MLBTR Chat Transcript

Jason, I’m not meaning to be contrary, I’m just seeking clarification of your opinion on the subject because your words in the chat left me puzzled and confused about player values when it seemed you suggested that it would seriously take more than Foltynewicz for the Braves to acquire McCann from the Yankees. I mean what am I missing?
To begin with Folty is young (presumably ascending), coming off a promising season and has basically 4 more years of team control and cheap while McCann is old for his position (and appears by almost all accounts to be declining) and is very expensive with two years left on his current contract (and a vesting option for a third year). Both players (unless I read it wrong) just came off seasons with 1.3 fWAR. I understand that young decent controllable pitchers as well as quality catchers are at a premium because of relative scarcity, but It looks that even if the Yankees ate a substantial amount of McCann’s contract (over half) that Foltynewicz would still be far more valuable just by himself than McCann. What am I missing that led you to state what you did?

That doesn’t even begin to push the boundaries of why such a trade of those two players wouldn’t be likely or logical to start with (since Coppy has stated repeatedly that the Braves are seeking major league starting pitching this offseason and not trading it away).

I can undoubtedly see why the Yankees would like Folty (almost any team could use his value) but I’m having issues understanding your thought process. I apologize if you feel that I’m trying to call you out, but I sincerely just want to understand your thought process on why you seemed to imply that not only was Folty for Bmac too light (and would require more pieces coming from the Braves) but seemed (to me at least) that you thought it was a plausible trade idea.

Perhaps I have just misunderstood those comments.

Thanks