Anatomy of a Baseball Trade

[David]

Awesome.

 

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/anatomy-of-a-baseball-trade-10202011.html

 

Imagine telling a lawyer she’s been traded for two promising law students. Or a salesman that he’s moving from a software company in Seattle to a tire company in Cleveland. In sports, it happens all the time. To find out how it’s done, we asked Ed Wade, general manager of the Houston Astros, and Frank Wren, his counterpart with the Atlanta Braves—as well as some of their scouts and players—to reconstruct a swap they made just before baseball’s July 31 trading deadline. The process begins with Wade realizing that his slumping Astros need to unload players such as star outfielder Hunter Pence and speedy center fielder Michael Bourn to build for the future.

[treebird]

interesting read. i especially liked that atlanta's gm said this:

 

We see Bourn valued down a level from Pence for our club. We like the run production and power of Pence, and Bourn is a run creator. That doesn’t do as much for us.

 

i bet my gm wouldn't say things like that.

[17 Seconds]

i had that exact quote copied and ready to paste before i saw your post

[Mark Priors Calves]

i bet my gm wouldn't say things like that.

This comment brought a smile to my face.

[ArizonaGM]

Pretty cool article. Interesting to see how informal some of this stuff is, in particular the texts.