OOTP Developments Forums - View Single Post - Can't trade C- prospect for $1. Why?

skoormit · 04-12-2015, 12:53 AM

But wait, it gets worse.

With the trade difficulty on Very Hard, and eval still at 40/30/20/10, the Mariners (who still won't even discuss giving me $1 for this guy) are eager to trade me a MLB RP (Yoervis Medina) and $2.75M in cash. Medina has a 1-year contract (via arb) for $1.92M.

Medina isn't a bad pitcher, but this trade, coupled with their refusal to give me $1 for Terry, could only make sense if the Mariner's were trying to dump Medina's contract. But if that were the case, couldn't they just release Medina and cost themselves only $1.92M? Why are they willing to pay me at least $830k in surplus cash value to get Terry in exchange for Medina, but they won't give me $1 for Terry in a standalone deal?

04-12-2015, 12:53 AM	#10
skoormit Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 20	But wait, it gets worse. With the trade difficulty on Very Hard, and eval still at 40/30/20/10, the Mariners (who still won't even discuss giving me $1 for this guy) are eager to trade me a MLB RP (Yoervis Medina) and $2.75M in cash. Medina has a 1-year contract (via arb) for $1.92M. Medina isn't a bad pitcher, but this trade, coupled with their refusal to give me $1 for Terry, could only make sense if the Mariner's were trying to dump Medina's contract. But if that were the case, couldn't they just release Medina and cost themselves only $1.92M? Why are they willing to pay me at least $830k in surplus cash value to get Terry in exchange for Medina, but they won't give me $1 for Terry in a standalone deal?