2023 Trade Values

The FanGraphs Newsletter, July 20, 2023 [READ IN BROWSER]( July 20, 2023 Welcome to the 2023 edition of our annual Trade Value Series. Each day this week we have been releasing sections of our list, taking player performance, age, and contract into account. Dave Cameron, Kiley McDaniel, Craig Edwards, and Kevin Goldstein have all run this show in years past; this is Ben Clemens' second year at the helm. This is my subjective ranking of the 50 players in baseball who Ben thinks would fetch the most if their team traded them. It’s not a consensus list of which players he think are most valued by the industry, though of course there’s huge overlap with that criteria. There will absolutely be players who Ben is higher on than consensus and vice versa. This doesn’t mean the consensus will be wrong, though obviously Ben thinks it is. With that said, here’s the question we are trying to answer: Taking everything about a player into account, which players would garner the highest trade value, from any team, if every team viewed players the same way Ben does? It’s not the average value that each team would assign each player based on their respective competitive windows; just like real trades, in this hypothetical list, there’s a highest bidder, the team most motivated to acquire someone’s services. You can find a more detailed introduction and links to the list by clicking below. [2023 Trade Values, by Ben Clemens]( [Logan Allen Is Back in the Majors, and I'm a Little Freaked Out]( The key to Allen’s whole shtick is his changeup, which is unlike any other pitch in baseball. | by Michael Baumann [The 2024 Projection Gainers - Pitchers]( Looking at the starters whom ZiPS has higher hopes for both this season and next. | by Dan Szymborski [Adbert Alzolay Has Found His Role]( Armed with a nasty sinker-slider combo, Alzolay is looking comfortable as the Cubs' closer. | by Chris Gilligan [Isolated Power Stands Strong, but It Can Still Fall Short]( ISO is a clever metric, but sometimes, it's worth remembering that power doesn't function in isolation. | by Leo Morgenstern [For Garrett Cooper, Hitting Involves Constant Evolution]( The 90th installment of our Talks Hitting series features a mainstay in the Miami Marlins lineup. | by David Laurila [How Snellzilla Got His Groove Back]( Blake Snell can run hot and cold, but right now he's the hottest pitcher in baseball. | by Michael Baumann [The 2024 ZiPS Projection Decliners: Hitters]( Dan and ZiPS look at the hitters with the most biggest drops in their 2024 projections this year. | by Dan Szymborski 🎧 [Effectively Wild Episode 2034: Strand Rate]( [DOWNLOAD THE FANGRAPHS APP]( [FanGraphs & Effectively Wild Merch Is Now Available at BreakingT!]( [ORDER HERE]( [30 prospects who could be traded -- 1 for each team]( by Jim Callis and Sam Dykstra, MLB [Shohei Ohtani’s future puts national spotlight on Angels as trade deadline looms]( by Sam Blum, The Athletic ($) [Regrading last year's MLB trade deadline deals]( by Bradford Doolittle, ESPN [The Yankees' Overhaul is Overdue]( by Steven Goldman, Baseball Prospectus ($) [@fangraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [FanGraphs]( [RSS]( [FORWARD]( [SUBSCRIBE]( Copyright © 2023 FanGraphs Inc, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the FanGraphs Newsletter. Our mailing address is: FanGraphs Inc 1200 N Hartford St. Apt 312Arlington, Va 22201 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](