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Bombercules 2
Saito is the only move I feel good about. I think we gave up too much in the Cahill deal but Cahill is young as well and may still develop, Parker has a higher ceiling though. Bloomquist and McDonald doesn’t make sense because they only need one of them unless they anticipate a lot of missed time from Drew, and honestly I think they overpaid for both, I’m willing to look the other way because they were so low. Kubel is mostly what I’m annoyed about, since he’s never had a 3+ season in terms of fWAR and Parra is coming off of a 3.2 season, and Parra is projected to be more valuable than Kubel in 2012. People on here keep telling me that Kuroda was unobtainable, but I think if they offered the money from Kubel’s + Saunders’ contracts they could have had him. So of course they overpaid Kubel, Saunders, and Hill although I am willing to look the other way on Hill because they were out of options at 2B (should have just hung onto Kelly and if he did decide to walk they would have picked up some sweet compensation, worst case they would have signed Hill to a similar deal and had picks from letting Kelly go). Oh, and Blanco was a good move, but that was something they couldn’t really mess up since I doubt anybody else wanted him. Basically, they could have had a better time, in my opinion, by doing nothing except resigning their current players (sans Saunders and obvious other “role-players”). Then maybe adding Kuroda or a riskier candidate in Oswalt.
jamesa-2
Drew is unlikely to be ready to go by opening day. On top of that, it’s basically a contract year for him. The team can pick up his option for 2013 at $10MM. But, until he A) comes back healthy, and B) Starts to perform up to expectations, that’s unlikely. Signing Bloomquist and McDonald allows Drew to take his time healing and also allows the team to clear money at the deadline by moving Drew.
The Dbacks tried to get Kuroda. They made him an offer (supposedly in the $10MM range). He kept jerking the team around and wouldn’t get to the negotiating table. That’s when they signed Kubel. I agree, Kubel seems an odd sign. I didn’t like it when it happened. I’m still not sure I like it now. If it keeps them from resigning any of Kennedy, Hudson, or Montero I don’t like it. If it dies not, and he hits .300/25/85, I’ll take it. So the jury is still out for me.