09-05-2011, 06:47 PM
Again, in MY assessment (not anyone else) this is a trade I like. Did I trade my best player? Did I trade any of my best prospects? Did I bury the team? Sure, Matteson is going to be a closer one day, but I have Boyd sitting there about to take that role and he is young. Is Cobb a great defender. Looks good to me. And who cares if I have a guy in the bench that can play 3rd? Can he leadoff? No, and he had 57 Ks in 60 games last season. Why would I want to play that guy? Using that logic, I shouldnt have been able to sign Dyce in FA because Withrow is a good defender and can hit and play 1B. So why should I have been allowed to sign Dyce?
And your teling me that a 91 contact hitter sucks now. So I guess I need to look for 100 rated players only. Good luck with that.
Look, I dont care how any of you run your teams. This is supposed to be my team. And I should be able to run it how I see fit. Did I run the team into the ground with this trade? No. I am actively trying to improve it. Will these 2 players do that? Who knows? But Im trying to find out. Will 5 prospects sitting in the minors for 2-5 years help me win this season? I dont think so.
Again, If I got fleeced, bad on me and I learn and next season I trade my picks for a better package. If I win the West because I improved my team this season, then I guess I made a good trade.
Sometimes there are winners and losers in a trade. If I lost on this trade, I will learn and try better next time. If I won, then good for me.
But we will never know, I guess, since this trade was nixed. But Im trying to take a 54 win team and win the West. I see Cobb and Woodyard as players that will help me, now. Not in 2-5 seasons, but now. Did I get an all-star player? Maybe, its not the all-star break yet. Maybe I got 2 all star players.
As for the prospects I traded, Matteson is the only one I had plans for. But I have a backup plan. So it made him expendible. The other 2 pichers really didnt have a chance on my team. I have lots of SP prospects that are better and can add another with the 3 pick. So they werent going to do anything on my team. And no one came to me and asked for them. The only prospects people want are my 90+ rated SPs. I am not trading them.
And no one offered me a better trade. I am always around. Usually everyday. Anyone of you guys could have come to me and offered me a trade. No one did. So i went with a trade that I thought would help me.
And your teling me that a 91 contact hitter sucks now. So I guess I need to look for 100 rated players only. Good luck with that.
Look, I dont care how any of you run your teams. This is supposed to be my team. And I should be able to run it how I see fit. Did I run the team into the ground with this trade? No. I am actively trying to improve it. Will these 2 players do that? Who knows? But Im trying to find out. Will 5 prospects sitting in the minors for 2-5 years help me win this season? I dont think so.
Again, If I got fleeced, bad on me and I learn and next season I trade my picks for a better package. If I win the West because I improved my team this season, then I guess I made a good trade.
Sometimes there are winners and losers in a trade. If I lost on this trade, I will learn and try better next time. If I won, then good for me.
But we will never know, I guess, since this trade was nixed. But Im trying to take a 54 win team and win the West. I see Cobb and Woodyard as players that will help me, now. Not in 2-5 seasons, but now. Did I get an all-star player? Maybe, its not the all-star break yet. Maybe I got 2 all star players.
As for the prospects I traded, Matteson is the only one I had plans for. But I have a backup plan. So it made him expendible. The other 2 pichers really didnt have a chance on my team. I have lots of SP prospects that are better and can add another with the 3 pick. So they werent going to do anything on my team. And no one came to me and asked for them. The only prospects people want are my 90+ rated SPs. I am not trading them.
And no one offered me a better trade. I am always around. Usually everyday. Anyone of you guys could have come to me and offered me a trade. No one did. So i went with a trade that I thought would help me.