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Originally Posted by indy_dave00
To me unless you get a long term return for Wily Mo you don't trade a 24 year old slugger for a journeyman.
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he was a 24 year old slugger with no plate discipline who couldn't play defense, and whose knack for hitting HRs was going to drive his salary skywards. I'd much rather have Arroyo here than have Pena Pena for $7-$8 mil.
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At this point looks like Pena was given away for a 1 year rental - doesn't excite me in the least.
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Arroyo is signed for 3 more years at a respectable salary. I'd venture to say that he'll have a more positive effect on this team than another year of WMP would have, and his long term cost will be lower than WMP--not to mention the fact that Pena can't pitch, and Arroyo can...rather well, as it turns out.