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Rays hand Pirates some free wins (because they had to)
The news broke out today that the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired infielder Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay Rays for reliever Jesse Chavez. Now, there have been many sources of analysis on this topic, so I won't delve too much further into this, but I did think it would be nice for us to whip out...
Trade Value Calculator: Holliday Trades
Last week I introduced Sky Kalkman's Trade Value Calculator with an analysis of the Rafael Betancourt trade. This week, I'll examine three different trade packages using this calculator and determine which had greater value. Data involved comes from Fangraphs (WAR) and Cot's Contracts (salary). As...
Betancourt Trade Analysis Using Trade Value Calculator
Today's trade of prospect Connor Graham for Cleveland Indians reliever Rafael Betancourt brought to the forefront of my mind a new tool that was developed by Sky Kalkman of Beyond the Boxscore: the Trade Value Calculator. Basically, Kalkman has developed a fantastic spreadsheet that, using...
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