Cincinnati is open for business trading away starting pitchers. Alfredo Simon is headed to the Tigers and now the Reds have also sent Mat Latos to the Marlins in exchange for prospects Chad Wallach and Anthony DeSclafani.
Latos will be a free agent next offseason and is coming off an injury wrecked year in which he threw just 102 innings after making at least 30 starts and logging at least 180 innings each year from 2010-2013.
When healthy enough to pitch he was his usual self, posting a 3.25 ERA, although Latos’ strikeout rate dropped to a career-low 6.5 per nine innings at age 26. He’s a legit top-of-the-rotation starter.
Wallach is a catching prospect (and the son of former big leaguer Tim Wallach) who played this past season at Single-A and hit well at age 22. DeSclafani made his MLB debut this year at age 24 and struggled in 33 innings, but the right-hander has a chance to be a decent starter.