Didn't the Pillar leading off boat sail last year when he was predictably terrible and got moved down in the order where he belongs? Why is he still talking about this?
Ugh, we should have prohibited the trading of 2018 waiver picks before the 2017 waiver draft was over, as they weren't even being tracked on the spreadsheet.
Does anyone else have missed trades on the sheet? Also, I'm going to add 2018 waiver picks tonight and remove the 2017 ones. I'm assuming that nobody has traded any of those yet?
I have to update that on the sheet. Also, I just realized he traded Tapia, a first, and Britton for Swanson less than a month ago. So it's actually
Vlad Jr.
David Robertson
Britton
1st
Raimel Tapia
For Bautista and Martin.
He's been close to replacement, but not replacement. I think he's finished in the 225-300 overall range in 2015 and 2016, and shortstop is pretty deep.
Hasn't Crawford actually been better in both seasons since you made the trade? You kind of paid Benintendi for the privilege of downgrading from Tulo to Crawford.
Yeah, I would not be moving stud blue chip prospects like Vlad and Swanson for Bautista and Martin at this point. There just isn't enough left in those tanks.
I believe you said he'd have a 10+ year career as valuable major league player. Months later he was sent to the minors after one of the worst individual seasons in franchise history.