Is there even a history of cash dump deals where teams pay considerable prospects to dump said cash? I seem to remember a few and the prospects included have always been rather unimpressive. Last one I remember is the D’Backs trading Bronson Arroyo and Touki Toussaint for some crappy utility infielder whose name I can’t remember and don’t feel like looking up.
Is there even a history of cash dump deals where teams pay considerable prospects to dump said cash? I seem to remember a few and the prospects included have always been rather unimpressive. Last one I remember is the D’Backs trading Bronson Arroyo and Touki Toussaint for some crappy utility infielder whose name I can’t remember and don’t feel like looking up.
I'm just trying to understand why Seattle would trade their expensive but still serviceable 3rd baseman and a top prospect and main piece in the Paxton trade for one of our 40 man bubble relievers.
I'm just trying to understand why Seattle would trade their expensive but still serviceable 3rd baseman and a top prospect and main piece in the Paxton trade for one of our 40 man bubble relievers.
$875,000 signing bonus, $2.75 million for all 3 years. $125,000 bonus for 90, 100, 110 and 120 innings pitched. $250,000 bonus for 130, 140, 150 and 160 innings pitched and $500,000 for 170, 180 and 190 innings pitched.
In 2017 the Brewers had 3 regular position players 30 or older and 2 24 or younger. Everyone else was 26 or 27 years old. We had 6 pitchers make 14 or more starts the youngest of which was 24 years old, the others were 27, 28, 29, 32 and 33. In 2018 he went and signed a 32 year old to a 5 year contract, had two more starters in their 30s and had one player under the age of 25 as a regular starter. Of the 6 players who made at least 14 starts, only one was under the age of 28(!) This includes 4 of those 6 starters being at least 30. This year 5 of our 8 regular starters were at least 30 years old and 3 of our 6 starters who started at least 17 games were over 30. Going back to our 2016 prospect list from MLB Pipeline Stearns has traded 7 of our top 10 prospects for major league help.
The one where he dove into the chain line fence? If so, I agree. Yeah, finally looked for the video and found it. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/brewers-vs-reds/2010/08/30/265766#game_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=265766
If you’re basing the deal on being reasonable because of a player’s incredible record in October but the team isn’t good enough to play in October (and the pitcher is a lot worse than when he accumulated those October stats) then signing him based on that is really stupid.