Trade Idea-Tommy Hunter

[CA-ORIOLE]

He's stinking now and he's expensive for a reliever. Not great timing for a trade.

[weams]

He's stinking now and he's expensive for a reliever. Not great timing for a trade.

And so I say, Oh, Rene...

[CA-ORIOLE]

In the National League, Brian would be a good starter.

I don't buy that. Maybe Matusz has turned things around with his changeup, but I'll need to see more.

[DrungoHazewood]

I don't buy that. Maybe Matusz has turned things around with his changeup, but I'll need to see more.

Not sure I buy it, either. The American League is maybe a .525 league against the NL, so to be a good NL starter you'd have to be pretty close to an average AL starter. I don't buy that Matusz is an average AL starter.

[BohKnowsBmore]

What does it matter what he has done in the past? The OP is talking about his current trade value. So the most logical thing to do would be to project what his trade value would be at the negotiating table. That's going to be somewhere between 3 to 6 million dollars. Which means he doesn't have much' date=' if any, meat on the bone. He's getting paid exactly like he should be paid. The 2 WAR is irrelevant to his trade value.[/quote']

How someone has performed in recent years is irrelevant to trade value? got it.

[Redskins Rick]

only LH hitters in the NL?

No, but it takes less to pitch in the NL, than in the AL.

Which is why some decent NL pitchers, end up doing poorly in the AL.

[Reboulet'sStache]

How someone has performed in recent years is irrelevant to trade value? got it.

Because it's already factored into the WAR sweet spot the two teams would mutually come to, assuming they did reach a ballpark valuation.

[weams]

only LH hitters in the NL?

Pitchers and strong armed catchers.

[BohKnowsBmore]

only LH hitters in the NL?

No Ortiz in the NL, torpedoes his value...