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1. OCD SS Posted: November 07, 2009 at 05:38 PM (#3381879)Yeah, it's almost like he was pulled out of the minor leagues several years too early, and his development was crippled so the organization would have something to show for trading away their star pitcher...
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I know! Unfortunately, contractual obligations prevent me from discussing it here.
Because Hardy ended up so lost at the plate that even Google Earth can't find him, and he's fighting with mgmt, and he's due $5M, and the Brewers have a minimum salary replacement ready at SS. They were ready to take next-to-nothing to move him, and the Twins had exactly that to offer in Gomez.
in the 2003-4 offseason, the Mariners found themselves with an extra average SS, thanks to the brilliant FA signing of Rich Aurilia. Said SS was due to make $2.5 M. So, without exactly a gargantuan effort, they traded Carlos Guillen to Detroit for Ramon Santiago and a minor-leaguer. Guillen proceeded to bust out all over and was really the key piece in the Tigers' resurgence (since they got him nearly for free).
I doubt Hardy will start posting 120-140 OPS+s like Guillen but I can easily see this trade working out similarly and him bouncing back into that 110-120 range. At age 24, Hardy was a good-hitting and fielding SS with nice power (190ish ISO). At age 25, he was a good-fielding and very good-hitting SS with nice power (190ish ISO). It would be odd that, at age 27, he'd be average or worse. Not impossible, but odd.
Carlos Gomez has his uses. Unfortunately they're pretty much the same uses Corey Patterson had -- with less power. If the Brewers were the Yankees, burning a lineup spot while watching Gomez catch everything in sight would be fine. He's not a good piece for the Brewers.
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