Rockies Get: Jonathan Lucroy (4 HR, 27 RBI, .242 AVG, 1 SB, 66 wRC+, Age 31)
Rangers Get: Player to be named later
By all accounts, Jonathan Lucroy's 2017 has been a disappointment to say the least. A year after slashing .292/.355/.500 with 24 home runs and a 123 wRC+, he's down to .242/.297/.338 with four home runs and a 66 wRC+. Accumulating a grand total of 0.2 fWAR this season, one of the game's top catchers has been essentially replacement level this year (versus 4.5 fWAR last year) and a change of scenery might be badly needed. Where better to go than to Colorado, where .240 hitters turn into stars in the high altitude? Making the situation even better for Lucroy is the fact that Rockies catchers have been awful this season, with Tony Wolters (.251/.349/.302, 52 wRC+), Ryan Hanigan (.259/.315/.358, 52 wRC+), and Dustin Garneau (.206/.260/.353, 41 wRC+) doing pretty much nothing from an offensive perspective. For a contending team, that's unacceptable, and it will be up to Lucroy to help remedy that. He'll be a free agent after the season, so it's now or never. For his career, Lucroy has 94 home runs, a .280/.339/.433 line, and 21 fWAR.
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