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me either (and i doubt anyone else does) which i why I suggested the Angels force Pujols on the trade partner, this is a way to get rid of a bad contract and yet not hurt Trout's trade value because nobody can pay the actual trade value.

yes, but only if you are maximizing the value by getting a return of excess value. There is no need to trade JT for a "fair trade" because of his control he has equal value to us starting as a fair trade would provide. If he were going to be a free agent in the next season or two, then yes...

If i were the Astros I think I add another top ranked guy or two and ask them to add Calhoun. They'd be pretty damn set then. edited to add: Trout would be the perfect guy to trade draft picks for too. If they change the rules as some have speculated at the new CBA it could get interesting.

"clutch" doesn't exist as a skill though. clutch situations exists, and we tend to exhibit confirmation bias when remembering those events. Bonds had 2 sub .600 OPS playoff series, then an .838 then he had 3 really good series and a mediocre one. Most of those were all buttressed by a...

we suck so bad, we get two guys on 0 outs and what do our guys do? hack away at the first pitches they see.

Well, you can say that about any player who's trade worthy really. That still doesn't change the fact that he may have more value on the team than in trade if teams don't want to cough up value for him.

We are talking a guy that even with his contract could provide $200m+ of excess value. That is insane! There is nothing comparable in history except for the Babe trade (and that was such a different era it really doesn't apply) You'd have to give up your first 4-5 prospects and they'd all...

well, to be fair to Barry, he got walked a lot in the playoffs and had pretty small sample sizes of plate appearances considering he was in 48 playoff games in his career. (52 walks) so he didn't have a lot of chances to hit well. (really only 2 series where he had huge perfomance, and both...

that assumes that the best team wins the world series. That may have been generally true in the days before multi team playoffs, but these days in the wildcard era, it just isn't so. Braves offense was 14th in 2002, pitching was 5th, relief pitching was the best in MLB in 2003- Offense was...

he signed an extension with the Angels through the 2020 seasons as follows: 2016- $15.250 2017- $19.250 2018- $33.250 2019- $33.250 2020- $33.250 lots of $$$ but they could make it work

we lost for a number of reasons, lack of offense in key games, bad starts, blown saves...etc there is no "one thing" we can point at and say "if we had xyz" we would have won more. Wohlers gave up the home run to Leyritz in 1996 and he was one of the best closers in MLB that year...

more like an X-box trade with "force trade" turned on. I don't know if anyone of his ability has ever been traded that early in their career. Not since Babe Ruth and certainly not in the modern era.

boner face is awful in CF, GET HEALTHY ENDERS!!!!

Braves offense be like :

nice come back for de la cruz , nice wasted out by Philly too!

I'm listening to the Philly crew,I just can't take Chip's used car salesman gag and Joe's endless grouchiness about anything newer than the years he played.

hahaha sac bunt with a guy on 2b!! is it throwback day?

absolutely, Teheran has incredible value because of his contract. At his present rate of success we are talking $80m+ in excess value (and maybe more)

We could, but it would have to be creative as hell. I'm thinking it would require Freeman going and Pujols coming honestly as well as Newcomb, Albies, Allard and 2 more parts. and when I look at that it doesn't seem like enough. (though with the salary differences and swap of Freeman and...