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Time.New,10commentsYeah, Verlander. And I’ll prove
it.CDTShareTweetShareShareReviewing Astros Trades, 2014-2018, Part VIII. The
Greatest Trade of All Time.Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY SportsIntroductionThis is
part eight of a series analyzing Astros trades from 2014-2018. For a review of
the methodology and caveats go to Part I here.This is a review of how the trades
turned out, understanding that at the time the trades were made the teams
involved used the best information available to maximize the chances of an
advantageous transaction. But all trades are based on probabilities, and like
any form of gambling, the actual outcomes may not be those desired. So this is
not intended as a criticism of the trades at the time they happened, but just a
review of how lady luck eventually blessed each trade in the end.The TradeAugust
31, 2017, 11:59:59 PMBreakdown:In the last second of the last minute of the last
hour of the waiver trading deadline, OF Daz Cameron, P Franklin Perez and C Jake
Rogers were sent to the Tigers for P Justin Verlander and PTBNL Juan Ramirez.
The Tigers agreed to pay $8 million/year of the remaining two years of
Verlander’s $28 million/year salary.At the time of the trade only Franklin Perez
was considered a Top 100 prospect, although all three were highly prized by the
Astros organization.What the Tigers got:With his overall athleticism Daz Cameron
in high school was once considered a possible first pick overall. He was drafted
by the Astros in the first round of the 2015 supplemental draft which came to
the Astros as part of the trade that brought Jake Marisnick and Collin Moran
from Miami for Jarred Cosart and Enrique Hernandez. At age 21 Cameron tasted AAA
last year, and had an .837 OPS in AA.His ETA according to Fangraphs is 2020, and
is the 107th prospect in MLB. His future value rating is 50. the perspective of
the Astros. Here’s why.Any trade that wins a championship is a great trade. It
doesn’t matter if the Astros traded young Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Ted Williams,
and thrown in Cy Young as the player to be named later, it is 100% certain that
the Astros would not have won the World Series without Justin Verlander. That’s
what you play for, and if you’re a team like the Astros the chance for that ring
comes very rarely. And yet, even when a team takes the chance and pulls the
trigger on a trade like this, it seldom works. This time it did. Without
Verlander they would have almost certainly lost to the Yankees in the ALCS in
five games. Wins now are worth more than wins later. Especially if they are wins
that advance a championship drive. The players the Astros surrendered may
produce 13 wins for the Tigers
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probably more, but maybe less. But when a team accepts prospects for a proven
player they take risk, and with risk should come greater eventual reward.
Considering the unexpected resurgence in Verlander’s performance on the Astros,
the Tigers gave up more than they expected.They probably at least want their $8
million a year back.Three players worth2 wins each does not equal one player
worth six wins. It is relatively easy to find and or replace a 2 WAR player.
There were 45 pitchers with WAR between 1.8 and 2.8 last year. There were six
with WAR greater than 6. Three 2018 Gio Gonzalezes does not equal one Justin
Verlander. Give me Verlander and find two other just guys.Why This is the
Greatest Trade of All TimeOne could find dozens of trades that yielded more wins
than this one will. In the end, by that criterion, the Astros may actually end
up the net loser.But this trade was not about winning regular season games. They
had the division easily wrapped up. It was about winning playoff games, and
winning a championship, the first in the team’s history. If your team loses the
last game of the season, the other ones don’t really matter. This was the
greatest trade in history because never before did one trade alone make such a
quick, total and decisive difference between a team not winning a championship
and winning it. For no other trade could it be said more definitively that
without the player added the team would not have won the championship, and with
him it did. In a seven game ALCS, in which the losing team actually scored more
runs, the Series MVP had a Win Probability Added of an astronomical .90. No
conceivable replacement for Verlander could have come close to matching his
performance, and without it the team never sniffs the World Series.A few trades
are close contenders. 1.The 2000 trade of Curt Shilling to the Diamondbacks, but
that took a year to yield the trophy2. The 2016 trade of Aroldis Chapman to the
Cubs, but when Aroldis was called on to close out game seven he failed at the
most decisive moment in the very thing he was acquired to do. The Cubs won that
game despite their rented closer. The Cubs would have won the NLDS, the NLCS and
