Gould trade: a look on the trade

Last year, the Jokers traded the best pitcher in ABL history; Maurice Gould. Las Vegas GM received some criticism for the trade. Now, if we take a look at all of this, what can we say about it?

Maurice Gould; age 32; salary 20,000,000  7-4; 3,06 SO 145  WAR  5.7  VS  Lou Latulippe; age 23, salary 500,000 9-1; 2,86 SO 87; WAR 3.2

If we look the WAR of the two pitchers, Maurice Gould is still a true all-star. With 145 KO, an ERA near 3,00 he delivers like he always did. But he's 32 and bring a huge contract with him. Lou Latulippe became quickly a true number 1 in Las Vegas. At 23, he still improve and show a 9-1 records an a very good ERA of 2,86. So if we look at the number, Latulippe do a good job, not as good as Gould but pretty close.

Rich Barrett, age 30, salary 4,850,000 2-2, save 1 ERA 8,63  WAR - 0,6  VS  Masaki Baba, age 24, salary 6,825,000  average .345; OBP .409 11 HR; 51 RBI and a WAR 2.1 and Valentin Alverado, age 24; salary 500,000; average .286; OBP .321  24 HR, 61 RBI and a WAR 3.1

With Gould, the Jokers gave Rich Barrett. He really struggle in Montréal with a huge ERA and a negative WAR. Masaki Baba gave another big bat in Vegas. His average is over .340 and he post a 2,1 WAR. He's one of the reason the Jokers still have one of the best attack in TML. Valentin Alverado was the Joker in this trade. A youngster with a lot of potential, could he fulfill it?  Right now, he's leading the league in home run and play extremely well in defense. With a WAR of 3.1, he really open the eyes of Las Vegas fans this year.

So even if Maurice Gould is clearly the best player of the transaction, Latulippe, Baba and Alverado give Las Vegas a solid trio who will Anchor the franchise for many years to come. So, one year after the trade, we can said that Las Vegas receive a good value for their ace.

Lou Latulippe is probably going to All Star game