The Realmuto trade, or why we hug our prospects

Feb 13 2019 by The Good Phight

 

It’s not about marginal value; it’s about abundant sentimentality.

Here’s a phrase we’ve heard a lot around the Phillies recently, a (mild) pejorative describing the collective mental state of fans: “prospect hugging.” It refers to the tendency to value young talent beyond a rational point—to the degree, say, that you tear your hair out on Twitter even when your team is getting a player who’s the best at what he does in the game.

Goddammit. The delta between what...

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