Yeah, because huge market teams have never slaughtered the farm for a premier name in an area of weakness in hopes of a WS..... (Cubs and Red Sox cough cough)
Almost always negotiable in the right circumstance. This not likely being one of them.
Of course, everything is negotiable.
My sleeper pick sucks dong this year. This isn't nearly as fun as when the questionable moves work out...
<Evil laugh>
As with the Mike Trout hypotheticals, this lives in fantasy land I'd be willing to wager. Nice thought, but who wants to give up what it'd take to get Grienke?
It's a typical Dave Cameron post. He's the most "hot take" of all the FG writers, not that I'm complaining. He's still better than anything you'll find on any big corporate site like ESPN, Yahoo, or CBS.
Oh, for sure. It's just one of those things that needs to be washed out so the thread doesn't become 100 posts about something that cannot and will not happen no matter how bad someone might think it's a good idea. There are some fun takes I can pull up regarding the James Shields trade back in 2013 (which I also hated ironically) which are great reads using hindsight.
Well I posted it to call out Omar for stealing the idea and making this thread.
Stealing? That's a little harsh. I was thinking of giving a link, but most people here just automatically ignore anything Fangraphs/BP has to say. Besides, it's not anything completely revolutionary or new. The D-Backs suck, and good SP is a commodity.Well I posted it to call out Omar for stealing the idea and making this thread.
