The Raptors shipped prized prospect 3B Sung Heun Hwa off to Seattle for OF prospect Dan Fisher and Single A RP Luis Quinones. Hwa was drafted in the 1st round last year (#6 overall) and played at Springfield (A) for the Raptors organization. Fisher was drafted in 2021 (2nd round, 23rd overall) by Seattle and played last year at Olympia (AA) demonstrating power, speed and defensive prowess. When asked for comment, Raptor GM Sauerwald stated: "We wanted to get someone a little closer to being ML ready, and little better defensively with better base running ability. Fisher has won the minor league Glove Wizard award twice, at two different levels and 2 different positions and has stolen over 80 bases in just over 2 ML seasons. He'll slot into Debois (AAA) this year, where we'll work on his batting eye. He should be ready to step into a ML role next year. We think Quinones has a bright future ahead of him and will add some left handed pitching depth to our org".
The Raptors have had a busy off season, signing SP Clarence Craig, MRs Eden Torres and Sergio Mendoza, AAA OFs Dustin Overgaag and Antonio Cabrera, Rule 5 OF Takayuki Inoue and waiver claim for AAA 2B Yee Qiu, while saying goodbye to longtime Raptors SPs Joseph Sterner and Alan Blessing.
Rumors swirl that the Raptors are still actively shopping veteran 3B Bruce Parker in an attempt to get younger across the infield. The Raptors still need some bullpen help and prospects to shore up their depleted minor leagues.
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