Trade: [TEX/MIA] Jake Burger for Max Acosta, Echedry Vargas, and Brayan Mendoza
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Blackhawkswincup
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Why are Marlins doing this?
I mean Burger isn't great or anything, but he hit 29 HR's, was well like in lockerroom and is cheap with team control for years to come
I mean Burger isn't great or anything, but he hit 29 HR's, was well like in lockerroom and is cheap with team control for years to come
Terry Yake
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i would say obviously because the marlins are an unserious franchise who don't care about winning, but burger was still under club control for another 4 years. so even more hilarious/sad
these poverty franchises literally exist just to serve as farm teams for the big clubs
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This. You'd think both sides (except for the 6 or 7 shitty owners) would be for some sort of floor.
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I feel like Allen Iverson man.
Were talkin bout Jake Burger and a MLB team being a poverty franchise or farm team for others becuase they had the gall to trade him and his 0.5 WAR.
The guy's incredibly mediocre and will be 29 to start the season. Which ain't old but there's no real upside to him at this point. Like what are we talking about here...he's a DH who can't hit for average or OBP.
Why'd your White Sox trade him when he hit 25 homeruns for them for a guy who's pitched 2 innings since being acquired?
Were talkin bout Jake Burger and a MLB team being a poverty franchise or farm team for others becuase they had the gall to trade him and his 0.5 WAR.
The guy's incredibly mediocre and will be 29 to start the season. Which ain't old but there's no real upside to him at this point. Like what are we talking about here...he's a DH who can't hit for average or OBP.
Why'd your White Sox trade him when he hit 25 homeruns for them for a guy who's pitched 2 innings since being acquired?
Terry Yake
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because there's no good reason for the marlins (who just went 62-100) to trade a guy who hit 29 HRs and hit .250 when he's under club control for another 4 years?
Blackhawkswincup
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Because organization still thought Moncada was capable and expected him to return and take over 3B when he got healthy. Burger also is awful defensively so 3B is not ideal but Sox still believed in Andrew Vaughn at 1B
Also Eloy was expected to move to DH so another spot Burger would not have had open
Burger isn't good or anything but he seemed to find fit and team with spot for him in Miami and he is dirt cheap right now and has years of team control which again adds to the "Why are Marlins doing this"
Unholy Diver
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Why pay Burger 760K when you can pay those 3 guys less than half of that combined in the minors? Cost cutting is never out of season
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103 OPS+ for a DH.
He's not even good. The Marlins could realistically actually be better by replacing his at bats in house.
MMC
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Burger is incredibly dime a dozen lmao, if you can get 3 young prospects you believe in for him and you’re a crap ass team you do that every day of the week
Terry Yake
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prospects lmao. nothing more overrated in baseball than prospects
how many of these prospects the marlins got in return for guys like stanton, yelich, realmuto, ozuna amounted to anything? and even if one of these guys does amount to something, they'll be traded as soon as its time to get paid. or in burger's case, 4 years before its time
it's not about the stats, it's about the losing mentality of these poverty franchises. you have a guy capable of hitting 30 HRs who isn't due to be paid for another 4 years. he's not a guy you build around, but its not like he's making the team any worse than they already are. how is it benefiting the team to trade him?
how many of these prospects the marlins got in return for guys like stanton, yelich, realmuto, ozuna amounted to anything? and even if one of these guys does amount to something, they'll be traded as soon as its time to get paid. or in burger's case, 4 years before its time
it's not about the stats, it's about the losing mentality of these poverty franchises. you have a guy capable of hitting 30 HRs who isn't due to be paid for another 4 years. he's not a guy you build around, but its not like he's making the team any worse than they already are. how is it benefiting the team to trade him?
