If you were smart you would also realize that players aren’t the only thing that trades effect. The lux trade freed up a roster spot for the dodgers while forcing the reds to use up one of theirs. Switching to the Hayes trade. The pirates freed up multiple YEARS of 7 million dollar cap hits for trading. Those also go into how a trade is graded. The lux trade was bad from damn near every perspective
Prospects have value, you love to say that Sirota is trade fodder, which is value. The reds had to give up lux in a 3 team trade because his value was so low that they needed to have a second piece (Chris Clark) in order to move him. Sirota would fetch a player in a 1-1 trade, likely being a major leaguer because his value is high. That’s how it works. Realized value is still value, and Sirotas value is leagues higher than Gavin lux. That trade was dog shit
@BoppinWTBoyz@CBoxSports What you are doing is only looking at statistics. That doesn’t work. Stats don’t show the whole story. Your “insider knowledge” is exactly what put the reds into the position they are in where they have to acquire more pitching and give up more prospects. It doesn’t work.
@BoppinWTBoyz@CBoxSports Also, what you’re saying g is prospects have no value, which is demonstrably false, easily disproven, and insane to even think in the first place. You yourself said you would trade arroyo for the worst pitcher in the league
@BoppinWTBoyz@CBoxSports The dodgers have a top 100 prospect, the reds have a bullpen pitcher in the worst bullpen in baseball. That is clearly not lopsided at all.
@BoppinWTBoyz@CBoxSports If what literally ANY of what you said was true, why the fuck would any team ever trade any player? Prospects don’t have value in your eyes, so literally every trade for prospects would be a net negative for the team trading the major league player.
@BoppinWTBoyz@CBoxSports Holy shit I knew you don’t understand how it works, but to say arroyo is the same and littell is crazy. Also, Sirota wasn’t even the balance pick. You have 0 clue what you’re talking about.
@BoppinWTBoyz@CBoxSports Using your logic, Edwin arroyo and Zack littell would have the same value to a team because arroyo is still a prospect. It doesn’t matter littell is the worst pitcher in baseball because his value is real while arroyos isn’t
@BoppinWTBoyz@CBoxSports He’s a top 100 prospect in all of baseball. To call in fodder is laughable. It was a terrible trade. Just because it was a win now trade doesn’t make it good. Sirota can fetch much more than an average hitter at best. Your takes are horrendous
@BoppinWTBoyz@CBoxSports What you fail so understanding they traded a top 100 prospect who you yourself admitted was average at best. That is not a fair trade. I’m not upset they traded sirota, but Gavin lux was such a lopsided trade it’s comical
@BoppinWTBoyz@CBoxSports I would because he took up a roster spot as a player that was below average at best. There’s a reason they got swept in the post season, and the ws champs moved him. He’s not good, sirota as a prospect is 100x the player as lux.
It’s a good time to remind YOU that 0 is greater than -0.2, which is Gavin lux war as a red.its not dick riding to say that that trade was horrendous in hindsight. You can make the argument that sirota wouldn’t help in the current playoff push, but what you are doing is trying to remain ignorant of what happened
@NoNamed362295@NoSleepBandit Yeah, which is exactly why I said that they crushed it with the casting. Just because I say one person could play a character well, that isn’t me demeaning someone else.
@Reds@PNCBank I swear to god. This is why McLain is constantly going through slumps. Stop moving him up in the lineup, he is a good back end bat, but crumples under the pressure at the top.