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From: snichols@adobe.com (Sherri Nichols)
Subject: Re: Relative value of players
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 16:41:58 GMT
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In article <C5ro4H.Lww@world.std.com> jle@world.std.com (Joe M Leonard) writes:
>I always thought that a reasonable means of measuring value between
>players was to attempt to determine if a team would trade one for
>another.

The major problem with this analysis is that it ignores age.  Even if
Morris were performing as well as Clemens right now, and were likely to
this season, nobody would trade Clemens for Morris straight up because
Clemens has more of his career left.

Sherri Nichols
snichols@adobe.com


