Posted by lvnwrth on 11/12/2016 8:30:00 AM (view original):
Posted by hockey1984 on 11/2/2016 5:16:00 PM (view original):
Trade em away to the next unsuspecting rube.
Alrhough in my experiance, it's a lot easier to get vets for prospects then vice versa.
Found this comment a bit confusing. If you can get vets for prospects, then that means that there must be someone out there equally willing to give prospects for vets. Otherwise, you'd have no trading partners.
I think the real problem here is that most us are just leery to trade away prospects. We all fear we're trading the next Bryce Harper, when the truth of the matter is that most of the time we're trading the next Shawn Abner.
Yeah. I'm the one trading away the prospects for the vets. That's what I meant with that comment.
I have found, in the past, that it is very easy to trade away a 19-21 year old Starting pitcher with splits that project to low to mid 60's for a 30 year old LF slugger or a 32 year old SP3. Where as, if I have a 27 year old 3B who can hit .300 with 30 HR's or a 32 year old who is a lock for 16 wins with a sub 3 ERA a season, its still like pulling teeth trying to get a prospect I could actually see being a starting player or rotation pitcher.
I preferred the old way to to be honest. I know that there were a lot of IFA's going for $30-$40 million but I could still get a few decent guys for $10 and I could still see them. Now I don't bother. IFA budget is 0. Same with the draft, I found it rewarded looking through the draft. Everyone knew who was going in the first round, but second round I found SP4 and 5 guys. Good closer and bullpen guys and some really really good defensive players. Now, even with $20 million HS I have no idea what I'm getting. And I have COLL at 0 because I can't afford both. So all of those guys go right to the bottom of the pile.