Yeah, it's mostly about positional adjustments. It's why even the best 1Bs have negative DEFs (but 19 shortstop has positive DEFs). Only one 1B has a positive DEF this year, for example.
there is zero risk to putting anyone on waivers at this point. it's done to gauge interest most of the time, and they are easily pulled back. could put the whole team on there and there would be zero risk.
Indians did pretty well in getting Miller (last night not withstanding), and I see most sites recognizing that and declaring them as one of the deadline winners.
yeah, you never know, he could end up being flipped in the offseason or trade deadline next year. it's not like this guy has been horrible his whole career, just tends to walk a few more than we like around here :-)
Dave Cameron called it the weirdest trade of the day (year). I'm fine with it because Nolasco is gone and because we won't need a GPS tracker to know where Meyer is at any given time ;-)
IMO, it's important to say that Antony did a lot of good with the moves he made. Would we have liked to see more? Sure. But he did well. Can't always get everything done you want done. I give his trade deadline a solid B, which is way better than I think our last GM would have done.