Post by Gregory (Houston) on May 11, 2015 16:45:11 GMT
This feels like the umpteenth time I've traded with KC. Y'all don't like to trade much, do ya?
Houston trades: Bryce Harper, OF, (24M 2019 - 1M paid by HOU 2015) Jeremy Guthrie, SP, (.5M 2015) AJ Burnett, SP, (1M 2015 - 1M paid by DET 2015)
Kansas City trades: David Price, SP, (16M 2017) Aroldis Chapman, RP, (12.5M 2016 - 9M paid by PHI 2015) Ubaldo Jiminez, SP, (.7M 2016) Andre Ethier, OF, (.5M 2015) Jed Lowrie, SS, (.8M 2016) David Murphy, OF, (.7M 2015)
Astros accept.
Obviously, Harper has been the hottest hitter in the league as of recently. I feel that getting a stud pitcher, plus the best closer in baseball, plus a whole lot of decent backups, plus cap room is worth it. Furthermore, his value will never be higher. I need pitching stats like no tomorrow, and this is the way to get them.
I got left with nothin but a Penny...so I had to learn to do it the Hardaway.
Accept, for some reason I couldn't get past having Rizzo, Bryant and Harper for the next few years. Other than Price and Chapman, everyone else was expendable and needed to make the money work out.