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Making sense of the Padres/Brewers trade
When the Padres and Brewers agreed on a trade recently, my first thought was: that’s ridiculous. The package the Brewers received from San Diego far exceeded any reasonable bounds of a fair trade. We had Luis Urias at 55.2, and Trent Grisham at 8.8...
Explaining the value decline of aging center fielders
Center fielders don't seem to age well, especially those who derive a significant amount of their production from their gloves. And yet is still a capable major league player for the Tampa Bay Rays. So...
Hey, why did that number change?
So you may have noticed that every now and then, a player’s valuation has changed on this site. You might be wondering, “Why?” or “Hey, does that mean I have to go back and redo that trade idea I had last week?” Or: “Is this arbitrary, or is there a...
Scoping the return for a Kris Bryant trade
This is a guest article by BTV user and Cubs fan rw64 After a second straight year of playoff disappointment, major changes loom large on the North Side of Chicago. While the Cubs still have intentions of being competitive in 2020, President of...
Ranking each farm system by trade value
If you’re a serious baseball fan, you’ve probably seen a few farm system rankings from major outlets like Baseball America and Fangraphs. Here at BTV, we use our valuation estimates to do similar lists – to rank each system by trade value. It’s a way...
Is Francisco Lindor tradeable?
Recently, Joel Sherman of the NY Post advocated strongly for the Yankees to trade for , in the wake of the Yanks’ defeat to the Astros. Granted, Sherman is a NY beat writer, so there’s some classic...