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    Quote Originally Posted by SidSlid92 View Post
    You trade players at their peak value. Just because Coppy wet the bed and waited too long last year to move him doesn't mean you ship him out at your first opportunity this year. You don't trade low on players. Since the move, he's thrown 19 innings with 30 k's and 2.29 era. You can't tell me a contending team wouldn't be interested in that
    Whenever possible - which is rarer than many people care to admit.

    The convenient thing your since the trade numbers ignores is that in almost the same number of IP (and same number of games) he was beyond awful and looked washed-up - 5.29 ERA, 23 Ks against 13 BBs.

    Can't have it both ways.
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    Quote Originally Posted by clvclv View Post
    Whenever possible - which is rarer than many people care to admit.

    The convenient thing your since the trade numbers conveniently ignore is that in almost the same number of IP (and same number of games) he was beyond awful and looked washed-up - 5.29 ERA, 23 Ks against 13 BBs.

    Can't have it both ways.
    But hindsight allows people to think they can have it both ways. ;-)

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