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Old 03-28-2006, 05:32 PM   #75
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Re: BP: Reds Transaction Analysis-Wily Mo Pena, Ross etc.

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Originally Posted by princeton
you never want to make a dumb move. FRobby/ Pappas comes to mind
This was a bad trade but the Reds survived. In fact, within four years they were in the World Series and on the verge of becoming one of the greatest teams of all time.

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you have other OFers and you have other opportunities to trade this one. It's a big gamble without a huge reward. I'm hoping that it turns out better than Brock/Broglio.
These trades are both 40 or more years old. Besides salary dumps, who has traded an outfielder for a starting pitcher in the last five years?

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Originally Posted by TRF
Then why get less for WMP than the Reds got for Guillen?
Harang wasn't a 14 game winner coming off 200 innings pitched. Besides, Wily Mo has not put up the kind of numbers Guillen was putting up that season nor has he played defense like Guillen. Besides, who was offering more than Arroyo? Were else was there a team with a surplus of starting pitchers and needing another outfielder?
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