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PrinceofKirkland · 05-15-2019, 05:55 AM

With the first 3/4 of the league played out, General Managers have three options. Buy, Sell or hold firm. It's time for the trade deadline!

THE BIG TRADES:

• Boise trades Dave Ervin (.311/.430/.412, 2 HR, 14 RBI) to Salt Lake for Jason Savage (.274/.346/.396, 10 HR, 38 RBI), Daniel Samson (a solid veteran reliever) and a prospect.
• Boise trades Jose Vazquez (.234/.311/.457, 17 HR, 29 RBI) to San Francisco for Closer Liam MacCosh (0-2, 6.75 ERA) and RP Gregg Smith (0-0, 3.68 ERA)
• Santa Fe trades 3B Joe Howell (.243/.282/.479, 12 HR, 55 RBI) to Seattle for Michael Thomas (36-years-old, .234, 8 HR) and First Base prospect Ivan Leon.

Analysis: In a relatively quiet trade deadline, the main story was the Boise Badgers attempting to cobble together a bullpen by giving up to solid batters in Ervin and Vazquez. These were two incredibly bright stars and their star power will be sorely missed. However, they netted Jason Savage from Salt Lake who is a great young piece for them long term.

Seattle further deepens their lineups by adding power hitter Joe Howell for a pretty good price, I definitely think they got the better end of the deal with Santa Fe. I personally think the Rattlers are contenders and if they miss the playoffs they will regret trading this pop. Unless Leon becomes a star of course.

Salt Lake picks up Dave Ervin, who’s a great lead off guy when healthy but he doesn’t really solve the team’s problem, which is starting pitching. Savage is a tough piece to sacrifice for someone who as already shown to be frequently injured.

San Francisco picks up a great third 25-year-old third baseman in Vazquez who can give Merced some help in the lineup. They only had to give up some mediocre pieces of the pen to do it. I think they won the deadline, not in the sense that they will win this year, but they netted a star with very little cost.

PRINCE PREDICTIONS:

With the deadline over, lets see if I can predict the final standings. I am fairly confident that Seattle will get the one seed. Their pitching is the real deal and with Howell their offence is dead as well. Santa Fe will claim second and the final playoff spot through their consistency. Salt Lake's luck in one run game will run out and they will fall to third. Portland will stay in fourth. Denver simply has too much talent to be this bad and they will improve and finish over .500 to finish in fifth place on a solid last month. Los Angeles will finish sixth, Boise in Seventh and San Francisco will stay in the basement. All three will be incredibly bad over the last month. None of them have the talent on both sides of the ball to win very many games.

05-15-2019, 05:55 AM	#10
PrinceofKirkland Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 21	With the first 3/4 of the league played out, General Managers have three options. Buy, Sell or hold firm. It's time for the trade deadline! THE BIG TRADES: • Boise trades Dave Ervin (.311/.430/.412, 2 HR, 14 RBI) to Salt Lake for Jason Savage (.274/.346/.396, 10 HR, 38 RBI), Daniel Samson (a solid veteran reliever) and a prospect. • Boise trades Jose Vazquez (.234/.311/.457, 17 HR, 29 RBI) to San Francisco for Closer Liam MacCosh (0-2, 6.75 ERA) and RP Gregg Smith (0-0, 3.68 ERA) • Santa Fe trades 3B Joe Howell (.243/.282/.479, 12 HR, 55 RBI) to Seattle for Michael Thomas (36-years-old, .234, 8 HR) and First Base prospect Ivan Leon. Analysis: In a relatively quiet trade deadline, the main story was the Boise Badgers attempting to cobble together a bullpen by giving up to solid batters in Ervin and Vazquez. These were two incredibly bright stars and their star power will be sorely missed. However, they netted Jason Savage from Salt Lake who is a great young piece for them long term. Seattle further deepens their lineups by adding power hitter Joe Howell for a pretty good price, I definitely think they got the better end of the deal with Santa Fe. I personally think the Rattlers are contenders and if they miss the playoffs they will regret trading this pop. Unless Leon becomes a star of course. Salt Lake picks up Dave Ervin, who’s a great lead off guy when healthy but he doesn’t really solve the team’s problem, which is starting pitching. Savage is a tough piece to sacrifice for someone who as already shown to be frequently injured. San Francisco picks up a great third 25-year-old third baseman in Vazquez who can give Merced some help in the lineup. They only had to give up some mediocre pieces of the pen to do it. I think they won the deadline, not in the sense that they will win this year, but they netted a star with very little cost. PRINCE PREDICTIONS: With the deadline over, lets see if I can predict the final standings. I am fairly confident that Seattle will get the one seed. Their pitching is the real deal and with Howell their offence is dead as well. Santa Fe will claim second and the final playoff spot through their consistency. Salt Lake's luck in one run game will run out and they will fall to third. Portland will stay in fourth. Denver simply has too much talent to be this bad and they will improve and finish over .500 to finish in fifth place on a solid last month. Los Angeles will finish sixth, Boise in Seventh and San Francisco will stay in the basement. All three will be incredibly bad over the last month. None of them have the talent on both sides of the ball to win very many games.