Ranking The Divisions

[clidwin]

would that trade w/ the Brewers put me on top of the AL Central?

[bravesfan4]

Id say yes. Simply because you gave absolutely nothing to get him. Great deal, you stole the carpet right out from under his legs. Good trade Chad  :toast:

[Colby]

Id say yes. Simply because you gave absolutely nothing to get him. Great deal, you stole the carpet right out from under his legs. Good trade Chad  :toast:

I am a big fan of Laporta, and Cabrera is a serviceable, cheap middle infielder... two decent acquisitions for a player who may have been lost to free agency.

[Needle Juice]

I am a big fan of Laporta, and Cabrera is a serviceable, cheap middle infielder... two decent acquisitions for a player who may have been lost to free agency.

Colby you are dead on with this comment.

[Mr.TradeKing]

Colby you are dead on with this comment.

I think Corey sees that, but I think what he means is that with that being said, he still could have gotten a little more and I have to agree. What the trade boils down to is Matt LaPorta and your trust in him.

~MTK

[Colby]

I think Corey sees that, but I think what he means is that with that being said, he still could have gotten a little more and I have to agree. What the trade boils down to is Matt LaPorta and your trust in him.

~MTK

Funny thing about this trade is that LaPorta goes back to the Brewers... Remember, the real-life Indians sent Sabathia to the Brew Crew in 2008 for a package that included LaPorta.

[Mr.TradeKing]

Funny thing about this trade is that LaPorta goes back to the Brewers... Remember, the real-life Indians sent Sabathia to the Brew Crew in 2008 for a package that included LaPorta.

This is true. Maybe I can get Elvis Andrus back on my squad...

~MTK

[Dan Wood]

I agree with Corey and MTK on this one. I myself root for LaPorta to succeed, but he really hasn't shown anything yet in his limited time in the bigs(barely .300 OBP), that he is the middle of the order bat that everyone thought he was going to be, plus he will be 26 by the start of opening day. Obviously if Gallardo isn't an FA this trade never happens, which brings into question the true value of a soon to be expensive FA owned by a small to mid market team. However if LaPorta does become a big time power threat, and assdribble returns to the form of his one really good season, then Cleveland weakened their team, and the Brew Crew undeniably made their team stronger, since hitting is so much more valuable in this league. Plus Chad ends up relying on a guy who more or less got the bat knocked out of his hands by big league pitching. But this also goes back to potential. The potential is there for this trade to be a massive steal for both teams, but right now Cleveland comes out ahead.

But in my opinion, the rankings don't change by much, since the Indians pitching was strong already, and outside of Votto and Choo, their hitting was unreliable(Quentin - performance, Fowler - PT, etc). The Twins hitting is more of a guarantee, hence the higher ranking.

[rcankosy]

Dan touched on something in describing the value of players in the Gallardo deal that I want to run by you guys. 

Should we continue to allow free agent rights to be owned by their teams AFTER the season is over?  For example, in real life the Rangers lost the rights to Cliff Lee the second that the World Series ended.  In our league, we control their rights until December 15th.  Colby explained to me that this works like a "sign and trade", but those kind of deals only happen in basketball and never in baseball.  I'm not crazy the current rule, because it allows teams to play out the season with their free agents and never have to make the painful real life choice of whether or not to trade them for something before the trade deadline. 

[Mr.TradeKing]

I agree 100% with Roy.

~MTK