http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/11/23/the-weird-timing-of-the-k-rod-trade/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/11/23/the-weird-timing-of-the-k-rod-trade/#comment-4654 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:30:49 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=2673#comment-4654 […] a month ago, I wrote an article about the weird timing of the Francisco Rodriguez trade with Detroit. I hypothesized that there […]

]]> http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/11/23/the-weird-timing-of-the-k-rod-trade/#comment-3953 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 21:11:05 +0000 http://milwaukee.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=2673#comment-3953 This move clears salary and most importantly a 40 man roster spot right before the 40 man needed to be solidified. I am perfectly fine with the return as it allows us to keep 1 more younger guy with upside. At this point in the rebuild, KRod could do nothing more but hurt his value or possibly blow out his arm and we get nothing. I doubt we could have gotten much more, not knowing the PTBNL, at the trade deadline and we have half his salary to pay and risk injury. I personally think it was a smart move at the time. KRod is getting by on a 89MPH fastball, that doesn’t last long in MLB unless you are Trevor Hoffman.

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