SPECULATOR: The trade market, part 1—Who's selling?
Jul 6 2014
The Cubs/Athletics deal is a boon for fantasy owners: any July transaction changes fantasy values and "stirs the pot;" inter-league deals only enhance the effects. But there is also a hidden benefit to an early-July transaction: it helps define the marketplace.
This week, we were already planning a review of the sellers' side of the marketplace. Now that we are better informed thanks to this first major transaction of the month, we should be even better-equipped to assess what the rest of the month might hold.
We'll review the sellers by team, looking to compile a sense of what's for sale league-wide:
Tampa Bay
There's an argument to be made that the Rays will end up as the eventual winners of the Cubs/Athletics deal: If that's the...
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