For those of you who have bought property on Trade Down Island, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell wrote an extensive article about the risks of trading up. His column was dripping with more juice than the ripest pineapple on TDI.
The column is excellent work by Barnwell and if you have 20 minutes to kill I encourage you to read it. But for those of you who prefer to have your benevolent dictator review it on your behalf and provide you with state-sponsored talking points, you’re welcome.
Barnwell’s methodology
The primary way Barnwell measured players’ impact or performance is by assessing the Approximate Value (AV) a player generated over his first five seasons.