In the first installment of this series, we looked at the Christian Yelich trade, which seemed fair on paper at the time, but turned out disastrously for the Marlins. In the second, we looked at the Josh Donaldson trade, which looked incredibly lopsided on paper (using the numbers we have now), and in fact turned out that way as well. Now let’s take a look at one that may be… fair all around? Note: Since this site (and our model) didn’t exist when these trades occurred, we...

In this episode, we dig into the numbers behind recent extensions for Yelich and Moncada, discuss the impact of injuries on trade value, and highlight the featured trade of the week, which sees a star and two other pieces traded for a prospect. If you have any questions or suggestions, email us at BaseballTradeValues@gmail.com or find us on Twitter, @BaseballValues! Listen in the player, click the link below to download or find us through your favorite podcast...

Amidst all the noise about big-ticket free agent signings, a few trades happened at the recent Winter Meetings as well. Let’s break them down: Rangers trade [baseball-trade-values-player-link player="8839"] to the White Sox for [baseball-trade-values-player-link player="9693"] Despite the obvious overpay, we’re going to take partial credit for calling the light return on this one. Our model had Mazara’s value at zero -- which means we see no surplus value --...

If you’re a GM, this is the list you don’t want to have your players on. According to our calculations, the following 50 players have the least amount of trade value right now – or, put another way, the most amount of negative value. These are not necessarily bad players; they’re players whose contracts are bigger than their projected field value. Not surprisingly, the common thread here is that most of them are older and past their prime. Only eight of these 50...

Last winter, the Chicago White Sox flirted with the idea of making a big offseason addition. But their pursuit of a free agent star fell short, and instead they have again found themselves well out of the American League playoff picture. Having moved high-value players like Chris Sale, Jose Quintana and Adam Eaton in previous seasons, the White Sox lack a true impact player to move this summer. However, they have a handful of helpful veterans on short-term deals that should return a few...