Projections are assumptions champ. That’s how it works. Moreno’s power and bay were a concern with him but the dbacks bet on his projections. That’s how trading for young players works. I don’t your logic with the war part of it. I thought we should have received another piece in the deal but like you I don’t make those decisions. Gurriel Jr was a poor fielding lf who lost all his power when we moved him. Like I’ve already said he bounced back and that’s great for him.
Exactly, champ. You act like the fact that they "projected it" is enough to justify the deal. You can project up your ass till you're blue in the face, but you don't get credit for what could/should/might have been, big boy. The deal will be judged based on the results not on some hypothetical world where one set of expectations come true. So far advantage Arizona. We'll see what your Varsho can do over the next few seasons.
You don't get the logic of using WAR to determine value? Let me explain it to you big guy. WAR is the amount a player contributes to wins versus a replacement level or average player. Teams/agents/stats nerds use it to determine how valuable a player is for the purposes of trades, salary, etc. If one player gives you 2WAR a year over 6 years, that provides more value than a player providing you the same over 3 years. That's why years of control matter in trades.
You can shit on Gurriel all you want but he still produced exactly 0.1 less WAR than the main piece we got back in a trade, and he was just a throw in. If he sucks, what does that say about what we got. lol
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