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I hate trying to justify trades and if the league says veto then that's fine. Rules are rules, I will try to rework the trade if Giants are open to it. That said a few things don't add up and i owe it to the trade to offer further explanation. On a side note, I would like it if more people participated though because as of now there is 1 vote on this trade. 1. Both of you are implying that Lincecum is good value. At 8.2M I beg to differ. His best case scenario is late inning bullpen. The more likely is another season of bad starter and/or long relief. For 8.2M I can get a similar if not better player(s) in FA. Therefore why give up anything of value for him in trade? I wouldn't claim him if he was released. Not at 8.2M. 2. I don't see how it relates to your McCutchen trade. That was a trade involving 5 teams, 43 players, dozens of draft picks, intl. signing money and cap money. It was almost vetoed simply for the sake of being absurdly complex for the commish at the time. This is simply picks for 2 playershttp://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=114388.0The trade that was approved between myself and the White Sox yesterday seems like a better comparison. I gave up a 4th, 5th and 6th for Addison Reed and Tyler Flowers. Reed and Flowers scored a combined 618 pts last year compared to 758 for Lincecum and Ryu. However, Reed/Flowers will cost 1.43M next year compared to 15.2M for Lincecum/Ryu. Also Reed/Flowers is under control for combined 6 seasons compared to 4 for Lincecum/Ryu.http://www.profsl.com/smf/index.php?topic=187647.msg888435#newNot to mention the Giants have a salary cap crunch and this provides relief by dropping 15.2M and creating roster spots to use by calling up cheaper comparable players like DeGrom(which they just did) while filling an empty minor league system. If Lincecum and Ryu were cheap arb eligible players then yeah lopsided. But this trade is about the money.
Reed and Flowers scored a combined 618 pts last year compared to 758 for Lincecum and Ryu.