MixedBag said:
Anytime you can get a fulltime impact player for a non-ace level pitcher your getting the better of the deal.
I wouldn't necessarily call Pena a impact player...
Plus, trading Westbrook or Byrd (both solid starters & and top of our rotation picthers), and not getting a picther in return, isn't too smart..
MixedBag said:
If we can get a guy that solves our Power hitting OF need, Byrd should be flying away.
Where does he fit in? We already have Blake in RF, and Michaels in left... And Pena doesn't really have the speed to play center...
So, Michaels would have to be gone, or Blake would have to go back to 3rd..
MixedBag said:
Letting Howry leave was a big problem, but bullpens often need to be rebuilt.
I agree that he was a good bullpen guy.. But was it really worth paying 3 mil a year, for above/average 33 year old pitcher?
MixedBag said:
Wickman was a guy nobody wanted and we only turned back to because everyone decent said no.
You know the Braves went after him last offseason?
And the teams didn't reject our offers...
Wickman had the right to veto trades... He rejected two trades before accepting the one to the Braves..
MixedBag said:
Unfortunately Mota sucked for us, he had some good years in the NL. Also some of the young guys that showed so much promise for the pen last year couldn't get it together this year.
That is true, in the beginning of the season... But his last 11 appearences, or so, he has done pretty good..
His mechanics are the problem... Once he can fix those, he will be fine..
MixedBag said:
The starters on this team are not doing the job.
Neither is the bullpen, or the defense..
MixedBag said:
Time to spend some money and make a run.
That's impossible with Dolan still owning the team..