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Originally Posted by Déjà Bru
Uh, I'd be interested to see "who" you got for Cano, since you're playing with real players. Don't be embarrassed! 
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The full trade looks unbalanced because I used Cano to get rid of a useless guy who was costing 11million:
Friday, April 26th, 2013:
Traded 34 year old left fielder Vernon Wells (i.e. the money pit), 30 year old second base Robinson Cano, (2 half star minor leaguers), and 3million in cash for Justin Verlander 30 year old starting pitcher Detroit.
Basically it was Verlander for Cano+ a dump on Wells that increased my projected income by 7million despite the fact verlander is being paid 20 and irrespective of the added 3. In addition to this Cano was asking for 23million/year over 10 years at the time, I already had a reasonably good replacement at 2B (Ben Zobrist from Tampa that I traded for SP Phil Hughes and MR Jim Miller at the start of the season) and I needed another good starter.