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Originally Posted by nychief
sad what has happened to the MLB off season... used to more flashy and fun, now the owners sit on the money till spring.
And boy... I use to get up for the winter meetings... but now with the royals... its just some trash in the Rule V and head home to talk up shitty prospects.
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Everyone has the same information now. And about 80% of the league puts roughly equal weight on the same stuff.
So when everyone's working from the same playbook, you just don't see as much movement because nobody's willing to 'lose' a trade even if it might make a lot of baseball sense.
Cards have too many RH hitting OFers w/ holes in their swing but plus raw power. They should be willing to move a guy like Tyler O'Neill for someone who isn't strictly as valuable but perhaps brings a lefty bat you can bring off the bench with some line drive power and contact skills. They may 'lose' that trade but make themselves better on the field.
But GM's just won't do that anymore. It's all so data-driven that baseball trades are getting harder and harder to come by.