Comments on: Eveland and Smith Paying Dividends http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/eveland-and-smith-paying-dividends/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Au http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/eveland-and-smith-paying-dividends/#comment-33382 Tom Au Thu, 01 May 2008 19:38:44 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/eveland-and-smith-paying-dividends/#comment-33382 Right out of Moneyball. And Billy Koch to the White Sox for Keith Foulke. But Billy Beane is a "fox" and a fox has more than one trick. So if the As are in contention by the time of the All Star game, he'll make a "[foxy] A-trade" that will take them to the play-offs. Right out of Moneyball. And Billy Koch to the White Sox for Keith Foulke.

But Billy Beane is a “fox” and a fox has more than one trick. So if the As are in contention by the time of the All Star game, he’ll make a “[foxy] A-trade” that will take them to the play-offs.

]]> By: Eric Seidman http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/eveland-and-smith-paying-dividends/#comment-33379 Eric Seidman Thu, 01 May 2008 18:51:18 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/eveland-and-smith-paying-dividends/#comment-33379 My favorite Beane strategy is with closers, since I hate the idea of a designated closer. He will "create" a closer and then trade him to a team that really needs one, extracting key prospects in return. Remember Billy Taylor to the Mets? My favorite Beane strategy is with closers, since I hate the idea of a designated closer. He will “create” a closer and then trade him to a team that really needs one, extracting key prospects in return. Remember Billy Taylor to the Mets?

]]> By: Tom Au http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/eveland-and-smith-paying-dividends/#comment-33369 Tom Au Thu, 01 May 2008 16:54:17 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/eveland-and-smith-paying-dividends/#comment-33369 When Billy Beane proposes the trade of X players for X-plus-Y players (Dan Haren and Connor Robertson in this case), he will get back the value of X with the first X players (Smith and Eveland in this case), and earn the difference, Y, (the four remaining prospects). Likewise, when he traded Mark Mulder to the St. Louis Cardinals, he got back at least the equivalent in Haren, as well as Kiko Calero for "free" (no extra cost). That's why Oakland is a perennial contender for a playoff spot, including this year. When Billy Beane proposes the trade of X players for X-plus-Y players (Dan Haren and Connor Robertson in this case), he will get back the value of X with the first X players (Smith and Eveland in this case), and earn the difference, Y, (the four remaining prospects). Likewise, when he traded Mark Mulder to the St. Louis Cardinals, he got back at least the equivalent in Haren, as well as Kiko Calero for “free” (no extra cost). That’s why Oakland is a perennial contender for a playoff spot, including this year.

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