Comments on: Revisiting the Sabathia Deal from Cleveland’s Perspective http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/revisiting-the-sabathia-deal-from-clevelands-perspective/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scappy http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/revisiting-the-sabathia-deal-from-clevelands-perspective/#comment-45021 Scappy Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:14:23 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/revisiting-the-sabathia-deal-from-clevelands-perspective/#comment-45021 I still say Cleveland should have been buyers not sellers come the trade deadline. The Central was fairly weak and they had two absolute studs in their starting rotation. If they picked up some bullpen help and maybe a rental bat (Dunn) for the last couple of months the Central division finish could have been even more interesting. Having a WPA of 3.5 since the trade is pretty incredible, a sight better than Jackson's -0.57. We are talking a difference of 4 between the two. I'm sure someone more well versed than I can translate that to actual wins. I still say Cleveland should have been buyers not sellers come the trade deadline. The Central was fairly weak and they had two absolute studs in their starting rotation. If they picked up some bullpen help and maybe a rental bat (Dunn) for the last couple of months the Central division finish could have been even more interesting. Having a WPA of 3.5 since the trade is pretty incredible, a sight better than Jackson’s -0.57. We are talking a difference of 4 between the two.

I’m sure someone more well versed than I can translate that to actual wins.

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