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Originally Posted by Valiant
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The trade still is a wash, if Butler/Moose/Hosmer would have showed up this season we would be a playoff team.
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This doesn't make sense to me. Yeah, we would be a playoff team. Certainly not because of James Shields, though. He's pitched like a solid #3 pitcher this year, or perhaps a #4 on many staffs.
I don't hate James Shields. He's a good 2/3 that eats a lot of innings and I love how he competes.
What I don't love is the fact we gave the Rays a 300% markup for this guy.
I mean, you have to look at the opportunity cost, as well. We pay Shields/Davis around 17M this year (that's a ballpark guess I don't feel like looking up actual salaries). The Rays pay Odorizzi/Myers around 1M this year.
If we kept our two prospects, what could we have spent that 16M on? Nelson Cruz? Ervin Santana for another year?
Shit, we could've kept Will Smith who is having a hell of a year as a setup guy in Milwaukee and not have even missed the emergence of Wade Davis, either.
I mean...I understand being a GM is not easy and there is going to be all sorts of missteps...
but good lord...Dayton has done everything wrong for 2 straight years now.