trades Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Trades, Free Agents, and Rule 5 Selections in Franchise History
Alex Anthopolous recently re-stated that, while he is exploring all possible free agents, he would "exhaust [all possible trades] first before delving into free agency." It appears that Anthopolous' mantra is to focus on trades rather than free agency to improve the Blue Jays. As a prelude to the...
WAR on the Move: Gaining and Losing Via Trade
Please see a note on methodology and opportunities for improvement after the jump. - ed. For some reason, I decided to spend the last 10 days digging through MORE trade data. I think it's some sick, self-destructive disorder I have, because it was in no way fun. But, what I ended up with is a...
The Tangled Web We Weave: An Interactive Trade Map
First of all, I'd like to thank everyone at BtBS for the lovely welcome I received after coming on as part of the team last week. It's nice to see that there are other baseball nerds out there who appreciate kick-ass graphics as much as I do. However, after my graphic comparing Mark Teixeira to...
Winter Meetings: Want/Have
Despite the nihilism (or is it crafty gamesmanship?) of the front office, we know the Reds are at least pretending at pursuing a Leadoffman - or, failing that, a coxswain. The player in question will have to man LF or SS, since those are really the only openings in the starting lineup at present ...
White Sox Finally "Publicly" Acknowledge Trade Intentions
In a series of tweets, Buster Olney announced what we've all been waiting to hear; the White Sox are in fire sale mode. Heard this from multiple executives: The White Sox have made it clear they are open for business, and ready to trade off parts from what has been a very disappointing team. The...
Book Review: "Traded: Inside The Most Lopsided Trades In Baseball History"
You're a Cubs fan. You look at the title of this book and you say, "I know what the most lopsided one was -- Brock for Broglio". If you're saying that, at least by the measure Doug Decatur uses (Bill James' Win Shares), you'd be wrong. In Decatur's new book, "Traded: Inside The Most Lopsided...
Monday Rockpile: Biding time until Purple Row unveils its secret later today
Today's the day Purple Row will reveal its latest secret (you know, the one RMN and I have hinted about over the last week). Y'all are going to like this one. But while we wait for RMN to post it, here are a couple of links to start your day: Inbox: How will the outfield shake up? |...
Trade Strings: Keeping Talent Alive, or Delmon Young and Victor Zambrano Still Live
Like middle-school history teachers always say, "You can't know where you're going until you know where you've been." With the off-season coming up, and the probability that the Rays will make some trades during it rather high, it's a perfect time to take a retrospective look at many of the trades...
Tigers Get Aubrey Huff From Orioles
On their off-day, the Detroit Tigers went shopping. And not only did they find the extra bat they've needed for the past couple of months. They may also have found some relief for Brandon Inge at third base. (This might even help them keep Magglio Ordonez from triggering his $18 million option...
The Washburn Trade: What's the Scuttlebutt?
Between commenting on the Jarrod Washburn deal for Big League Stew's live blog after it went down, and during the Tigersosphere's Live Chat, I felt like I'd talked about it all day. But during last night's slog in Cleveland, I realized that I hadn't written anything about it, other than the fact...
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