Arizona Diamondbacks Trade Rumors: Wade Miley On The Move?
By Tony Fischer
After trading longtime catcher Miguel Montero, today the Arizona Diamondbacks trade rumors surrounded starting pitcher Wade Miley. Both the Red Sox and Marlins are said to have been in talks with Dave Stewart about trading for Miley. In fact their was a rumored deal in place for Wade Miley that would send him to Boston for two or three players including pitchers Rubby De La Rosa and Allen Webster.
#RedSox have agreement in principle for #DBacks’ Miley, sources tell me and @jonmorosi. AZ will get Webster, De La Rosa and a minor leaguer.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) December 11, 2014
But the usually dependable Jon Morosi may be wrong in this instance as General Manger Dave Stewart is telling the beat writers for AZCentral that a deal has not been reached saying that the team has yet to agree on a minor leaguer.
#Dbacks GM Dave Stewart denies they have a deal with #RedSox, getting Webster and DelaRosa for Wade Miley_unable to yet agree on prospects.
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) December 11, 2014
Dbacks source says they’ve discussed Webster & De La Rosa with Red Sox in deal for Miley but no agreement has been reached.
— Nick Piecoro (@nickpiecoro) December 11, 2014
If the rumored deal is accurate it raises a lot of questions. Wade Miley seems to fit into the Arizona Diamondbacks rebuilding efforts. The left-hander was 8-12 with a 4.34 ERA last season. Miley’s numbers have declined over since his All Star year in 2012 but he is still a very serviceable start especially for his $523,500 salary.
Declining numbers aside Miley is marketable and drawing interest from multiple teams. The Diamondbacks still have a big need at catcher after sending Montero to the Cubs, hopefully any trade for Miley would include a catcher coming back in the deal.