Across 46.1 High-A innings this season, Cunningham has pitched to a 1.93 ERA while striking out 47 batters, dominating opposing hitters along the way. While he may not be as intriguing as Lagrange, Cunningham has some serious upside.
The third and final player heading back to the D-Backs would be Jesus Rodriguez, an interesting third baseman and catcher. Rodriguez is currently just 23 years old, and he’s been tearing up Triple-A this season.
Across 72 games in Triple-A, Rodriguez has hit three homers, slashed .313/.411/.409 with a 126 wRC+. For the D-Backs, a player like Rodriguez is quite the interesting throw-in, as he could make an impact in the big leagues very soon.
While the D-Backs will be losing a lot of talent in this move, they’ll also be gaining quite a bit of talent in the process. Between Lagrange, Cunningham and Rodriguez, they’re setting up their farm system quite nicely in this deal.
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The Phillies already made their first big splash of the deadline, and they did not have to forfeit any prospects. Instead, they re-signed a piece from their 2022 World Series roster, David Robertson.
Robertson was signed to a prorated one-year, $16 million deal, which will pay him roughly $5.5 million for the remainder of the season. If the Phillies had traded for an arm of Robertson’s caliber, they surely would have needed to forfeit some top prospects, which they can instead push towards another deal.
