 6’8” or 6’9” depending on where you check. Started the season in AA and struck out 51 in just 31 innings (1.13 WHIP).
Not seeing the same results in AAA but it’s a small sample size (10 innings, 1.31 WHIP).
Jack Neely has a 60 grade fastball and 70 grade slider, also is performing well in AAA. Cowles is having a great season in AA at the plate. Great return imo
Who, what? Ok i guess.
I think it’s fine for Leiter. He’s not a closer so his value isn’t going to be high and he’s been injured.
Leiter was a minor league FA who we DFA’d in the not too distant past.
Turning him into 2 lottery tickets is not bad.
This is fine
Nice return
I love this move. 33 y/o Leiter for a 24 y/o 6’8 strikeout machine.
Neely looks solid. I like the return, good job on this one Jed.
I posted this elsewhere, but as someone that has followed both of these prospects closely the past couple of years:
Cowles and Neely are two guys that very few people will have heard of, but have been performing very well. Cowles is probably more of a UTIL guy, but he was doing a bit of everything at the plate in AA: .295/.376/.472 with 25 doubles, 9 HRs, and 14 SBs (2 CS) in 378 PAs. Also showed a pretty good plate approach as well.
Neely has been one of my favorite RP prospects in baseball. 6’8″ behemoth with 255 K’s in 160.1 career MiLB innings. He’s looked a bit more mortal at AAA thus far, but he has the makings of a future late-innings arm.
Good return. Can’t be mad.
Best of luck to him but not too shabby of a return. I’ll take it.
Decent deal…we got a lot out of Leiter
I don’t like it.
Per the baseball trade values account: Today the #Yankees reportedly acquired LHP Mark Leiter Jr. ($15.2M surplus trade value) from the #Cubs in exchange for RHP Jack Neely ($1.6M) and 2B Benjamin Cowles ($1.1M). The deal is rejected by our model as an underpay by New York.
The model likes Leiter for his peripherals, Statcast numbers and remaining three years of cheap team control.
Compared to the prices for rental arms, and even similar controllable arms like A.J. Puk and Jason Adam, this seems like a heist by the Yankees.
Not that we live or die by this one analysis
Mark Leiter Jr traded for a guy who, if everything goes right, could potentially one day be as good as Mark Leiter Jr. ok.
Pretty good trade for both teams. You don’t know what Lieter’s future value will be like so now is the right time to trade him. Neely looks to be ready for some MLB looks soon and the Cubs are in a position to give them those looks in 2024.
Now do Jame-o
I love Cowles’ profile. His scouting report reads like a skilled David Bote. A guy who might finally solve our bench player woes.
How very terrible. I’m so sick of Jed’s lottery tickets and Tom’s cheapness.
Leiter would have been best as a sweetener to a larger deal – does moving him now signal this is all for today?
Leiter is 33, was previously DFA’d by us, and RPs offer quite volatile production as they enter their mid-30s. What the hell were people expecting? Cubs have a great track record of developing RPs (see: Mark Leiter Jr.) and Neely has a nasty slider. This is a solid deal.
The market is going nuts for SP. Please Jed, trade Tallion
Please, sir, can I get someone who can play this season.
I like this
If Neely works out we’ve swapped an older reliever for a younger one and taken a chance on Cowles
It’s a long shot type of return, but I didn’t expect much for him.
Both Neely and Cowles are Rule 5 eligible. The Cubs will have to add them to the 40-man to protect them. Yankees had a crunch there, apparently. So they risked losing them anyway in the offseason. They got Leiter Jr. for “nothing” in that regard.
Yankees beat writer, Erik Boland, tweeted this:
*”One rival scout, who sis assigned to the Yankees minor league system, on what the Yankees gave up (Cowles and Neely) for Mark Leiter Kr: ‘They will miss neither of those guys.'”*
Probably the best reliever on the Cubs and has been lights out since his return but the season is a lost cause so makes sense to get some value from him now. I’m gonna be a little mad though if he dominates for the Yankees in the playoffs.
Not sure why, but reading this randomly reminded me of the 1-2 years Bob Howry went absolutely Ham and was a lights out setup man.
33 comments
I blinked what the fuck
Someone tell me how to feel about this
Quick somebody tell me how to feel about this
I figured Leiter Jr. would be an attractive bullpen add for a contender. Was kinda hoping we’d get another starting pitching prospect like Ben Brown or Wesneski.
