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Nolan Arenado’s trade value has tanked
TradesPlayersWill Nolan Arenado be traded this offseason? The rumor mill has already started. With another season of failure in the books for the Rockies, the obvious conclusion would be to suggest there will be personnel changes. And Arenado very...
The BTV Podcast, Episode 10: Pencils Down, Everyone!
TradesPlayersWelcome back to the Baseball Trade Values Podcast! In this special episode, founder John Bitzer (@BitzerDigital) and Associate Editor Joshua Iversen (@jive_mlb) break down EVERY trade from the 2020 MLB trade deadline and how successful...
Trade deadline analysis: how did our model do?
TradesPlayersOverall, we were pleased with how our model did during this trade deadline period. Every trade except one was accepted by our system. On two very prominent trades (Clevinger and Marte), the numbers matched up very well, as they did on...
The BTV Podcast, Episode 9: System Updating…
TradesPlayersWelcome back to the Baseball Trade Values Podcast! In this episode, founder John Bitzer (@BitzerDigital) and Associate Editor Joshua Iversen (@jive_oak) discuss the current playoff odds and which teams might be buyers and sellers. Then,...
Risers and Fallers
TradesPlayersAs you may have noticed, we’ve been updating some of the trade values on our site recently. In a normal season, barely one month of data would be considered too small of a sample size. But in this weird 2020, it represents half of a...
The BTV Podcast, Episode 8: Trade Market Preview – Relief Pitchers
TradesPlayersWelcome back to the Baseball Trade Values Podcast! In this episode, founder John Bitzer (@BitzerDigital) and Associate Editor Joshua Iversen (@jive_oak) discuss a handful of minor trades, the Marcus Stroman opt-out, recent player value...