MLB 14 The Show Official Trade Discussion Thread

[AC]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Official Trade Discussion Thread

It never actually gets participants

no thanks

[Equinox831]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Official Trade Discussion Thread

It never actually gets participants

no thanks

Fair enough. It's always been such a cool idea. Oh well.

[AC]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Official Trade Discussion Thread

Fair enough. It's always been such a cool idea. Oh well.

Yeah, it would work with a smaller, more tightly knit board imo. With more consistent active members. Basically a fantasy sports league lol

[Totte]

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Hmm I don't know if this should be posted in this thread or not but i'm doing a twins franchise an was wondering who you guys think i could realistically trade Mauer for.

How far into the season are you?
What numbers are Mauer hitting?
What teams are in contention (and could use a 1B/C/DH)?

[KingFry]

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Hey guys. In my Sox 'chise I'm looking to deal John Danks. I'm going for realism, and in my 'chise I had this whole big PED scandal and stuff, and Danks doesn't want to play for blah boah blah, no point in explaining.

Anyways, Danks is having a very good year, with a 6-5 record, and a 3.23 ERA. Current teams in the race that may be in need of a pitcher are:

Angels(Santiago, Richards, Skaggs been terrible... somehow in first place still)
Rockies
Padres
Blue Jays
Rangers
Indians

Also... The Red Sox currently sit 53-39 and second in the division. Unless they unexpectedly fall out(which I may/may not have them do since I want to perform those trades..), it would be highly unlikely they trade Lester/Lackey, right?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Sorry to bug you guys again, as I don't mean to beg, just bumping this up a bit since it's two pages back and people likely skipped. Don't need a right away, reply, just a little bump up... :P

[Totte]

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Sorry to bug you guys again, as I don't mean to beg, just bumping this up a bit since it's two pages back and people likely skipped. Don't need a right away, reply, just a little bump up... :P

What are you looking for in return? Just prospects?

[AC]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Official Trade Discussion Thread

if we're bumping posts that quick then i might as well bump mine from the last page 20 minutes ago lol

[cardinal511]

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I might just deal Lind. STL just lost Adams for the rest of the year and they need a 1B. Potential fits:

Kolten Wong - .243/.320/.339 AAA
Randal Grichuk - .226/.281/.415 MLB
Sam Tuivailala - 39/4 K/BB, 35 IP, 1.54 ERA, AA relief pitcher (probably an accessory piece)

Lind is hitting .240/.300/.475 with 24 homers. If I had to guess at his fWAR, probably 1.5. Pretty decent.

Nats also have a need. Michael A Taylor. Drew Ward. I like those guys. They have Fransden at 1B lol.

Angels don't have a DH an Iannetta is hitting .220. Maybe Lind + Navarro for Iannetta? Clears up the roster spot.

Do the Cards still have Craig in your chise or is it updated to post deadline rosters? If not, they could be a fit for Lind (and we bring desperately needed power). What's his contract like? If it's longer term and fairly expensive the Cards probably wouldn't be interested in paying him to backup Adams next year, so this might be a case where a rental actually increases the value.

In terms of the players mentioned, unless the Cards have acquired a second baseman who would fit into a long term plan Wong is still the answer, so they probably wouldn't deal him. We have a surplus of outfielders, though, so Grichuk is fair game if it helps the team this year like Ramsey was IRL. Unless the bullpen is terrible and it looks like Tuivailala could make an impact this year, you could probably snag him too.

[cardinal511]

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Okay so I hate to be that guy who is looking to make a deal Mid-May, but I didn't sign really any big bats in the off-season instead just making the real life trades of getting A. Jackson and C. Denorfia for my M's Franchise for the start of my 2015 season.

Because I was ahead of the trade deadline last year, I never did the Lester deal to St Louis for J. Kelly and A. Craig.

St. Louis is currently 24-13 in my Franchise and .5 GB of the Reds and 3 games ahead of the Cubs

However they currently have Holliday (.312 2 HR 15 RBI) platooning with Tavaras (.323 9 HR 29 RBI) in LF, with Craig starting fulltime in RF (.289 6 HR 24 RBI) and have J. Jay in AAA (hitting over .300).

I would like to deal Craig to my M's and make Holliday and Tavaras fulltime bring Jay up to be the #4 OF

However in the off-season, the Cards signed A. Hill to play 2B, so they don't really have a need at the Major league level. Their rotation is Wainwright/Wacha/Lynn/Garcia/Kelly with a struggling S. Miller in the bullpen, their only true weakness. They have only 1 other RHP in their current bullpen (S. Maness 73/C)

My bullpen is currently a strength of mine and would like to package someone with C. Smith (81/B) currently has 11/12 saves in AAA, last year was like 32/35 with a ERA under 0.50.

