Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient.
We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.
The Giants are looking for a trade but I don't think Atlanta wants to depart with a quality player.
In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.
What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team.
Any time you sign a big contract, you get in those later years, the expectations are high to play at a high level.
I don't know why you would trade a stud pitcher.
I don't have a no-trade clause. I figure someone is going to pick me up.
No trade will be made unless they want the thing more than they want their money.
When is it too late to say it's still early for the Cubs? Try now. Their magic number is 1998, at least until it becomes 1999, but in lieu of a present, they offer you a future.
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