Week 17

[moochpuppy]

I thought I made out pretty well in the F.Hernandez trade. I got Matt Cain who is still a pretty good pitcher and has outscored Hernandez since the trade, Cespedes who still has two exemptions remaining, a Top 50 prospect in Odorizzi and a Top 100 prospect in E.Butler.

 

Hernandez has cost me upwards of 38.3% of my keeper points and I don't think I was going to be able to hold onto him this offseason.

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Every player I got in these trades has sucked (Swisher, Rios, Markakis), gotten hurt (HRam), hasn't had many opportunities (Nathan) or been out pitched by someone I gave up (Cain v Felix) and I've lost both weeks.

[Guest]

For as much whining as there is about the trading, the teams giving up the "good" players seem to come out ahead a fair amount of the time.

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I'm not really looking to reignite the debate. It's only been 7-14 days for the trades I made. I'm just bitching that they have universally been [expletive] for me so far.

[MembersOnlyJacket]

For as much whining as there is about the trading, the teams giving up the "good" players seem to come out ahead a fair amount of the time.

 

Kershaw. Which, as we discussed in the past worked for both of us.

 

And let me just say, I got some horrendous proposals for Kershaw this year. The guy has been worth the value of two players and I've gotten offers for middle of the road prospects. I do not understand how teams value players.

[sneakypower]

looks like you missed your chance at Jake Odorizzi and Eddie Butler

 

nm Butler was dropped, it's your lucky day

[Quakers]

For as much whining as there is about the trading, the teams giving up the "good" players seem to come out ahead a fair amount of the time.

 

and they should in the long run.

[Quakers]

again,

i am happy with the way things are, but for purposes f discussion

 

 

1) new rule - no trading at seasons end until a team has dropped all non-keepers. ie they are below 2,000 pts, etc...

 

just a thought

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I'm opposed to that rule. In part bc I prefer to have the keeper deadline where it is. So much more is known about the players in Feb. I'm not sure why we'd want to set keepers so early in the off season.

 

Moreover, that rule will greatly reduce trading as teams will no longer have an interest in clearing points during the year in order to take on high point players in the off season. Teams with multiple high point players will end up dropping them which means they'll be available to those teams again in the draft. We'll lose the balance that the current system affords.

 

I still don't know what great problem needs to be solved.