Only thing I really hate is the Broxton contract. And it's not a case of hating it now that it looks bad. I've been vocal about hating it since before the season started. It was just a completely idiotic move by a veteran GM. Just terrible.
To this day, I'm still surprised that Travis Wood wasn't part of the package to San Diego which netted Latos. Was Volquez included because of salary reasons or did the Padres brass actually prefer Volquez over Wood?
The best argument against dealing Wood at the time was the opinion that, at worst, Wood could fill Marshall's role adequately and at a non-prohibitive price. But, given the uncertainties of the contract statuses of Votto and Phillips at the time -- i.e win-now mode -- it's easy to see why WJ dealt for Marshall.
One last point: The uncertainty of Chapman's role (starter or closer) had to have played a significant role, at least in my estimation, in the signings of Madsen and Broxton. I'm not certain that either signing would have occurred had Chapman's closing role been established at prior to the opening of this season or the prior season.
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HeatherC1212 (08-05-2013),mth123 (08-04-2013)
I didn't mind the Marshall move, even with his injury. May have been a slight overpay, but the Reds needed him last year. Not to mention, they were able to extend him and for reasonable money.
Broxton is a different story. Felt that he was was the wrong target last year, but he did do well last season so not much lost. However, massively overpaying him to an extension might be Walt's worst move during his time in Cincinnati.
This is the crux of the issue for me as well.
Marshall is an elite level RP and his extension is more than reasonable given the market rate for that kind of production, particularly when he figured to be the anchor for the Reds pen going forward. The problem is that the Reds have then followed up the extension by deciding to keep Chapman in the pen and paying Broxton top of the market money to stay.
RedEye (08-04-2013)
So if Manny Parra quits being "good" Manny Parra and reverts to being "bad" Manny Parra, what does that prove?
So are starters.
why does every trade has to be either a steal or a bust?
why can it just be a good trade for both? the cubs got a starter for the future and the reds (already with one of the best rotations in baseball) got a great guy for the bullpen!
so yeah parra is great at the moment and heīs the reason we donīt miss marshall that much at the moment, but itīs pretty interesting to see guys judge trades differently after one piece is underachieving or injured...
Big Klu (08-04-2013)
Volquez was a throw-in on that deal. Nothing more. Wood was the centerpiece of the Marshall trade. Big difference.
In the Latos trade, the two main pieces were Alonso and Grandal (in no particular order). The Reds also WANTED to throw-in Volquez to dump his salary and because there was no longer room for him in the rotation anyway with the acquisition of Latos. The sticking point -- according to an interview Walt did after the fact -- was Brad Boxberger. Reds didn't want to include him, but eventually acquiesced. Good call on Walt's part. He won that trade by a landslide.
It's alright to call a spade a spade. We won the Latos trade, lost the Marshall trade. Overall, I'll take that, uh, "trade." Haha.
Yeah, he's missed almost a whole year. It happens sometimes.
Joey Votto missed most of last year too. Is he "Glass Joe" now?
Oh, and the Reds haven't "lost" any trade yet. Travis Wood has put up around 3/4 of a season of a really good ERA built upon an unsustainable BABIP.
Blitz Dorsey (08-04-2013),Revering4Blue (08-04-2013)
I've commented on this before. At the time it seemed like a great deal. The Reds got solid RP for unknown 2nd round draft talent that showed 4+ ERA in the NL.
All you can really do at this point is look in hindsight and say that trade is looking worse and worse as Marshall continues to recover and Travis Wood seems to have made himself a solid #2 guy on the Cubs pitching staff.
The Reds probably couldn't have gotten any more value out of him then than they did.
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