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Quick Hits: Reyes, Napoli, Miller

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | April 25, 2012 at 4:47pm CDT

Jared Hughes of the Pirates and Zach Putnam of the Rockies made history today as the 26th players on their teams' respective rosters for this afternoon's double-header. This was the first time teams carried extra players, now a possibility for select double-headers under the sport's new collective bargaining agreement. I believe the change makes sense for ownership, which reduces injury risk by adding depth, and players, who obtain additional service time and pay. On to today's links…

  • Jose Reyes says the Mets should keep David Wright in place long-term, Kevin Kernan of the New York Post reports. “That’s good if they can bring David back, he’s a symbol of the game,’’ Reyes said.
  • Dan Szymborski of ESPN and Baseball Think Factory takes his readers on a tour of the worst trades in recent history. The Bartolo Colon trade and the Mark Teixeira trade top the list, but the Vernon Wells–Mike Napoli swap also makes an appearance.
  • Marvin Miller, the 95-year-old former leader of the MLB players association, says player salaries are reasonable when compared to the earnings of some CEOs, the Associated Press reports (via ESPN.com). Miller describes the current dynamic between owners and players as a win-win situation. "It is an amazing story how under those circumstances, there can be both management and labor really winning," Miller said.
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  1. ReysMLB

    13 years ago

    The Worst Trades link is a duplicate of the Jose Reyes link.

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    • Okteds

      13 years ago

      I have to say, while the colon and teixeira trades were bad, they only look so bad because of how well the prospects panned out, they weren’t necessarily bad trades at the time. Whereas the wells trade was horrible from the moment it was announced. Most people thought the angels easily coulda easily demanded $30 million at least, and in hindsight, they shouldn’t haven done the deal even if Toronto had covered his entire salary.

      …then toss in the fact that Napoli hits 30/.300 for their division rivals and that’s only icing in the cake

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      • venn177

        13 years ago

        That’s kind of the point of looking back on trades that include prospects.

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        • Okteds

          13 years ago

          And that wasn’t the point I was making…at the time, most GM’s would’ve made the same decisions or similar decisions in the case of the Colon and Teixeira trades.  Just because those trades ended up extremely uneven doesn’t make them bad decisions, just unfortunate ones.  Whereas with the Wells trade, no other GM would’ve made that bone-headed move if they were in that position, and it was blatantly obvious from the moment the deal was made…

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          • venn177

            13 years ago

            The Colon trade was idiotic for the Expos. For another team, maybe not.

            The Teixeira trade felt bad because the Braves had nothing to show for it.

            The Wells trade was AA using jedi mind powers.

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            • Amish_willy

              13 years ago

              The Angels were the real winners for Teix. Low cost (Kotchman post-hype & redundant arm), got big production from him down the stretch then got Mike Trout and Tyler Skaggs with the picks.

              In terms of deadline trades for stars, can’t think of a better outcome then Teix was with the Angels.

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              • Rangersfan32 2

                13 years ago

                I’m gonna have to disagree with you completely. The Rangers were the winners of the Tex situation. Getting two starters with top to middle of the rotation potential and all star SS for a guy who we wouldn’t be able to re-sign anyways was absolutely brilliant. Granted, the Angels gave the Braves the final slap to the face, but Texas were easy winners there.

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          • Hermie13

            13 years ago

            At the time of the Colon deal, many felt the Expos gave up too much. They were worried about contraction though so were willing to overpay at the time.

            What made the deal even worse was Minaya admitted later that he and his staff had no scouting reports (or nearly none) on their OWN minor league prospects as ML baseball had taken over the team and new staff was coming in.  The Indians just went in and robbed them blind..

            Reply
  2. jwsox

    13 years ago

    I wonder if I should say something that would spark the mods to see this so we cab get the link for the worst trades fixed

    Reply
    • dudemanbro

      13 years ago

      someone write in all caps

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      • chico65

        13 years ago

        Yellow?

        Reply
  3. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

    I’ll take Brady Anderson + Curt Schilling for Mike Boddicker as the worst deal over the last 35 years any day. Sure, the Orioles gave away Schilling a few years later and Boston wouldn’t have won the AL East that season without Boddicker, but Long term? They gave away the farm for a couple seasons for Boddicker and don’t even mention Larry Anderson for HOF’er Jeff Bagwell….

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    • start_wearing_purple

      13 years ago

      Eh there’s been some worse deals:
      -Pirates giving up Aramis Ramirez for very little.
      -The Pierzynski for Nathan and Liriano deal.
      -The first 2 times Randy Johnson was traded was for very little.
      -Heathcliff Slocumb for Tek and Lowe.

      There’s probably a lot more but I’d have to think.

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      • User 4245925809

        13 years ago

        Brady Anderson + Schilling for Boddicker outshines even Slocumb for Tek and Lowe.

        Sure Boston got some use out of Bodicker and Seattle got Zippitty doo-dah out of Slocumb, but Baltimre got 2 outstanding talents (1 they didn’t get the use of in Schill) for Boddicker and really.. Larry Anderson Boston had for 2 months in exchange for one of the better players of the last 30 years?

        Tek and Lowe have been good for sure, but those 2 were hold ups without a weapon and Boston on the losing end.. Lou Gorman was totally inept when he made deals.. John Tudor for Mike “hit man” Easler.. Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner and a few other bodies for Bobby Ojeda?

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  4. Alex

    13 years ago

    Most of the Szymborski article is Insider

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  5. venn177

    13 years ago

    Marvin Miller seems like such a cool guy. Let him run the MLBPA again.

    Reply
    • MonsterPike

      13 years ago

       Uh okay, he’s one of the main reasons player salaries are astronomical & ticket prices are so high… Yeah, but he’s such a cool guy.

      Reply
      • venn177

        13 years ago

        Well he does have a point. $10MM to play a game is nothing compared to a billion to do nothing.

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        • Jonathan Rigby

          13 years ago

          who makes a billion dollars for doing nothing?

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          • venn177

            13 years ago

            Exaggeration, but look high up in corporations, and how much they make.

            Reply
      • Jonathan Rigby

        13 years ago

        micro economics says you are wrong…. ticket prices are so high because they are a scares commodity 

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        • MonsterPike

          13 years ago

           Now why was my comment removed?  Scarcity of tickets prices are controlled by the ticket brokers… not the by the major league club.  Prices are set before the year even starts based on that team’s operating costs…  Salaries are part of that cost.  And ‘scarce’ is the word, not “scares”.

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