Red Sox
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Weissert | 29 | Majors | RP | Medium | 5 | 4 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1 | |
| Richard Fitts | 23 | Minors | SP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
Total Value:
2.90
Yankees
| Name | Age | Level | P1 | P2 | Availability | Years | AFV | Salary | Surplus | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Verdugo | 28 | Majors | OF | Low | 1 | 14 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
Total Value:
4.8
Comments
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Red Sox are also receiving Nicholas Judice, who is not yet in our system. Comes up pretty close to fair either way.
I would of rather kept Verdugo 👎
When you and I agree that a move is bad for Boston, it's bad.
Maybe it’s a move to open up an outfield spot for Soto
Maybe, but I see it as more likely that Breslow will fill the OF from within the system.
has nothing todo with this trade but nelson L Alvarez is a ray not a yankee
Fixed, thanks for the catch.
Verdugo may be heading to San Diego in the Soto trade.
So, one of the first things Breslow does is make a trade with the Yankees. I don’t like the way he’s starting……….
We've updated Verdugo to the Yankees, so you can now play around with scenarios where he's flipped to the Padres.
The Red Sox got two decent pitching prospects. They needed to get a right-handed outfielder to be more balanced. Duggie was a problem for Cora, so the other teams knew that they didn't have to give up major talent.
John, you gotta create a new front page category of "real trades". Leave "featured trades" for interesting trade possibilties provided by users, not "Actual trades posted by site owner". This is a really boring site if the only things people ever see and discuss are trades posted by the site owner.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure I agree. We see a lot of interest in real trades when they happen, as you can see from the comments on this one. And I try not to keep them up in the featured slot too long, as the interest tends to fade with the news cycle. Most of the time the featured trades are user-generated ones; we just happen to be in a week where news of real trades tends to happen often.
Ridding that Chaim Bloom stink.
Damn. Catching strays out here
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Pretty close to fair? Yankees get an MLB-tested GG-nominee average MLB hitter for a year. Red Sox get a replacement-level bullpen arm, a #12 prospect who was drafted in the sixth round two years ago, and a guy whose most recent work was posting an ERA over five in the Cape Cod League. Alex Cora used his ownership connection to throw away a year of talent. If very-smart Craig Breslow can make this work out to Boston's advantage, it's his first step on the Road to Greatness.
Based on the surplus value numbers, yes. Keep in mind the Red Sox just saved about $9M.
Need to clear salary for Soto 🙏
Soto Coming to NY too
Yes, it's $9M, but I don't think that justifies letting a good player go at 60%* of his value. Even if they need the salary cap room--and I hope that this is a sign that Yamamoto will commit to Boston--I'd expect Verdugo to be worth a couple million more elsewhere. John, you know MLB better than I ever will, but I'm pretty good at knowing the Red Sox players' values. Unless Breslow sees something, and he might, this looks like a win for the Yankees. * Or less than 60%...Cora often used other players to their best advantage and filled in with or benched Verdugo.
First name from the competition I think