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Off a Cliff: The Lee-Smoak Deal
(puns = awesome headlines) As you've undoubtedly heard by now, the Seattle Mariners have traded Cliff Lee and reliever Mark Lowe to the Texas Rangers for first baseman Justin Smoak (the big prize), Blake Beavan, Josh Lueke, and Matthew Lawson. The Mariners are also throwing in $2.5 million...
Braves Acquire Nate McLouth From Pirates In Win-Win Deal
First of all, I think the term "win-win" is way over-used. Trades are a zero sum game, and just because both teams receive a good player doesn't mean they each won the trade. When there's a winner, there has to be a loser, and in order for both teams to win, that means the losers need to be the...
Farm System Value Rankings
NL East | NL Central | NL West | AL East | AL Central | AL West Team $ Val. BA rank BP rank $...
NL West Farm System Values
Wrapping up the series, this time it's the NL West's turn. It ain't pretty. Once again, the prospect surplus values as figured for Victor Wang. You can read more on Victor's findings here: Top 10 hitting prospects $32.5M Top 11-25 hitters $22.3 Top 26-50...
AL East Farm System Values
TINSTAABALEFS. There is no such thing as a bad AL East farm system, at least in terms of surplus values. Here again are the values for each category of prospects, as figured by Victor Wang. Top 10 hitting prospects $32.5M Top 11-25 hitters $22.3 Top 26-50 hitters $20.8 Top...
AL Central Farm System Values
In continuation of my division by division series, it's now the AL Central's turn. Here again are Victor's surplus values for the different categories of prospects: Top 10 hitting prospects $32.5M Top 11-25 hitters $22.3 Top 26-50 hitters $20.8 Top 51-75...
NL East Farm System Values
Continuing our division by division series of Farm System Values, the NL East is now up to bat. As a refresher, here again are Victor Wang's surplus values for the different classes of prospects: Top 10 hitting prospects $32.5M Top 11-25 hitters $22.3 Top 26-50...
NL Central Farm System Values
On Monday we looked Victor Wang's fantastic research on the "hidden value of prospects", and applied his surplus values to the farm systems of the AL West. Here again are the surplus values for your review before we jump into the NL Central.* Top 10 hitting prospects $32.5M Top 11-25...
AL West Farm System Values
When a trade is made, we often see analysts rush to declare a winner and a loser. When it is a major leaguer for a major leaguer, the task is relatively easy. When it becomes prospects for a big leaguer, however, suddenly everyone becomes a fortune teller. We know nothing can be more challenging...
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