Kimbrel/Melvin Trade Thread

Orphan Black said:
I wish nothing but the best for Kimbrel, but can't believe someone took on Melvin's contract.

I wonder if Wisler makes an impact this season.

What's with the draft pick trading...I didn't think they did that in baseball.
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Competitive balance picks are tradeable.
 
50PoundHead said:
If not my exact thoughts, pretty darn close. I didn't realize that Maybin is making the kind of money he's making: $7 MM in 2015, $8 MM in 2016, and $9 MM in 2017.
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I guess the only questions are how much we lowered Kimbrel's value by chaining him to Upton and whether we would have been better off with the additional assets from trading Kimbrel straight up. Could we have gotten Renfroe as well if it had just been Kimbrel?

Still, hypotheticals. I'm satisfied with this.
 
MadduxFanII said:
I guess the only questions are how much we lowered Kimbrel's value by chaining him to Upton and whether we would have been better off with the additional assets from trading Kimbrel straight up. Could we have gotten Renfroe as well if it had just been Kimbrel?

Still, hypotheticals. I'm satisfied with this.
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I don't think many prospects would have been worth the money saved from dumping Upton
 
I hate seeing Craig go, but holy crap. What a deal. This makes us way worse this year but down the road, dang. That's what, 80 million freed?
 
MadduxFanII said:
I guess the only questions are how much we lowered Kimbrel's value by chaining him to Upton and whether we would have been better off with the additional assets from trading Kimbrel straight up. Could we have gotten Renfroe as well if it had just been Kimbrel?

Still, hypotheticals. I'm satisfied with this.
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True. I guess the hardest thing to do in baseball is gauge the value of a bad contract, which the elder Upton's clearly was.
 
I truly hate to lose Kimbrel, but this is a fantastic trade. Quentin is a salary dump but can be bought out at the end of the year. I actually like Maybin. He either rebounds and we keep him or trade him for additional young talent or simply pay a 1 million buyout and he's off the books for 2017. Either way he actually is an upgrade at CF this and next year.

Add to that we get their best pitching prospect and another top 15-20 propsect of theirs PLUS a high draft pick? This is a slam dunk win of a trade, and in my opinion our best move of the offseason.

Bottom line is we freed up a huge amount of future commitments, got our best prospect of the offseason, added a draft pick for a reliever. The best reliever in the game, yes. But still a reliever.
 
And unless Quentin is really good this season he doesn't make the games played for the 3 million buyout for next years option to kick in.
 
This team is gonna struggle to win 60 games after they just handed Kimbrel over to San Diego.
 
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