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Baseball Primer Newsblog— The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Dean Wareham, points out the latest 500+ from Heyman.
15. A’s. OK, it doesn’t look too good for 2008. And it’s probably only a matter of time before Joe Blanton goes, too. But while some quibble and say they got “more quantity than quality’’ with their two-for-six trade that sent Haren to Arizona, a lot of scouts love the Swisher trade with the White Sox that imported Gio Gonzalez and especially Faustino De Los Santos. Even some folks within the White Sox hierarchy thought GM Ken Williams was taking a big chance dealing De Los Santos. B
17. Yankees. It was time for a change at manager, and Joe Girardi looks like a very solid choice. They absolutely had to bring back Alex Rodriguez at whatever cost, and the same goes for Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera. Their young pitching talent gives them a shot at the wild card. But this is the first time in over a decade they are nobody’s AL East favorite. B-
24. Cardinals. Adding another synthetic hero, Troy Glaus, isn’t the best idea. But Tony La Russa and outgoing third baseman Scott Rolen just couldn’t get along. If anyone can resurrect Matt Clement, it’s Dave Duncan. C-
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Posted: February 16, 2008 at 01:14 PM | 13 comment(s)
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It wipes it out only in the sense that they'll have a good centerfielder now. They'll still have to pay the $50 million.
Who does Rolen get along with?
Swing and a miss.
Who does LARUSSA get along with? 8th-place hitters and Dave Duncan?
How about a full season of Teixeira???
Still, not too much of it seems to have sunk in. He uses bits and pieces of the opinion and analysis, but he doesn't seem very receptive to the overall philosophy of the group here or to changing his mind.
EDIT: Heyman also seems to be ranking the teams based on story lines that he likes and that he thinks will be good to write about during the season. Which makes the list even more useless.
So it is good that they did not spend on a free agent pitcher, but bad because they did not bring anybody new to pitch? And don't say that they could have traded for Bedard or Santana. Who were the centerpieces of these two trades? MLB-ready CF prospects with potential. How many did the Rangers have before the Hamilton trade? Zero.
Going from the Twins to the Mariners is gaining "superior defense?" I don't see it.
Especially with Wilkerson and Ibanez as the starting COF'ers. Remember, it is Ichiro with one exclamation point, not two. There are some things that even he can't do.
My thinking's quite the opposite. Both DLS and Gio have to become good pitchers to make the Swisher trade worthwhile (or one becoming a star). That doesn't seem too likely. I'm at least as confident in Gonzalez and Anderson becoming good players as I am of those two, and the other four players push it far ahead in terms of return.
I think Swisher and Haren were about equally valuable commodities (Swisher's signed for 5/$35M and Haren for 3/$16M).
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