Who gets traded first?

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Wheeler and Syndergaard are good... That's your point? Has anybody disputed this?

yes, constantly.

[Edgy MD]

Come on.

[Guest 41Forever]

I think it's accepted they are good, and that's the reason they are considering trading them. Good players would bring better prospects, and will cost more down the line. (How much the cost is a factor to BVW is debatable.) Otherwise we'd be looking to deal Familia again....

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: The methodology isn't to rate who has been best in the first half of this year, but to use a broader deeper data set, analyzing current trends against the historical record, modeled after https://www.billjamesonline.com/the_worlds_1_starting_pitcher/tennis and golf ratings, where an injury won't make you disappear suddenly from rankings, but rather gradually fade. The order even changes in the offseason. Syndergaard's trade value is predominantly about his upside, his potential, his untapped ceiling, which Bill James's rankings ignores entirely. In Syndergaard's case, is the past merely prologue? Or is the past the future as well? TBD.

Well, we're discussing his alleged irreplaceability, which to me refers to his current value. The ceiling he still has or may have is certainly up for a related and worthwhile debate, but no, you're correct, the rankings do not speak to that.

[kcmets]

Riveting stuff. Sad really, the state of 'reporting.'

[bLOCKQUOTE]The Mets are 'definitely' trading Syndergaard, according to Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Sherman notes that while an executive who has spoken to the Mets said, "they are defintely trading Syndergaard," another mentioned that no deal was imminent.[/bLOCKQUOTE]

[Edgy MD]

Joel Sherman is never wrong sometimes.

[kcmets]

I see what you did there.

[smg58]

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Other than McNeil, Alonso, and DeGrom, there is nobody untouchable.

[kcmets]

=41Forever post_id=16815 time=1564165859 user_id=69](How much the cost is a factor to BVW is debatable.)

[Edgy MD]

The idea that Mike Trout will be traded now or in the future is far from unfathomable.