Neely just turned 24 and is 6’8” or 6’9” depending on where you check. Started the season in AA and struck out 51 in just 31 innings (1.13 WHIP).
Not seeing the same results in AAA but it’s a small sample size (10 innings, 1.31 WHIP).
Jack Neely has a 60 grade fastball and 70 grade slider, also is performing well in AAA. Cowles is having a great season in AA at the plate. Great return imo
Who, what? Ok i guess.
I think it’s fine for Leiter. He’s not a closer so his value isn’t going to be high and he’s been injured.
Leiter was a minor league FA who we DFA’d in the not too distant past.
Turning him into 2 lottery tickets is not bad.
This is fine
Nice return
I love this move. 33 y/o Leiter for a 24 y/o 6’8 strikeout machine.
Neely looks solid. I like the return, good job on this one Jed.
I posted this elsewhere, but as someone that has followed both of these prospects closely the past couple of years:
Cowles and Neely are two guys that very few people will have heard of, but have been performing very well. Cowles is probably more of a UTIL guy, but he was doing a bit of everything at the plate in AA: .295/.376/.472 with 25 doubles, 9 HRs, and 14 SBs (2 CS) in 378 PAs. Also showed a pretty good plate approach as well.
Neely has been one of my favorite RP prospects in baseball. 6’8″ behemoth with 255 K’s in 160.1 career MiLB innings. He’s looked a bit more mortal at AAA thus far, but he has the makings of a future late-innings arm.
Good return. Can’t be mad.
Best of luck to him but not too shabby of a return. I’ll take it.
Decent deal…we got a lot out of Leiter
I don’t like it.
Per the baseball trade values account:
Today the #Yankees reportedly acquired LHP
Mark Leiter Jr. ($15.2M surplus trade value) from the #Cubs in exchange for RHP Jack Neely
($1.6M) and 2B Benjamin Cowles ($1.1M).
The deal is rejected by our model as an underpay by New York.
The model likes Leiter for his peripherals, Statcast numbers and remaining three years of cheap team control.
Compared to the prices for rental arms, and even similar controllable arms like A.J. Puk and Jason Adam, this seems like a heist by the Yankees.
Not that we live or die by this one analysis
Mark Leiter Jr traded for a guy who, if everything goes right, could potentially one day be as good as Mark Leiter Jr. ok.
Pretty good trade for both teams. You don’t know what Lieter’s future value will be like so now is the right time to trade him. Neely looks to be ready for some MLB looks soon and the Cubs are in a position to give them those looks in 2024.
Now do Jame-o
I love Cowles’ profile. His scouting report reads like a skilled David Bote. A guy who might finally solve our bench player woes.
How very terrible. I’m so sick of Jed’s lottery tickets and Tom’s cheapness.
Leiter would have been best as a sweetener to a larger deal – does moving him now signal this is all for today?
Leiter is 33, was previously DFA’d by us, and RPs offer quite volatile production as they enter their mid-30s. What the hell were people expecting? Cubs have a great track record of developing RPs (see: Mark Leiter Jr.) and Neely has a nasty slider. This is a solid deal.
The market is going nuts for SP. Please Jed, trade Tallion
Please, sir, can I get someone who can play this season.
I like this
If Neely works out we’ve swapped an older reliever for a younger one and taken a chance on Cowles
It’s a long shot type of return, but I didn’t expect much for him.
Both Neely and Cowles are Rule 5 eligible. The Cubs will have to add them to the 40-man to protect them. Yankees had a crunch there, apparently. So they risked losing them anyway in the offseason. They got Leiter Jr. for “nothing” in that regard.
Yankees beat writer, Erik Boland, tweeted this:
*”One rival scout, who sis assigned to the Yankees minor league system, on what the Yankees gave up (Cowles and Neely) for Mark Leiter Kr: ‘They will miss neither of those guys.'”*
Probably the best reliever on the Cubs and has been lights out since his return but the season is a lost cause so makes sense to get some value from him now. I’m gonna be a little mad though if he dominates for the Yankees in the playoffs.
Not sure why, but reading this randomly reminded me of the 1-2 years Bob Howry went absolutely Ham and was a lights out setup man.