Farewell to Wood, Peraza, Jimmy Johns, and Avilans.

KB21 said:
I don't like this trade. Hector Olivera may end up being a high impact bat, and the Braves were obviously VERY high on him as they offered him $40 million in the off season. However, he's 29 years old, so if he is an impact bat, it won't be for very long. You just traded a 24 year old starting pitcher who has posted a 3.18 FIP since the end of the 2013 season and has 4.7 combined WAR from 2014 and 2015. The biggest piece the Braves get in the deal is a 29 year old who has all of 86 at bats in minor league ball this year?
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Olivera is already 30.
 
thethe said:
Or maybe they would give up less than the typical fan would believe they should give up for a pitcher who has performed as well as Wood.
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Then keep him.

We could have just paid Olivera and kept Wood, or used him in another deal. Saving his signing bonus only to later give up Wood and Peraza for him makes no sense, no matter what we think of Wood. Sorry, but that's just dumb by our FO.
 
thewupk said:
Or maybe the Braves **** the bed? Oh wait that can't happen. Braves never make bad moves.
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Of course they make bad moves. I just tend to trust them more than the baseball people on this board.

Of course, like other trades that have been made recently nobody will have a mea culpa and say how wrong they were. I will just take my shots now.
 
smootness said:
Then keep him.

We could have just paid Olivera and kept Wood, or used him in another deal. Saving his signing bonus only to later give up Wood and Peraza for him makes no sense, no matter what we think of Wood. Sorry, but that's just dumb by our FO.
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We can re-write history. We didn't get him. Therefore we are operating in a universe where that has no bearing on the evaulation of the deal.
 
smootness said:
When we drafted Wood, he had already had his first TJ! So now we allow that to greatly reduce his value in a trade.

If this deal goes through as reported, I have lost a great deal of faith in this FO.
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Thats not the whole story. Since he was drafted all of the prospect guru's reported that scouts worried about his durability thanks to his funky delivery and that was when his curve was a show me pitch. On top of that he's been losing velocity and ended last season with a strained forearm, which is typically a precursor to TJS.
 
It's just par for the course though. Spinning and justifying everything. In theory, you can make an argument for giving up Mike Trout because he might get fat and slap a 5-year-old girl in the face.
 
And here I thought the Cody Martin trade was going to be the low point of the Mukaki Rebuild.
 
jsebe10 said:
Lol. Right! Kershaw is the definition of weird delivery. Justifying this retarded trade by arguing Wood's delivery is asinine.
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It's thethe, what do you expect?

His mantra changes depending on what the FO is doing.

Trading guys that strike out? Speed and contact is the future. Peraza is awesome.

Trade for pitchers with TJS? Great value. No way the Braves could get him if he wasn't hurt.

Trade Wood and Peraza? Wood is going to get hurt soon. Peraza isn't the player a 30 year old cuban with no MLB experience is.
 
The three pitching prospects the #Marlins would be receiving from #Dodgers are Jeff Brigham, Victor Araujo, Kevin Guzman.

That sandwich pick 35 worth what...2.5 -3mill?
 
Assuming the deal is Wood, Peraza, JJ and Availan for Olivera, Bird, pick.

I only do that if ALL the following are met:
1. I am unable or unwilling to sign Wood long term to Tehran type deal
2. I believe Olivera will give me at least 4 year near Arenado numbers on offense and at least avg d at 3rd
3. Bird is going to be 75% or better of Alex wood in the Next 2 years
4. Peraza is not better than Peterson
5. I am signing an impact FA pitcher this offseason

I need ALL of them. Unless they take CJ, then I'd drop either 1 or 4.
 
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