Markham and Bradford Babkas strike a blockbuster deal

The Markham Squeeze trade Matt Kemp and a 18th round draft pick to the Bradford Babkas for Edwin Encarnacion, a 6th round draft pick and a hamburger.

Babkas confirm the trade.

are you sure the picks as announced weren't supposed to be reversed?

PLAYER 1
263EX/275EX, OBP 375/349
Current season: .275  8 HR  20 RBI (.567 SLG%, 338 On Base)

PLAYER 2
264VG/295EX, OBP 321/355
Current season: .225  3 HR  11 RBI (.367 SLG%, 290 On Base)

and now the Squeeze get a hamburger too!! This is too much!!!! I demand a veto.

The difference between these two players considering their splits and the fact that both were keepers is much closer than the difference between a 6th and 18th round pick. When you also consider how they have hit so far this season the difference is much, MUCH closer....

I have a hard time believing any hitter not named Trout would also fetch as good a pick as a 6th with Encarnacion going back the other way...

Ken being Ken again.....

The burger was the catalyst in getting this deal done, that's for sure.

That Ball Club wrote:and now the Squeeze get a hamburger too!! This is too much!!!! I demand a veto.

Wow! Somebody got squeezed here.

A whole cow should have gone the other way to even this one....

i'm just hungry for a burger.
big price to pay for a gamble though.

What exactly does it take to get a trade vetoed in this league, anyway?

If you clam up long enough, new games are run and posts stop and there's no need for a veto.

Negative poll results don't matter...

I think it takes either collusion or bad faith (like an experienced owner trying to trick a new owner) to get a trade vetoed. I think Ken got the better of this deal in isolation, but if the Babkas really needed a bat to play OF, rather than 1B, it makes sense from their perspective.