The Brick Barracudas, fresh off acquiring Jake Glenn in a trade from Atlanta, added to its offseason haul today with a monster deal with division rival Shackamaxon Lenape.
Heading across the Benjamin Franklin Bridge from Shackamaxon to Brick is stud closer Carlos Placeres and two prospects, AA 2B Carlos Madrigal and A LF Tomas Fernandez. For the trio of young present- and future-stars, the Barracudas have agreed to part with stud reliever Hector Estrada and AAA SP Todd Davis, who was in the Brick bullpen last season as a Rule 5 selection.
Shackamaxon will also receive Brick's first two picks in the upcoming 2028 draft, its first round (#11 overall) and a second round pick originally acquired from Brooklyn (#15 overall).
"Our trade for Jake Glenn gave us the flexibility to trade Davis," Brick GM Fred Goldfarb explained. "We had wanted to get Placeres back since last season, after originally trading him to the Lenape when he was still a farmhand. I knew we would have to pay a steep price for an elite closer, but the additions of Madrigal and Fernandez helped sweeten the return."
Shackamaxon GM Michael Weintraub explained his perspective on the deal: "We love Carlos, but feel that Hector Estrada will step in and help solidify the back of our bullpen this season. Todd Davis will be useful as we build our next-generation rotation and bullpen. The draft picks will be additional ammunition in rebuilding our prospect base.
"We'll miss both Carlos Madrigal and Tomas Fernandez, but we had a surplus of young second basemen, and we also have a young outfield core that Tomas would have had trouble cracking in a few years. I wish them both luck."
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