MLB 17 Trade Discussion Thread

[Powertoyourhead]

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It's hard to suggest moves like this because there's so many moving pieces. You have to find a competing team that wants Tanaka for only 17 since he will opt out after the season. You probably need to just bite the bullet and use the farm the Yankees have. It's one of the 3 best in baseball, you already have the pieces.

Or couldnt I just trade Tanaka and Gardner to the Indians like the Yankees did to the cubs last year for Bradley Zimmer, Mejia and Aiken?

[BigOscar]

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Jays fan here, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Colby had a bit of a silly cult of personality here, but he's better than Melvin and likely wouldn't need a platoon with how right dominant we are. Even if he did, we could platoon him with Pearce, with Pearce shifting to 1st against RHP.

Cheers, that's what I figured. I'm really bringing Upton back for sentimental value, looking at all the righties at Toronto it looked like a trade that would suit them

[GamecocksLaw17]

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Or couldnt I just trade Tanaka and Gardner to the Indians like the Yankees did to the cubs last year for Bradley Zimmer, Mejia and Aiken?

You're asking a team with a $120 million dollar payroll to take on $35 million more for 2017 and part with 3 of their best prospects when you aren't willing to trade any of your own for Yelich?

I mean maybe you could do that package but I don't really think it's something the Indians would want to do. I'm sure they'd rather take that $35 million and apply it to an extension for Lindor

[sink4ever]

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Would Jose Iglesias to STL for Luke Weaver work? Or is that to much or to NYY for Bird and/or Dillon Tate

Pretty much no way NYY gives that up for a guy to fill in for a month. Especially because they're not in win-now mode anyway.

[bobbyb9827]

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Does a group of Mateo, Rutherford Williams and Albert Abreu work out for Sonny Gray?

[brandonholmes]

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Or couldnt I just trade Tanaka and Gardner to the Indians like the Yankees did to the cubs last year for Bradley Zimmer, Mejia and Aiken?

The Indians aren't the Cubs, for one. $35M is a third of their payroll. Add in the fact they already have Kluber, Carrasco etc and their need for Tanaka, said $35M dollar pitcher with half an elbow and an opt-out, just isn't there. I mean, it's your franchise, do what you want, but nobody in this thread is going to advocate you pushing out mediocte/average pieces for entire farm systems just so you don't have to trade your own excellent Prospects for all-stars.

[KSUowls]

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I usually try to amass the best team possible in my offline franchise (finding whatever deal the cpu will accept, I don't play 30 team control) , but I want to be a little more realistic this year.

With that said, I will have a braves franchise, and I kind of want to pull the trigger on one of the trade possibilities that was mentioned this off-season for Chris Archer. So the question is, what is a fair deal? I played around the osfm16 ported roster in the vault and the game accepted a trade of Aaron Blair and Matt Wisler. I feel like that is under valued for Archer, but how far off do you guys think that is?

[Powertoyourhead]

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The Indians aren't the Cubs, for one. $35M is a third of their payroll. Add in the fact they already have Kluber, Carrasco etc and their need for Tanaka, said $35M dollar pitcher with half an elbow and an opt-out, just isn't there. I mean, it's your franchise, do what you want, but nobody in this thread is going to advocate you pushing out mediocte/average pieces for entire farm systems just so you don't have to trade your own excellent Prospects for all-stars.

Last I checked Tanaka is not a average pitcher. I could agree with the fact that the Indians are not the cubs and the money amount is large for them but the fact you say Tanaka is average makes me wonder. My question was what team could I trade a Tanaka and Gardner to that are in win now mode with the budget to do so and then flip those prospect and maybe one of my current for Yelich.

[GamecocksLaw17]

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I usually try to amass the best team possible in my offline franchise (finding whatever deal the cpu will accept, I don't play 30 team control) , but I want to be a little more realistic this year.

With that said, I will have a braves franchise, and I kind of want to pull the trigger on one of the trade possibilities that was mentioned this off-season for Chris Archer. So the question is, what is a fair deal? I played around the osfm16 ported roster in the vault and the game accepted a trade of Aaron Blair and Matt Wisler. I feel like that is under valued for Archer, but how far off do you guys think that is?

