07-22-2010, 02:01 PM
Me too I refresh mlbtraderumors.com once every 20 minutes at minimum.
What's surprising me the most this year is the general prissy attitude GMs are putting out there. Everyone wants to have their cake and eat it too by requesting salary relief and not wanting to part with their top talent. Roy Oswalt is 32 and made 30 starts minimum for the past 6 years (tossing 208+ innings during that span) yet everyone's acting like Danny Haren is suddenly on his level. Or, until yesterday, I kept hearing this garbage about there not being a true ace to be had...
Or with Berkman, who'll fetch Type-A compensation this offseason, Houston is expected to eat half his salary and take mediocre prospects in return when they could pick from a much broader and more talented draft class if they simply let him walk.
I think as long as that type of attitude continues everybody will keep spinning their tires and very few deals will get done. I'm hoping it's mostly posturing but I follow the trade market incredibly close all year and it really seems to me that many GM's butts are puckered particularly tight this year.
What's surprising me the most this year is the general prissy attitude GMs are putting out there. Everyone wants to have their cake and eat it too by requesting salary relief and not wanting to part with their top talent. Roy Oswalt is 32 and made 30 starts minimum for the past 6 years (tossing 208+ innings during that span) yet everyone's acting like Danny Haren is suddenly on his level. Or, until yesterday, I kept hearing this garbage about there not being a true ace to be had...
Or with Berkman, who'll fetch Type-A compensation this offseason, Houston is expected to eat half his salary and take mediocre prospects in return when they could pick from a much broader and more talented draft class if they simply let him walk.
I think as long as that type of attitude continues everybody will keep spinning their tires and very few deals will get done. I'm hoping it's mostly posturing but I follow the trade market incredibly close all year and it really seems to me that many GM's butts are puckered particularly tight this year.
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