I mean getting a fair return on the investment.
Spend 1.7M get 1.7M worth of return.
Although honestly the return should be higher since the O's have the risk of not being able to trade him and being on the hook for his whole salary.
Just seems like a poorly thought out plan, I'd rather take on a bad contract now than hope to flip a player later in the season.
I think it is likely that you won't get a good return on your money if you do trade him.
How good a prospect do you need to get to break even on what you pay Puig?
How much did it help Means?
I think Mountcastle could have benefited from facing major league pitching, perhaps it would have helped him realize that just because you can make contact with a pitch it doesn't mean you should swing at it. He also could have used more reps in the field.
Going into the offseason with that kind of experience to build off of couldn't have hurt.
As for the extra control?
Will he:
Still be a major league player?
Still an Oriole?
Worth paying Arb 4?
Not playing under an extension?
All of the above assume no changes in the CBA. I think the odds are pretty remote the O's see any benefit down the line.
Yea, for a top prospect.
I'm making the argument that the team would have benefited more from having Mountcastle up last September than will occur from him perhaps becoming a Arb 4 player.
Sorry I can't separate the decision. Elias deciding that a fringe top 100 guy needed to have his service time manipulated happened last year and I think the O's missed out on a good chance to further develop the player on both sides of the ball. I don't think he's willing to publicly reverse himself now, he's committed to this course of action.
Can't say I remember Aderlin. I did see that Ubaldo was released.
He's not retiring.
https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2020/07/09/ubaldo-jimenez-im-not-thinking-about-retirement-yet/