[Goose]

As the trade deadline approaches the Giants are going to get better and better offers for their assets. I hope they are able to dispense with emotions about the current team and will make cold-blooded logical ones taking in the bigger picture future.

I also hope they make "cold-blooded" logical decisions. The piece we are all missing is what the Giants can actually get for what they have on offer. I suspect it is much less than we collectively believe. To my mind, the attraction of a "rent-a-player" type deal should be greater the longer the rental period. As the rental period gets shorter, the potential value goes down, not up. The only reason to wait to the last minute is if you are not sure your team is good enough that the rental player will matter or because you think the rental player will really help you in the post season (and you don't need him to get there). Not many teams in those catagories that have much to offer in trade.

There are some bullpen players that are on reasonably long contracts that may be attractive to other teams. However, these are not "game changers" that can attract a premium price. It just may be there are no real good trades out there for SF. Most of the possible position player trades are players that are not on particularly good contracts (e.g. Belt). Those guys will be hard to trade and probably not yield much.

[Goose]

As the trade deadline approaches the Giants are going to get better and better offers for their assets. I hope they are able to dispense with emotions about the current team and will make cold-blooded logical ones taking in the bigger picture future.

I also hope they make "cold-blooded" logical decisions. The piece we are all missing is what the Giants can actually get for what they have on offer. I suspect it is much less than we collectively believe. To my mind, the attraction of a "rent-a-player" type deal should be greater the longer the rental period. As the rental period gets shorter, the potential value goes down, not up. The only reason to wait to the last minute is if you are not sure your team is good enough that the rental player will matter or because you think the rental player will really help you in the post season (and you don't need him to get there). Not many teams in those catagories that have much to offer in trade.

There are some bullpen players that are on reasonably long contracts that may be attractive to other teams. However, these are not "game changers" that can attract a premium price. It just may be there are no real good trades out there for SF. Most of the possible position player trades are players that are not on particularly good contracts (e.g. Belt). Those guys will be hard to trade and probably not yield much.