Is a position rich with debate possibility. :- )
I like the idea of trading players to fit their parks better. And John Danks is a legit #2-3 with a much higher REL score than, say, Bedard, Morrow, or Snell. I like the REL factor.
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But: is Safeco really a bad fit for Lopez? It's a bad fit for RH pull hitters in the abstract, but it just so happens that Jose's HR scatterchart clears the scoreboard out there in LF.
Lopez is, it says here, either going to stay the same (2.6 WAR) or bust out; Danks regressed a bit in 2009 (K/BB dropped from 2.8 to 2.0) and is either going to stay the same (2.9 WAR) or get worse -- or injured, him being a young SP. Could be a buy-high sell-low scenario.
In roto, I probably don't trade you Lopez for Danks even-up, unless I have a surplus of infielders and am short in pitching.
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Do the M's need IF's more or SP's more?
Not trying to bust anybody's chops. It's a cool trade idea, this 3-for-3, and worth consideration.
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