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bigbadjohnny
Tigers need help…….not looking good at all.
Larry DePaoli
Missing Doug Fister right about now.
troy
We will see how Fisters replacement does tonight
Ray Ray 4
I have never understood why teams even think about not trading within their own division. You are taking away both prospects and need from a division rival. For example, the Yankees are not going to ignore filling a need just because all 4 division rivals won’t trade them a pitcher. There are 25 other teams that would be fine with trading with them. On top of that, there is always the chance that the player they eventually do acquire is better than the one you were going to give them. It’s just ego if you ask me.
I Believe We Can Win
It’s not so much that they’re they are reluctant to do so it’s that they expect more from division rivals than they would non division, non conference teams. Hurt them as much as you can. Pecking order has always been for AL NL, rest of AL, division. If the division rival gives you the best deal then teams have been known to take it. Case in point if the Yankees offered the Rays Judge, Severino, and others they may have taken it over the deal they got in Smyly, Franklin. Adames. The rays know the Yankees could afford Prices salary while other teams were limited in what they’re willing to spend.
DarthMurph
If you trade a position player to your rival, you run the risk of having a guy face you 19 times a year who trained with your pitching staff and knows them better than someone who didn’t. Is that ego?
Ray Ray 4
No that’s not ego, but that’s also not true in modern baseball either in my opinion. Before free agency when many players stayed with an organization for their whole career, I could see your way being the right way. But now, just think about all of the different players that have played for both the Yankees and Red Sox or both the Dodgers and Giants in their career.
You also run the risk of that position player signing as a free agent
with that same team and not getting anything out of the deal. Plus chances are if the guy was THAT good, you wouldn’t be trading him anyway.
DarthMurph
What isn’t true? Teams don’t want to trade players that they’ll have to face regularly. That’s why David Price isn’t a Blue Jay.
There’s a couple players who have played for the Yanks/Sox and Giants/Dodgers back to back. Damon, Ellsbury, and Uribe come to mind. In none of those instances did a trade between the two teams ever make sense. Drew made sense as a salary dump, but the Sox are also in a rare position this year.
Ed Duffy
True Rev, with Drew however, even though they saved dollars it was more about getting Boegarts back to SS to better evaluate him there and get Middlebrooks some AB’s to look at him more too, in hopes that his value increases for an off season deal. It is all about next year.
Dock_Elvis
I honestly feel the “no trading within the division” idea is largely driven by media sources. Most teams deal within their division when it’s applicable. Of course, it makes little sense to deal major non rental stars…
Ray Ray 4
I think so too, but ESPN has to have something to talk about. The last “major” non rental star traded within a division that I can think of is Ian Kennedy last year. He’s not a true major star, but he was one season removed from a top 5 Cy Young season. That one worked out okay for both sides and made some sense for both sides.
Dock_Elvis
It’s likely percentages at play….there are more average players to deal than stars. Stars typically don’t move year to year as often either…not until contract year. Last year Detroit did deal Avisail Garcia to Chicago