the World Series without Chapman, the only decisive contribution he made being
the Game 5 save in the World Series. His .23 WPA in the Series does not compare
in importance to what Verlander did to get the Astros into the Series.Anyway,
Verlander ate up over 34 playoff innings in 2017. Could you imagine what the
score of those games would have been if the Astros’ playoff bullpen had to
replace those?3.The 1998 trade of Pedro Martinez to the Red Sox was a steal, but
it took six years for Martinez to put the Sox over the top.4. I don’t count the
Yankees purchase of Babe Ruth as a trade, but I was surprised to learn that it
took three years for Ruth to yield a World Series victory for the Yankees, that
he only won four total with the Bombers, and actually won three titles with the
Red Sox.This one trade is the closest challenger for Greatest Trade of All
Time.Frank RobinsonFrank Robinson, after a slightly down
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Robinson had his greatest season, winning the Triple Crown, MVP, and hitting
1.047 OPS with 49 home runs. He produced 7.7 bWAR. We’ll round that up to
eight.The Orioles were 97-63 that year, compared to a slightly over-achieving
94-68 the previous year. They finished third without Robinson, and finished
first in the AL in 1966 with him, with the help of Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell,
Dave McNally, and rookie JimPalmer. They beat out an illustrious Minnesota Twins
team that included Tony Oliva, Harmon Killebrew, Jim Kaat, Jim Perry, and Mudcat
Grant. There were no play-offs then.The Orioles finished nine games ahead of the
Twins, and given that Robinson created eight wins by this very approximate
measure called WAR, it’s too close to call whether or not the Orioles would have
won the AL pennant without Robinson. Nor can you quantify the effect a player of
Robinson’s energy, enthusiasm and skill would have on the performances of the
other players on the team, but by all accounts it was immense. Yet clearly
Justin Verlander had that effect on his new team as well.I should mention that
if the Orioles had kept Pappas he would have added 2.7 bWAR.The Orioles beat the
LA Dodgers 4-0 in the World Series, taking down Hall of Famers Don Drysdale and
Sandy Koufax.Robinson was MVP with an OPS of 1.232 and two home runs, one of
which won game four, 1-0. His WPA was .27. (For comparison George Springer’s WPA
in the 2017 World Series was 1.04)The Orioles outscored the punchless Dodgers
13-2, so it seems that even if it had taken more games, the Orioles still would
have beaten the Dodgers without Frank Robinson. But again, how does the absence
of the team
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the man you know brought you there, effect everyone else’s performance?Here’s a
few scenes from this World SeriesIt’s a really hard call to say whether or not
the 66 Orioles would have won the World Series without Frank Robinson.My gut
says no, but the numbers are a little more fuzzy.Without Verlander the 2017
Astros do not win the ALCS or the WS,that is FOR SURE.So, by my definition that
the greatest trade is the one that you can’t win the World Series without, I say
the Verlander trade still wins the title Greatest Trade of All Time.Note: If
anyone knows a more decisive trade, explain in the comments. And yes, I know
Frank Robinson was also instrumental in the Orioles 1971 World Series as well,
with the help of four 20 game winners. Maybe Verlander will bring the Stros a
second World Series too! When one beefy boy goes, another takes its
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Analysis2018 Season Review: Corner InfieldersWhen one beefy boy goes, another
takes its placea perpetual Quad-A stowaway to a real contender for the job out
of spring training next year. Why can’t Cooper or O’Brien just become a lefty
for next year? What, like it’s hard?Then we have to talk about Derek Dietrich.
Dietrich played the majority of his games in the outfield this year, so we’ll
talk about him then. But apparently, the Marlins just signed some international
prospect named Victor Victor Mesa. And then there’s also some other guy named
Monte Harrison who is tearing up the Arizona Fall League. Roster Resource has
both of these guys pegged as starting in Double-A; even so, the Marlins still
have to find playing time for Austin Dean, Magneuris Sierra, and Braxton
Garrett. Dietrich will have to relinquish his spot for a true outfielder sooner
or later.If this is the case, Dietrich will have to move back to first. It
shouldn’t be a problem for Dietrich, he’s the lefty the platoon actually needs.
But still, we’re looking at three-to-four first basemen for next year, and maybe
three for the year after as well. The conclusion is that everyone isn’t going to
make it next year; someone is going to start inNew Orleans. Thus, the play-in
during Spring Training will be important next year. There’s just not enough room
on the roster for two right-handed first basemen.
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