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crossthebreeze · 07-31-2009, 06:54 PM

1) Why can't we trade players who are on the DL? Hearing about today's Jake Peavy trade got me thinking about this...

2) Why are teams so weary of taking on "an overpaid veteran"? I can understand it in most cases, but I recently tried trading a $4m reliever with a 4.00 ERA to another team for a $6m reliever with a 6.00 ERA I was quickly denied for the aforementioned reason. Don't you think the other team would at least entertain the idea of saving $2m that year? Both relievers had expiring contracts, so it's not like they would have to worry about paying more in the future.

07-31-2009, 06:54 PM	#1
crossthebreeze Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 36	Two trading questions 1) Why can't we trade players who are on the DL? Hearing about today's Jake Peavy trade got me thinking about this... 2) Why are teams so weary of taking on "an overpaid veteran"? I can understand it in most cases, but I recently tried trading a $4m reliever with a 4.00 ERA to another team for a $6m reliever with a 6.00 ERA I was quickly denied for the aforementioned reason. Don't you think the other team would at least entertain the idea of saving $2m that year? Both relievers had expiring contracts, so it's not like they would have to worry about paying more in the future.