Letting Ichiro Leave For Nothing

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Draft Picks or Young Players?
Published 6/20/2007 by Tangotiger (tangotiger@yahoo.com) at THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball
... Dave at USSM looks at what to do with Ichiro: trade him for current players, or wait to claim draft picks?  He rolls up his sleeves, does all the great dirty work that we hope for, and finds this: ...

Trade him, or let him walk?
Published 6/21/2007 by Justin at On Baseball and the Reds
... David Cameron at USSM has a really interesting post today (via Tango's ...

Let 'Em Walk
Published 6/26/2007 by RotoAuthority at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... Dave Cameron of U.S.S. Mariner posted a fantastic piece last Wednesday, arguing against the widespread assumption that the Mariners would end up with nothing if they fail to trade Ichiro in July and he leaves for another team via free agency.  I just found the post now ...

Friday Links (29 Jun 07)
Published 6/29/2007 by Geoff Young at Ducksnorts
... Letting Ichiro Leave For Nothing (U.S.S. Mariner, via ...

Mets/Phillies: Weekend Wrap-Up
Published 7/2/2007 by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
... t have either held status quo or regressed, and Myers has fallen to injury (if you don't think a degree of injury-prevention is part of a pitching coach's job, you are mistaken). Ryan Madson has regressed, Geoff Geary has been up and down, Gavin Floyd never could make the jump from AAA and now that he is out of the organization has a 3.10 ERA... the list goes on and on. To be fair, Dubee has never had anything like the staff of the 1970's Orioles or 1990's Braves to work with and Kyle Kendrick's starts this season have been a pleasant surprise, but at the same time, its interesting to look across the field to Rick Peterson and marvel at the work he's done with the Mets starting staff, which wasn't exactly expected to be as solid as they are this year. ...We've given a lot of attention to what the loss of Freddy Garcia means to the Phillies chances in 2007, but we tend to forget the cost his injury could have on the future of the Phillies. David Cameron at USS Mariner examined ...

Draft picks versus prospects in trades
Published 2/19/2008 by cmathewson <info@twinkietown.com> at Twinkie Town: Front Page Posts
... One aspect of both threads is the debate between trading Santana now for prospects versus hanging onto him for a year and getting draft compensation. USSMariner has an interesting take on this debate relative to Ichiro's pending free agency last year. In it, he shows that history has not been kind to teams who traded players at the deadline for prospects. Teams that waited for draft compensation did better by a pretty wide margin. ...