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When A Good Deal Stops Being One
For years, we’ve been banging the drum of marginal value as tenet of roster construction, using metrics like Wins Above Replacement to show the impact a player will actually have on the team and the associated cost that the team should be willing to pay for that performance. This is a ...
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Dave on how this Mariner offseason could look different from the last
Lookout LandingDave on how this Mariner offseason could look different from the last Should I bother linking to good stuff at USSM, or do you guys pretty much all already read it? I should hope it's the latter.

The Mark Teahen, Josh Fields, Chris Getz, Trade Link Roundup & Analysis
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