Why Quantize?

So why is using quantum baseball mechanics worthwhile? Well, your opinion of your team is a product of your satisfaction with the team; if you gain equal satisfaction from two players, then they are on the same tier, and any trading should only focus on gaining a player on a better tier. Giving away trade-fodder (MPs) to gain a player on the same tier will reduce your team to a position where it has either...

peaked: You cannot make any trade without giving up more than you are getting. Hence, your team cannot improve. The free agent market cannot provide improvement or trade fodder in this condition.

-or-

plundered: You have traded so many "2 for 1"s that your team consists largely of free agent gambles. The issue here isn't so much that you have a weak team, but that the league associates your pitching with the free agency, and hence there is little appeal to those players regardless of performance.

Hence, trade strategy should revolve around which of these conditions is more likely. A Tier 1 for Tier 2 + league minimum pitcher is fair, but it only worthwhile if you think someone will develop from free agency. In a competitive league--read "efficient market"--those free agent players should vanish quickly.