(06-27-2018 08:41 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-27-2018 08:10 AM)stever20 Wrote:  

(06-27-2018 07:23 AM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  

(06-26-2018 09:27 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(06-26-2018 09:16 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  The same Brad Hand who has not been better than Tony Watson and Will Smith, but whatever.

Age, contract, health.

Also, for Watson, his 3.44 Road ERA will give teams pause.

Who's unhealthy, And who cared about age? Any trade is about this year. I doubt Watson will age much in the next 3 months. In the end, I of course know that no trade of Smith or Watson could fetch as much as Hand, but by nearly every statistical measure those two guys have been better and thus have value.

A guy like Hand though has more than just this year of team control. So yeah, age will play a part. 5 years younger. Odds are pretty good that by end of the contract, Watson's deal is going to suck.

As far as health, I mean that Smtih is still a year removed from TJ surgery. And yes, that means something. Why take someone like that when you can get someone with a cleaner history who you would have for 2 more years instead of the 1 year with Smith? Just makes no sense at all.

Because Smith has been better? Again, not saying I'd give up more for Watson and Smith. Just saying they have very good value. Is it as high as the value of Hand? No, but it doesn't have to be that high for them to be good trade chips.

And I don't see how Watson's contract could suck. He's likely to finish the year with a WAR of over 2.0 (currently at 1.5 bWAR). He's making $3 million this season, $3.5 million next season and a $2.5 million player option for 2020. That adds up to $9million. I know there are performance bonuses, which he's likely to reach, but I really don't know what they are. Hard to see how the contract could suck, but I guess we'll see. On Fangraphs he's the 9th most valuable RP in MLB and on BBRef he's 12th.

I'd love for LA to have Watson back, but SF and LA executing a deadline trade while both are contending?