Nafro

Fair enough, I am speaking on Barreto strictly on offensive stats alone. If he's unable to stay at short, than that definitely would change my opinion a little. I agree you can't make anybody who has failed to stay healthy the centerpiece of a trade. Like every other trade, we won't be able to evaluate until 3-5 years from now. Especially when prospects involved.

You want things skewed, how about this. Jake Marisnick was flipped (with Colin Moran) for Jared Cosart. Anthony DeSclafani was flipped (with Chad Wallach) for Mat Latos. I have hated the Dickey trade from the inception. We gave up what we had to for Donaldson. Though I think it will be too much long term, but that is often the case. It comes down to the fact under AA, they have been incredible at talent evaluation and acquisition via draft, international signings. Unfortunately AA has not used it the best to acquire major league talent. My least favourite trade to date is Yan Gomes for Esmil Rogers!

I wouldn't say we pillaged Oakland. We won the deal in the short term. But I actually like Graveman a fair bit. I think 5 years from now if Lawrie can ever stay healthy (and yes that's a big if) Oakland is better off from this trade. I see Barreto as a similar player to Erick Aybar. I like the deal, we just didn't rip the A's off by any means.

Juan Francisco's OPS last year was .745. Are you going to tell me that he was a good spot in the lineup? He would have been ahead of Colby's "rally's killed by a strikeout" stat. In fact I like that, I think there should be a definitive key stat, "K's with at least one runner on", "K's with RISP", "K's with nobody on". I even like the stat "K's while trailing and later than the sixth inning". We have all these analytics saying that it does not give you an advantage to sacrifice an out to move the runner. I would argue those figures are skewed by not taking into account the much more negative impact if the out is a strikeout. My point is I think that for a player like Colby Rasmus and Juan Francisco and such OPS is not a great stat to use. I will concede that Colby is an excellent defender at a premium position. So he is much more valuable than the poor defender Francisco. However his lack of overall contact and high slugging portion of his OPS, make that stat over rated. Your slugging for a solo home run and grand slam are the same. The impact of those two on the game are much different. Does anyone know if these type of K stats exist? The similar K peripherals for pitchers for situation would be very useful.

Here are my prospects that I am excited to see if they take a step forward this year. LHP's Matt Smoral, Jairo Labourt and Grayson Huffman. RHP's Miguel Castro and obviously Hoffman. Position players Lane Thomas, Richard Urena and darkhorse Ryan McBroom. Hopefully Max Pentecost will get back and healthy. Does anybody have an update as to what is in store for Juan Meza this year. Any other sleeper prospects?

I miss Adam Lind's goatee! You don't think Colby's numbers were grounds to be benched last year? If there was a stat for "rally's killed with a strikeout", Colby would have been a league leader. The Jays went on a great run of success when he went down with injury last year. That changed when he came back into the lineup. I will concede that was also because of injuries to other key players, but not a complete coincidence.

Yes unfortunately its looking like he is more likely to mirror Brandon Roy's career instead of what his potential was.

How is Gabby Guerrero related to Vladimir Jr., are they brothers or cousins?