Posted by burnsy483 on 11/18/2013 1:12:00 PM (view original):
Posted by bad_luck on 11/18/2013 12:59:00 PM (view original):
Posted by tecwrg on 11/18/2013 12:57:00 PM (view original):
Cabrera is not nearly as valuable to the Tigers if they have somebody as high quality as Longoria ready to step in.
Yes, yes he is. Let's say that, without Longoria, the Tigers would require 3 high level prospects back in a trade for Cabrera.
Are you suggesting that, with Longoria, they'd accept less in trade?
Why is he being traded now? "If the Tigers didn't have X player" doesn't mean he's being traded. It means if they didn't have the player.
And what do prospects do for the team this year? It's an annual award.
Wouldn't the amount received in trade give you a good idea as to how a player is valued, both by his current team and the team acquiring him?
Realistically, if the Tigers had both Longoria and Cabrera, Longoria would already be at third and Cabrera would be at first or DH.
But that's beside the point. The available replacement, be it Longoria, Bourjos, Peralta, or whoever, doesn't really matter when you're talking about MVP. Cabrera's 2013 value is the same, whether or not the Tigers do or do not have an adequate replacement for him.