http://deadspin.com/leaked-10-months-of-the-houston-astros-internal-trade-1597951970
By Barry Petchesky
Deadspin.com
6/30/2014
Two years ago, the Houston Astros constructed "Ground Control"—a
built-from-scratch online database for the private use of the Astros front
office. It is by all accounts a marvel, an easy-to-use interface giving
executives instant access to player statistics, video, and communications
with other front offices around baseball. All it needs, apparently, is a
little better password protection.
Documents purportedly taken from Ground Control and showing 10 months'
worth of the Astros' internal trade chatter have been posted online at
Anonbin, a site where users can anonymously share hacked or leaked
information. Found below, they contain the Astros front office's
communications regarding trade overtures to and from other teams, as well
as negotiations—a few of which actually led to trades. You will find heavy
efforts to get a big haul for Bud Norris at last year's trade deadline
(before settling for very little), pushes to acquire touted young talents
like Dylan Bundy and Gregory Polanco, and even evidence the Astros
rejected out of hand a blockbuster deal that could have brought them
Giancarlo Stanton.
From a strict baseball perspective, all of this is really interesting
just
for the insight it offers into how baseball trades work on an operational
level. As it turns out, it really isn't too different from your fantasy
league, with front office types kicking around ideas, making preposterous
demands, gossiping, and discussing various contingencies. If this happens,
we'll be looking to do this, but then if this other thing happens, we'll
be looking to do this. All of it is worth running through, but a few of
the highlights are as follows:
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