Albies or plus Allard and Anderson would get you much closer to Archer. He's expensive to trade for. If you want to keep Albies you could switch him to Acuna but you'd also have to add another good prospect

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[Powertoyourhead]

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Last I checked Tanaka is not a average pitcher and I could even Argue Gardner is the 7th best LF in the game so I wouldnt consider him AVG either but maybe above AVG at worst. I could agree with the fact that the Indians are not the cubs and the money amount is large for them but the fact you say Tanaka is average makes me wonder. My question was what team could I trade a Tanaka and Gardner to that are in win now mode with the budget to do so and then flip those prospect and maybe one of my current for Yelich

[GamecocksLaw17]

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Last I checked Tanaka is not a average pitcher and I could even Argue Gardner is the 7th best LF in the game so I wouldnt consider him AVG either but maybe above AVG at worst. I could agree with the fact that the Indians are not the cubs and the money amount is large for them but the fact you say Tanaka is average makes me wonder. My question was what team could I trade a Tanaka and Gardner to that are in win now mode with the budget to do so and then flip those prospect and maybe one of my current for Yelich

It was more a point about how the Indians don't need him. They have Kluber, Carrasco, Salazar, Bauer, etc. Tanaka is a good pitcher but his lack of team control hurt. And LF is bad. Gardner was great in 2010 and 2011 but he isn't that player anymore. He's barely more valuable than his contract.

Here's the bigger problem. You're reluctant to trade any of your own elite prospects but you still want the best prospects from other teams for a package that the Marlins wouldn't take straight to for Yelich. Yelich is more valuable than one season of Tanaka and Gardner doesn't have the trade value that you think he has. You're going to have a hard time finding someone who signs off on your plan. But it is your chise and you can do as you wish.

[The Left Shark]

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It was more a point about how the Indians don't need him. They have Kluber, Carrasco, Salazar, Bauer, etc. Tanaka is a good pitcher but his lack of team control hurt. And LF is bad. Gardner was great in 2010 and 2011 but he isn't that player anymore. He's barely more valuable than his contract.

Here's the bigger problem. You're reluctant to trade any of your own elite prospects but you still want the best prospects from other teams for a package that the Marlins wouldn't take straight to for Yelich. Yelich is more valuable than one season of Tanaka and Gardner doesn't have the trade value that you think he has. You're going to have a hard time finding someone who signs off on your plan. But it is your chise and you can do as you wish.

Can he even opt-out in this game? In the roster set he uses, he might just have whatever years are left on his contract without the opt-out. I do agree with mostly everything you are saying though.

[kenp86]

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Ad ive mentioned before, im controlling 12 teams (2 from each division). AL Central i had a struggle between Twins and Tigers. With me having to keep JV and Miggy and the iggy trade to the yanks a bad idea, the decision is now over. Going with twins along with the sox.

That being said, what can i get for perkins, santana and hughes?

[Powertoyourhead]

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It was more a point about how the Indians don't need him. They have Kluber, Carrasco, Salazar, Bauer, etc. Tanaka is a good pitcher but his lack of team control hurt. And LF is bad. Gardner was great in 2010 and 2011 but he isn't that player anymore. He's barely more valuable than his contract.

Here's the bigger problem. You're reluctant to trade any of your own elite prospects but you still want the best prospects from other teams for a package that the Marlins wouldn't take straight to for Yelich. Yelich is more valuable than one season of Tanaka and Gardner doesn't have the trade value that you think he has. You're going to have a hard time finding someone who signs off on your plan. But it is your chise and you can do as you wish.

I am just trying to have logical trades hence why I am on here for the first year since playing the games for a few years now. I am willing to give up a prospect of mine currently but i would also like to trade Tanaka and Gardner for some value to help pull off the Yelich trade. I do understand why Yelich is so valuable and After proposing the Indians trade I did realize the Indians are not typically huge spenders so thats why i was curious to know is there a team out there that could help me pull off Yelich even if it is a three team trade.

[GamecocksLaw17]

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Can he even opt-out in this game? In the roster set he uses, he might just have whatever years are left on his contract without the opt-out. I do agree with mostly everything you are saying though.

Well Tanaka has a full no trade clause and if he were traded that would be asking the Indians to take on the remaining $89 million on his deal which would be one of if not the biggest contract the Indians have ever had.