Did any of the released minor leaguers have trade value?
If our model is right, most of the valuations of these players should be at or near zero.
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June 1, 2020
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Did any of the released minor leaguers have trade value?
by johnbitzer | 06/04/20 | 0 Comments
TradesPlayersSadly, MLB teams have been releasing minor leaguers in droves recently. Our reaction here is to, first, update their statuses (if they’re in our database at all); and second, check the player’s valuations. After all, if teams were...
The Top 10 relievers by trade value
by johnbitzer | 05/21/20 | 0 Comments
TradesPlayersAccording to our model, the Top 10 relievers by trade value are: ...
The Bottom 10: Players with the lowest trade value
by johnbitzer | 05/07/20 | 0 Comments
TradesPlayersWho has the lowest trade value among all players? This is the flip side of our recent article on the highest-value players. You also may have noticed that we have a section of our site called Highest/Lowest, which ranks every player...
The Top 10: Players with the highest trade value
by johnbitzer | 04/22/20 | 0 Comments
TradesPlayersWho has the highest trade value among all players? One section of our site you may not have noticed is our Highest/Lowest page, which ranks every player according to their trade value. On it, you can see that the Top 10 players with the...
Offseason recap: Reviewing our final scorecard, and trends we saw
by johnbitzer | 04/09/20 | 0 Comments
TradesPlayersDue to the baseball stoppage amidst the global pandemic, the 2020 baseball season hasn’t yet begun, which means that we’re still, awkwardly, in offseason mode. It’s like the party guest who wouldn’t leave at 2 am. But: It’s given us a...
Noah Syndergaard’s huge drop in value
by johnbitzer | 03/24/20 | 0 Comments
TradesPlayersWith the news of Noah Syndergaard’s Tommy John surgery, his value has dropped all the way from the low 80s to 11.0. Why so dramatic? There are a couple of reasons. First, he has only two years of control left. One of those is now wiped...