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re: Comprehensive MLB Winter Meeting Trade & FA Thread
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:40 pm to tduecen
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:40 pm to tduecen
He's always injured and isn't in his prime anymore. He has bad knees and he's not an elite power hitter. He was the only marketable player of the three. It was an opportune time to get rid of his contract after his second half last season. That's pretty much all there's to it. I'm not sure they can find a buyer for the other two even if they ate half their contracts. And if they did, all they could probably get back is a bag of balls because even with the money they'd be getting back, those two would still be overpaid. They might be better off Alex Rios'ing Either like Toronto did a few years back and suck it up with Crawford until he builds some trade value.
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Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:46 pm to papz
quote:He is 30, younger than Crawford/Either (who each have their own injury history)
He's always injured and isn't in his prime anymore
quote:hit 25 or more home runs in 4 of last 6 seasons (23 one of those seasons)
he's not an elite power hitter
quote:I can agree but if the Dodgers were willing to eat so much salary the other 2 seem like they would have been more attractive to teams.
He was the only marketable player of the three
quote:He only has 2 years left, he has no time to build up value..... I think if they would have told a team they would eat 25-30m of either of those 2 contracts then teams would have jumped at a chance to acquire a player who could help for only 5-8m a year. Especially with the way contracts are going and the Dodgers would have got a decent player back at that cost.
Crawford until he builds some trade value.
Posted on 12/11/14 at 6:47 pm to papz
quote:hes only 30
isn't in his prime anymore
quote:even with his troubles in the first half of the year, he was like 6th or 7th in OPS+ to go along with 25 homers. he definitely can still hit for power. i guess we just didn't think he could stay healthy
and he's not an elite power hitter
This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 6:48 pm
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