Trade: Anderson for Villarreal

On Nov 16, 11:19 pm, Steve Cutchen <max... RemoveThis @earthlink.net> wrote:
> In article
> <c824fd49-530d-473e-9147-347ab41bb... RemoveThis @f3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
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> <"cop...@yahoo.com"> wrote:
> > I'm not quite sure what to make of this trade. My initial reaction is
> > that the Braves have severely overrated anderson and the Astros are
> > getting servicable if unspectacular middle reliever.
>
> > Brandon
>
> It looks like the new Astros brass is clicking. Signing Yordany
> Ramirez gave them the depth to trade Anderso. So basically they get a
> MLB pitcher in the fold by trading Anderson for Ramirez on the depth
> chart. Tht's pretty good.

The minor league numbers for Ramierz look worse than those of
Anderson. I fear (as someone on another board worded it), this is a
nothing-for-nothing trade.

Brandon
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<"copeab@yahoo.com"> wrote:

> On Nov 16, 11:19 pm, Steve Cutchen <max....DeleteThis@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > In article
> > <c824fd49-530d-473e-9147-347ab41bb....DeleteThis@f3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
> >
> > <"cop...@yahoo.com"> wrote:
> > > I'm not quite sure what to make of this trade. My initial reaction is
> > > that the Braves have severely overrated anderson and the Astros are
> > > getting servicable if unspectacular middle reliever.
> >
> > > Brandon
> >
> > It looks like the new Astros brass is clicking. Signing Yordany
> > Ramirez gave them the depth to trade Anderso. So basically they get a
> > MLB pitcher in the fold by trading Anderson for Ramirez on the depth
> > chart. Tht's pretty good.
>
> The minor league numbers for Ramierz look worse than those of
> Anderson. I fear (as someone on another board worded it), this is a
> nothing-for-nothing trade.
>
> Brandon

Well, Anderson was close to MLB-level performance. Worth taking a
flyer on if we had nothing better. So, yeah, I agree that Anderson
for Ramirez would not be a good straight-up trade. But Anderson for
Ramirez as an Express player is OK, when you get potential bullpen
depth in addition.
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