Wednesday, February 04, 2004
What is a Penny worth?
Trade today. Crooked K's get Pat "the Bat" Burrell
Dancin' Homers get Jeff "the Bag" Bagwell and Brad Penny
Burrell and Penny were swapped once before - 2/28/00 - as rookie leaguers
Burrell went from the Batsmen to the Homers and Penny went to the Batsmen.
Both Burrell and Penny were part of the first No Glory rookie draft.
Burrell stayed with the Homers until today. Penny was traded 3/11/2001 from
the Batsmen to the Gas House Gang along with Danny Graves for 2nd and 4th
round picks and Ken's 1st supplemental pick. Jeff used his picks to get
Felix Rodriguez, Benny Agbayani, and Chad Fox.
July 15 of 2001 Penny was traded again, with Travis Lee to the Batsmen from
the Gas House Gang for Sean Casey and the rookie rights to Mike Bynum.
I wrote, at the time, to Jeff: "Boy, you sure ripped off Ken Smith. That
trade's going to be remembered as one of the worst ever for him and best for
you. Did he know Casey got hurt Saturday? Did he know Casey's going to be on
another team soon, possibly in the AL? It's not like Casey is worth Penny
straight up, anyway, even if he was staying."
"Remembered as one of the worst"? I didn't even remember this myself and I
made the statement! I did some of that Rob Neyer Player A vs Player B stuff,
too, showing what a bad trade it was. Fascinating! It really came to
nothing, didn't it? We sure do get hot and bothered at the time, though,
don't we?
At any rate, the trading doesn't stop there for the guy who always turns up
like a bad penny. March 10 of 2002, the House of Gas sent Preston Wilson,
and his first (used on Robby Alomar) and second round (Brandon Duckworth)
picks back to Jeff for Jeff's 1st round pick (Roger Cedeno went in the first
round??), Brad Penny, John Smoltz, and Jose Uribe. That trade is worth
analyzing... I'll leave it for someone else.
Then I think actually *during* the 2003 draft, since he was on Ken's holds
but Lou's after the draft was done and I don't have an email record of it,
Penny was traded again, this time from the Gas House Gang to the Crooked
K's. But since I don't have a draft transcript, I don't know the details of
that one. Anyone remember?
Here are the dates of Penny's trades. It reads like a pickle play:
02/28/2000 Homers to Batsmen (rookie)
03/11/2001 Batsmen to Gang
07/15/2001 Gang to Batsmen
03/10/2002 Batsmen to Gang
03/21/2003 Gang to K's
02/04/2004 K's to Homers
Sorry to be so wordy, but I've been reading Bill James all evening!
Trade today. Crooked K's get Pat "the Bat" Burrell
Dancin' Homers get Jeff "the Bag" Bagwell and Brad Penny
Burrell and Penny were swapped once before - 2/28/00 - as rookie leaguers
Burrell went from the Batsmen to the Homers and Penny went to the Batsmen.
Both Burrell and Penny were part of the first No Glory rookie draft.
Burrell stayed with the Homers until today. Penny was traded 3/11/2001 from
the Batsmen to the Gas House Gang along with Danny Graves for 2nd and 4th
round picks and Ken's 1st supplemental pick. Jeff used his picks to get
Felix Rodriguez, Benny Agbayani, and Chad Fox.
July 15 of 2001 Penny was traded again, with Travis Lee to the Batsmen from
the Gas House Gang for Sean Casey and the rookie rights to Mike Bynum.
I wrote, at the time, to Jeff: "Boy, you sure ripped off Ken Smith. That
trade's going to be remembered as one of the worst ever for him and best for
you. Did he know Casey got hurt Saturday? Did he know Casey's going to be on
another team soon, possibly in the AL? It's not like Casey is worth Penny
straight up, anyway, even if he was staying."
"Remembered as one of the worst"? I didn't even remember this myself and I
made the statement! I did some of that Rob Neyer Player A vs Player B stuff,
too, showing what a bad trade it was. Fascinating! It really came to
nothing, didn't it? We sure do get hot and bothered at the time, though,
don't we?
At any rate, the trading doesn't stop there for the guy who always turns up
like a bad penny. March 10 of 2002, the House of Gas sent Preston Wilson,
and his first (used on Robby Alomar) and second round (Brandon Duckworth)
picks back to Jeff for Jeff's 1st round pick (Roger Cedeno went in the first
round??), Brad Penny, John Smoltz, and Jose Uribe. That trade is worth
analyzing... I'll leave it for someone else.
Then I think actually *during* the 2003 draft, since he was on Ken's holds
but Lou's after the draft was done and I don't have an email record of it,
Penny was traded again, this time from the Gas House Gang to the Crooked
K's. But since I don't have a draft transcript, I don't know the details of
that one. Anyone remember?
Here are the dates of Penny's trades. It reads like a pickle play:
02/28/2000 Homers to Batsmen (rookie)
03/11/2001 Batsmen to Gang
07/15/2001 Gang to Batsmen
03/10/2002 Batsmen to Gang
03/21/2003 Gang to K's
02/04/2004 K's to Homers
Sorry to be so wordy, but I've been reading Bill James all evening!
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