<p>Twitter has been exploding all night with some oh-so-crazy trade deadline stuff. Yeah, that oh-so-crazy shitty pun thing I just typed up is pretty lame, but whatever. It all started with a little Morororororosi this:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a> close to trading Seunghwan Oh to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Rockies</a>.</p>
<p>&mdash; Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) <a href="https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1022258708397477888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>And then came this:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Feverishly working beside me, <a href="https://twitter.com/ArdenZwelling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ArdenZwelling</a> has discovered that two <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Rockies</a> prospects, Sean Bouchard and Chad Spanberger, have been lifted early from their game with <a href="https://twitter.com/GoTourists?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GoTourists</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bluejays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bluejays</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HugWatch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HugWatch</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mike Wilner (@Wilnerness590) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/status/1022260433254666241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>And then this:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">RHP Seung-hwan Oh to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Rockies</a> is a done deal, source tells The Athletic.</p>
<p>&mdash; Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) <a href="https://twitter.com/ByRobertMurray/status/1022269658995548160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 25, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>And let me just get all &#8216;Dude, Where&#8217;s My Car?&#8217; while I&#8217;m at it&#8230;</p>
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<p>this&#8230;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A-ball first base prospect Chad Spanberger expected to be part of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlueJays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlueJays</a> return from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rockies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Rockies</a> for Seunghwan Oh, per source.</p>
<p>&mdash; Shi Davidi (@ShiDavidi) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/1022283092487098370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2018</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>So, of course, all of us went and googled Chad Spanberger to look at this:</p>
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<p>But, you have to be careful with these 2018 Class-A numbers, especially the dingers thing because McCormick Field &#8211; the home of the Asheville Tourists and where Spanberger hit a lot of baseballs &#8211; looks like this:</p>
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<p>So, yeah, right field is kind of not much of anything. And if you&#8217;re a 22-year-old who hits from the left side like Spanberger, then you better be raking, especially in Class-A.</p>
<p><a href="http://baseballcensus.com/2018/01/02/colorado-rockies-chad-spanberger-scouting-report-baseball-player-evaluation-video-january-2018/">Baseball Census</a> had this to say about his power, which seems to be the big thing going for this 6&#8242; 3&#8243; first base prospect from Granite City, IL:</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-42993" src="https://bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-25-at-9.22.19-PM.png?w=704" alt="" width="704" height="164" /></p>
<p>It&#8217;s cool that the Jays were able to pick up a prospect for 36-year-old Seung-hwan Oh (and Eugene his translator), but let&#8217;s not get too carried away here.</p>
<p>Adding depth in the farm is never a bad thing, as we all know. But, Spanberger might be more of a meh than a whoa whoa whoa sort of prospect. But, if the meh turns to whoa, that is very fine. Either way, this is a good trade for the Jays, Oh brought back a prospect (maybe more as we wait for other names in the deal).</p>
<p>Now, here&#8217;s a video of that new prospect:</p>
<div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><iframe loading="lazy" title="Chad Spanberger, 1B, Colorado Rockies" width="1424" height="801" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H47CcsobbDk?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>


Twitter has been exploding all night with some oh-so-crazy trade deadline stuff. Yeah, that oh-so-crazy shitty pun thing I just typed up is pretty lame, but whatever. It all started with a little Morororororosi this:

https://twitter.com/jonmorosi/status/1022258708397477888

And then came this:

https://twitter.com/Wilnerness590/status/1022260433254666241

And then this:

https://twitter.com/ByRobertMurray/status/1022269658995548160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fwilnerness590%2Fstatus%2F1022260433254666241

And let me just get all 'Dude, Where's My Car?' while I'm at it...

<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-42989" src="https://bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/07/dude.jpg?w=675" alt="" width="675" height="370" />

this...

https://twitter.com/ShiDavidi/status/1022283092487098370

So, of course, all of us went and googled Chad Spanberger to look at this:

<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-42990" src="https://bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-25-at-9.10.30-PM.png?w=803" alt="" width="803" height="121" />

But, you have to be careful with these 2018 Class-A numbers, especially the dingers thing because McCormick Field - the home of the Asheville Tourists and where Spanberger hit a lot of baseballs - looks like this:

<img class="aligncenter wp-image-42991 size-large" src="https://bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-25-at-9.16.23-PM.png?w=266" alt="" width="266" height="114" />

So, yeah, right field is kind of not much of anything. And if you're a 22-year-old who hits from the left side like Spanberger, then you better be raking, especially in Class-A.

<a href="http://baseballcensus.com/2018/01/02/colorado-rockies-chad-spanberger-scouting-report-baseball-player-evaluation-video-january-2018/">Baseball Census</a> had this to say about his power, which seems to be the big thing going for this 6' 3" first base prospect from Granite City, IL:

<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-42993" src="https://bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-25-at-9.22.19-PM.png?w=704" alt="" width="704" height="164" />

It's cool that the Jays were able to pick up a prospect for 36-year-old Seung-hwan Oh (and Eugene his translator), but let's not get too carried away here.

Adding depth in the farm is never a bad thing, as we all know. But, Spanberger might be more of a meh than a whoa whoa whoa sort of prospect. But, if the meh turns to whoa, that is very fine. Either way, this is a good trade for the Jays, Oh brought back a prospect (maybe more as we wait for other names in the deal).

Now, here's a video of that new prospect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47CcsobbDk

Eugene and Oh for Chad Spanberger

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