The Marlins

[C-Unit]

I've been interested in their path under Peter Bendicks.

This most recent trade of Edward Cabrera to get Owen Cassie is pretty interesting. The difference in that trade from the ones we made this offseason is that Cassie is pretty much MLB-ready. Similar to Kyle Stowers when they got him in a very similar trade.

I guess that shows what's possible in the later stages of a rebuild like the one we are in. As you have the collection of pitching talent move up to the MLB level, you have the collective surplus value within the organization moving upward overtime like a balloon rising. And then eventually you can make trades like this where you can deal from the major league roster and manage to maintain the surplus value at the big league level because you are getting back major league ready pieces. You're making lots of deals within that 0-3 service time window. These are optimization trades that just distribute the way the surplus value is spread on the roster between pitching or positon players.

Ultimately, Miami has managed to net two big league ready OFs for two of the more injury prone starters they had within the large collection of pitching talent they have. The interesting question will be what do they do with Sandy. Do they turn around and deal him too, because if they extend him it would signal a selection of a franchise leader and maybe a turning point for the franchise.

I guess when you look at the way Tampa and Milwaukee have done it, they make the same types of trades Miami has made (often aiming to get major league ready pieces). But give Tampa and Milwaukee credit because while they may be perceived as stingy spenders, they both have in their recent history chosen to give out a mega-deal to a selected franchise player. Too bad, the one Tampa handed out theirs too ended up still playing in the minors.

One last point on these trades is you have to get them right. And, these 3 franchises seem to be able to strike with confidence on the trade market. They are able to correctly identify major league ready talent that can help their rosters immediately. So it helps to be able to make those trades but you do want to eventually get to the point where you can lock down just one player. Just to show that you can break the perpetual seller cycle with at least one selected franchise face.

So the big questions are will the Marlins turn their corner and extend Sandy. And will the Cardinals eventually get to that point with one of Wetherholt, Doyle, Winn. Or, will the Cardinals be flipping all 3 of them before free agency like they just did with several players...

and, can Bloom strike with the same precision on the trade market as those other franchises. Time will tell, and we will get a good answer pretty soon as we start to see how his players perform. Will the surplus value within the organization collectively inflate and then move up to the big league level like a balloon. It will come down to whether all these pieces perform that Bloom acquired, plain and simple. These trades are checks that Blooms (donkey) will have to cash.

[Talkin' Baseball]

Interesting post. Spot on.

[Cardinals4Life]

I've been interested in their path under Peter Bendicks.

This most recent trade of Edward Cabrera to get Owen Cassie is pretty interesting. The difference in that trade from the ones we made this offseason is that Cassie is pretty much MLB-ready. Similar to Kyle Stowers when they got him in a very similar trade.

I guess that shows what's possible in the later stages of a rebuild like the one we are in. As you have the collection of pitching talent move up to the MLB level, you have the collective surplus value within the organization moving upward overtime like a balloon rising. And then eventually you can make trades like this where you can deal from the major league roster and manage to maintain the surplus value at the big league level because you are getting back major league ready pieces. You're making lots of deals within that 0-3 service time window. These are optimization trades that just distribute the way the surplus value is spread on the roster between pitching or positon players.

Ultimately, Miami has managed to net two big league ready OFs for two of the more injury prone starters they had within the large collection of pitching talent they have. The interesting question will be what do they do with Sandy. Do they turn around and deal him too, because if they extend him it would signal a selection of a franchise leader and maybe a turning point for the franchise.

I guess when you look at the way Tampa and Milwaukee have done it, they make the same types of trades Miami has made (often aiming to get major league ready pieces). But give Tampa and Milwaukee credit because while they may be perceived as stingy spenders, they both have in their recent history chosen to give out a mega-deal to a selected franchise player. Too bad, the one Tampa handed out theirs too ended up still playing in the minors.

One last point on these trades is you have to get them right. And, these 3 franchises seem to be able to strike with confidence on the trade market. They are able to correctly identify major league ready talent that can help their rosters immediately. So it helps to be able to make those trades but you do want to eventually get to the point where you can lock down just one player. Just to show that you can break the perpetual seller cycle with at least one selected franchise face.

So the big questions are will the Marlins turn their corner and extend Sandy. And will the Cardinals eventually get to that point with one of Wetherholt, Doyle, Winn. Or, will the Cardinals be flipping all 3 of them before free agency like they just did with several players...

and, can Bloom strike with the same precision on the trade market as those other franchises. Time will tell, and we will get a good answer pretty soon as we start to see how his players perform. Will the surplus value within the organization collectively inflate and then move up to the big league level like a balloon. It will come down to whether all these pieces perform that Bloom acquired, plain and simple. These trades are checks that Blooms (donkey) will have to cash.

Line of the day!!