LaRoche for Gonzalez

by LantermanC on Jan 17, 2007 1:51 PM PST

So I guess this trade finally went through. Weird how it took forever, wasn't this supposed to go through a month ago? Soriano is probably equal to Gonzalez, so that means we could have gotten LaRoche. Oh well.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2734082

At least its been so long that I'm not mad about it anymore.

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That. Bites. HARD.

I </3 Bavasi...

Iceberg, right ahead!

by PositivePaul on Jan 17, 2007 1:59 PM PST 0 recs

So....

Is ATL looking for a 1B now?
Sexson for Soriano?

by AnotherAaron on Jan 17, 2007 3:15 PM PST 0 recs

Scott Thorman

will likely replace LaRoche.

If Bavasi had been creative, we could have made deals with either/or ATL and PIT.

Ugh.

by tait644 on Jan 17, 2007 3:19 PM PST up 0 recs

There's also...

Rumors that the Braves will eventually move McCann to first base.

I assume the move would be for Saltamacchia.

Detect-O-Vision

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on Jan 17, 2007 3:23 PM PST up 0 recs

Weird

I always thought it was Saltalamachia who was going to move the 1st because of his defense.

by Mariner John on Jan 17, 2007 3:36 PM PST up 0 recs

I assume the move would be

so they could keep his bat in the lineup without having to give him catcher-knee days off. He would have been battling for the NL batting crown for quite a while there, but just wasn't going to get the ABs necessary. Joe Mauer got to DH a lot to stay in the race, but that wasn't an option for McCann.

(and yeah, I had McCann and Mauer on my fantasy team. I had LaRoche too for a while, come to think of it. My excellent talent evaluation strategies worked out pretty well.)

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by Deanna on Jan 17, 2007 3:59 PM PST up 0 recs

So, Deanna...

What do your "excellent talent evaluation strategies" think about Chris Reitsma? Just curious...

Iceberg, right ahead!

by PositivePaul on Jan 17, 2007 4:01 PM PST up 0 recs

Well

I'm certainly not drafting him.

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by Deanna on Jan 17, 2007 4:07 PM PST up 0 recs

Just an aside,

But I'd say that the Braves' efforts to upgrade the bullpen worked out pretty well.

Soriano and Gonzalez? WOW.

by tait644 on Jan 17, 2007 3:30 PM PST 0 recs

Not just Gonzalez

The Pirates also threw in SS Brent Lillibridge. He is a very good prospect.

Lillibridge is a significant trade chip. The Braves are getting a lot more than Gonzalez.

by Jerry on Jan 17, 2007 6:58 PM PST 0 recs

Ex-Husky!

Yeah, Lillibridge was the #3 Pirates prospect on Sickels list, I believe.

But then, Jamie Romak, a 21-yo power hitter out of Canada, is moderately intriguing too. To be clear, I think the Braves are getting the better 'spect, to balance the fact that they gave up a slightly better MLB player, but Romak is moderately intriguing - kind of a Scott Thorman mixed with Rob Deer thing going on.

He was a bit old for the SAL, but but up some impressive ISO-patience and power numbers. Struck out a TON - seriously, this guy makes Wlad Balentien look like Ichiro - but walked a ton too.

by marc w on Jan 18, 2007 9:10 AM PST up 0 recs

Well,

at least we aren't the only team that got taken by Schuerholz...

by tait644 on Jan 17, 2007 9:37 PM PST 0 recs

yes, except

the Pirates have a long, long history of making incredibly retarded trades. It's like, you guys think being a Mariners fan now is hard, you should have lived in Pittsburgh in the late 90's and early 2000's. In the eight years I was there, the Pirates never had a winning record... while the Mariners were winning 116 games in 2001, we were losing 100.

Pretty much any time I started to like a Pirates player, they got traded. It was retarded.

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by Deanna on Jan 17, 2007 11:59 PM PST up 0 recs