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I think we need to figure out where the prospect/minor leaguer line is. Almost all of the players dealt so far are really “minor leaguers” rather than prospects. You can...you will...find sunny commentary on every one of them, and dozens more to come, but we’re mostly talking about players who will never crack five WAR in the majors, or even make the majors. They’re filler.
The interesting thing, though, is it doesn’t work both ways. Those eight guys on the move, the ones worth a combined 5.5 WAR? Any of them could go off for two months. Pretty much all of the top 1200 players in the world are capable of running very hot for two months. The deadline is very much a lottery. Variance swamps everything.
The interesting thing, though, is it doesn’t work both ways. Those eight guys on the move, the ones worth a combined 5.5 WAR? Any of them could go off for two months. Pretty much all of the top 1200 players in the world are capable of running very hot for two months. The deadline is very much a lottery. Variance swamps everything.