Do you think someone like OF A. Wilson (70/B) hitting .319 with 5 HR 20 RBI in AAA after hitting over .300 with 25 HR's in AA last season would work with Smith and be enough to get the deal done.

Figure Wilson could finish out the year in AAA and next year challenge Holliday for RF.

If you're looking for realism, the Cards would likely be shopping one of Craig/ Holliday like you're thinking, but I'm not so sure it wouldn't be Holliday who would go instead since he's in the platoon and has a bigger contract. Either way, they're both playing relatively well, and I would imagine other competing teams could beat your offer, but for arguments sake lets say they can't.

Outfield is also a position of great depth for the Cardinals, they still should have Stephen Piscotty who is seen as Holliday's replacement in the organizaiton, and Randal Grichuk has already seen the majors this year.

Instead of Wilson, I imagine the asking price would start with Peterson, but you probably don't want to do that, so maybe this works better?

Cards Get:
Brad Miller (organizational depth/ future replacement of Peralta)+ Smith+ some C first baseman so the Cards might not have to get Lind from AC if Adams gets hurt

Mariners get: not broken Allen Craig

(side note, if you do this, put Holliday in left and Taveras in right. To my knowledge, Holliday has never played right field in the majors.

[AC]

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Do the Cards still have Craig in your chise or is it updated to post deadline rosters? If not, they could be a fit for Lind (and we bring desperately needed power). What's his contract like? If it's longer term and fairly expensive the Cards probably wouldn't be interested in paying him to backup Adams next year, so this might be a case where a rental actually increases the value.

In terms of the players mentioned, unless the Cards have acquired a second baseman who would fit into a long term plan Wong is still the answer, so they probably wouldn't deal him. We have a surplus of outfielders, though, so Grichuk is fair game if it helps the team this year like Ramsey was IRL. Unless the bullpen is terrible and it looks like Tuivailala could make an impact this year, you could probably snag him too.

Lind is a rental, his contract is expiring however he was a club option.

The Cards actually DID get a 2B. I know you guys like Alexei so I traded him to you guys. So you have Alexei/Peralta SS/2B. Then you've got depth there with Ellis and Diaz and hell, Wong is on the bench in AAA. The really have no room for him so I was thinking he'd be a good fit.

So the packages I'm thinking about are:

Lind for Wong + Tui
Lind + Navarro for Iannetta
Lind for Taylor + Ward

I think these are all pretty fair, solid deals, but I'm not sure which one I should take, I really like all of them.

[hampshirestags]

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Lind is a rental, his contract is expiring however he was a club option.

The Cards actually DID get a 2B. I know you guys like Alexei so I traded him to you guys. So you have Alexei/Peralta SS/2B. Then you've got depth there with Ellis and Diaz and hell, Wong is on the bench in AAA. The really have no room for him so I was thinking he'd be a good fit.

So the packages I'm thinking about are:

Lind for Wong + Tui
Lind + Navarro for Iannetta
Lind for Taylor + Ward

I think these are all pretty fair, solid deals, but I'm not sure which one I should take, I really like all of them.

I like curtain #3. You are right on the value for Wong, I just think he would be reserved for a bigger trade than Lind. Cards are pretty old up the middle with Alexi. I suppose if he's doing bad in your franchise then it would make more sense but then, why would you take that risk?

Or maybe Wong straight up for the rental Lind?

[AC]

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Tui is minor enough that it's basically Wong straight up. He's doing really badly in AAA and I doubt anyone would care for him in a larger trade.

[hampshirestags]

Re: MLB 14 The Show Official Trade Discussion Thread

Tui is minor enough that it's basically Wong straight up. He's doing really badly in AAA and I doubt anyone would care for him in a larger trade.

Yeah, I looked back at your earlier post. Looks like a bust to me, sure you want him?

You don't want to hold out for a possible Robertson deal with Oakland? Lind would be a good piece for that.

[AC]

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Yeah, I looked back at your earlier post. Looks like a bust to me, sure you want him?

You don't want to hold out for a possible Robertson deal with Oakland? Lind would be a good piece for that.

The A's have nothing at short, I don't think they'd deal Robertson. I wouldn't mind taking a flier, but the other two deals are kinda interesting too.

[hampshirestags]

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The A's have nothing at short, I don't think they'd deal Robertson. I wouldn't mind taking a flier, but the other two deals are kinda interesting too.

I go back to my original response, curtain #3. Ward is 3 years off but Taylor jacked one the other night. He will slump but I think he'll end up with a better than average career.