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The Braves Won the Chris Sale Trade -- But It's an Extreme Outlier

Let's take a deeper look at this one, a year later.

The BTV Podcast #107: Early Trade Rumors

We analyze one possible deal, and discuss qualifying offer decisions.

The A's Intriguing Strategy for the Trade Market

They'll be players, but not the way you think.

Featured Trades

Rangers GET

Devin Williams

8.6

Total Value

8.6

Brewers GET

Maximo Acosta

2.4

Winston Santos

4.1

Emiliano Teodo

6.2

Total Value

12.7

BlazingGunz

Yankees GET

Cody Bellinger

-8.1

Cash

15

Total Value

6.9

Cubs GET

Carlos Lagrange

2.8

Kyle Carr

4.9

Total Value

7.7

Clark Trades

Reds GET

Alec Bohm

24.9

Luis Robert

11.4

36.3

35.6

-0.70

Phillies GET

Garrett Crochet

47.7

47.7

52.4

4.70

White Sox GET

Noelvi Marte

11.4

Chase Petty

12

Cam Collier

12.2

Aidan Miller

27.5

63.10

59.1

-4.00

OfficiallyJace

Cardinals GET

Garrett Whitlock

-10

Total Value

-10

Red Sox GET

Nolan Arenado

-22

Cash

12

Total Value

-10

Ms. Dajuba

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johnbitzer

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On Dec. 30, 2023, the Red Sox traded Chris Sale to the Braves for Vaughn Grissom, and sent $17M to cover Sale’s salary to boot. Here’s what that trade looked like in our model at the time:     So it was accepted by our model, albeit as a major overpay by Atlanta. --------- Fast-forward one year: Sale has won the Cy Young Award, after producing 6.4 fWAR in a remarkable comeback season. Grissom has struggled badly, producing -0.7 fWAR. So from today’s perspective,...

johnbitzer

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Here’s an interesting twist: The A’s will be players in the trade market, but not the way you might suspect.  After selling off the core of their last competitive team (Chapman, Olson, Murphy et al) for questionable prospects (most of whom didn’t pan out), GM David Forst recently disclosed that the team will be actively looking to augment their major-league club in the trade market. He also mentioned that they’re keeping Brent Rooker, who, after a 5+ fWAR season,...

Epsiode 108

108 Minutes

Joshua Iversen

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Welcome back to the Baseball Trade Values Podcast! In this episode, founder John Bitzer (@johnbitzer2) and Associate Editor Joshua Iversen (@jive_mlb) break down the Jonathan India/Brady Singer trade, Blake Snell to the Dodgers, Yusei Kikuchi to the Angels and more offseason news. Then, they discuss the non-tender deadline and offseason outlooks of the Dodgers and the New York Yankees. Listen to the episode through your favorite podcast provider, or via the media player or download link...

Epsiode 107

92 Minutes

Joshua Iversen

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Welcome back to the Baseball Trade Values Podcast! In this episode, founder John Bitzer (@johnbitzer2) and Associate Editor Joshua Iversen (@jive_mlb) break down the conclusion of the Yankees/Gerrit Cole saga, a run of moves by the Angels, upcoming Qualifying Offer decisions and more offseason news. Then, they discuss the offseason outlooks of the Cleveland Guardians and New York Mets. Listen to the episode through your favorite podcast provider, or via the media player or download link...

Epsiode 106

112 Minutes

Joshua Iversen

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Welcome back to the Baseball Trade Values Podcast! In this episode, founder John Bitzer (@johnbitzer2) and Associate Editor Joshua Iversen (@jive_mlb) break down the Yankees impending decision with Gerrit Cole's opt-out and a few early offseason moves by the Braves. Then, they discuss the offseason outlooks of the teams eliminated in the Division Series. Listen to the episode through your favorite podcast provider, or via the media player or download link below:     Download link:...