[Malleus Dei]

Originally posted by Anonymous Ghost
Instead, I went through the trade window to the 31 other teams and found all the ones that needed a 1B (there were 7). Then I went through their Top 10 Prospects report and narrowed down the field to who had young talent that interested me (4 teams). I then went through and made offers to all 4 teams (2 were unwilling to deal their best prospects), and then settled on a package of 3 of their top 4 prospects (all of whom made my Top 10 list upon being acquired) plus a decent 4th starter whose $3m contract expires at the end of the season. In total, the process probably took me about 10-15 minutes and I scribbled notes on about two pages of scrap paper.

This is a well-written clinic on how to maximize value when you are getting rid of somone. I do the same thing. Sometimes it doesn't work, but generally it does.