ESPN: Selling is Hard

[weams]

"They never knew what they really wanted," said one executive.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/13356150/why-san-diego-padres-sell-trade-deadline

We heard one theory that, ultimately, Preller and CEO Mike Dee couldn't bring themselves to sell because "they just couldn't deal with the fact that they'd built up their team last winter and it didn't work and they couldn't wave the white flag."

[25 Nuggets]

If you're selling, you can't set a price that's unreachable and then complain when nobody wants to reach it. If you say the value of your player is X, but the rest of the sport thinks it's Y, then guess what the value is? Here's a hint: It's not X.

That's my takeaway from the article. Some front offices don't seem to understand it.

They'll get nothing for Justin Upton except a draft pick. They'll get nothing, period, for their other free agents. And they'll be facing a payroll crisis next year in which five players -- Kimbrel, Shields, Matt Kemp, Melvin Upton Jr. and Jedd Gyorko -- could eat up at least 75 percent of their total payroll, leaving them limited dollars to fill multiple holes.

Upton I can understand a bit, for the draft pick. The rest, that's unfortunate. But for 2016? That is ugggly.

[Crazysilver03]

Some of their FA to be will likely clear waivers in August. Or if they get claimed by a competitor they could release the player on waivers to try to "screw" that team.

But yeah, stupid to hang on to pieces you wont get anything for.

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Some of their FA to be will likely clear waivers in August. Or if they get claimed by a competitor they could release the player on waivers to try to "screw" that team.

But yeah, stupid to hang on to pieces you wont get anything for.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I Understand The River Boat Gambler Mentality,But Preller's Method 2 Build SD Into A Winner Will fail <a href="http://t.co/9ijvv872G5">http://t.co/9ijvv872G5</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBreports">@MLBreports</a></p>— MLB Reports (@MLBreports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBreports/status/573994926582595584">March 6, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Hey, a gambler always looks great when he wins big.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I Understand The River Boat Gambler Mentality,But Preller's Method 2 Build SD Into A Winner Will fail <a href="http://t.co/9ijvv872G5">http://t.co/9ijvv872G5</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBreports">@MLBreports</a></p>— MLB Reports (@MLBreports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBreports/status/573994926582595584">March 6, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Hey, a gambler always looks great when he wins big.

When they were trying Wil Myers out at CF I knew they were in trouble.

[Crazysilver03]

When they were trying Wil Myers out at CF I knew they were in trouble.

Dont forget putting Middlebrooks at SS.

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