A big time Yankee fan offered me Liriano & Harden for Sabathia. I kind of like the 2 for 1 deal but I think my pitching is pretty good already. What does everyone think?
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By all means, DO IT! Getting two SPs for one is always a solid deal. As you saw Sebathia struggled in his first start very badly. He may take more time than usual to adjust to the big apple.
Incredibly risky trade with big upside. I'd consider it in certain situations. In yours, you're already dealing with some risk in your rotation. I'd probably stick with Sabathia.
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Neboguy wrote:By all means, DO IT! Getting two SPs for one is always a solid deal. As you saw Sebathia struggled in his first start very badly. He may take more time than usual to adjust to the big apple.
Not always. Not in this case either, because both pitchers as said earlier are of the risky variety.
Harden, yes is a tad risky considering his injury history, but the Cubs have been extra cautious with him. Liriano, a better bet to post solid numbers. He struggled last year early on, but if you take a look at his 2nd half numbers, they were pretty much dominating. Coming off of Tommy John surgery, a pitcher tends to take 3-4 months to re-adjust to his rebuilt elbow . . .