That price on Bird is insane. I think the yankees could turn him into at least a really good long relief and he has control. I f***ing hate that deal. He might even start.
Does Cashman have a 'tree' or does he come from another org?
i always feel like its easier to make deals when you know there are orgs out there who value things similarily.
Us and cleveland (and maybe oakland), tampa, dodgers, milwaukee..
The really scary thing about him is his in zone contact rate which is terrible. There are very few guys that bad who later became stars.
edit: or what sliderguy said
Most 13 year old dominicans we promise several million dollars to also end up sucking.
Finding the right 18 year old japanese/korean player to give a couple of million to and then turning around and giving a ton of latin american 16 year olds mostly 100k with some 500k sprinkled in seems like just as good a strategy.
AJ Preller has to his core the belief that he can always find more and is rarely wrong.
also, if he does try miller as a starter that would be interesting.