Wednesday, January 25, 2006

On second thought...

The full deal ACTUALLY looked like this:

Boston gets:
OF Coco Crisp - AVG .300 (starter)
RP David Riske - ERA 3.10 (set-up man)
C Josh Bard - AVG .193 (backup)

Cleveland gets:
RP Guillermo Moto ERA 4.70 (middle relief)
3B Andy Marte (prospect)
C Kelly Shoppach (prospect)

Further, if this goes through, this trade is likely to happen:

Philadelphia gets:
RP Arthur Rhodes - ERA 2.08 in 43.1 innings (lefty)

Cleveland gets:
CF Jason Michaels - AVG .304

Michaels was also recently placed on six months probation and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service for fighting a Philadelphia police officer last year.

According to ESPN this morning, Guillermo Moto failed his physical in Cleveland and now the deal is on hold or could possibly be off completely. The more I think about, the more my first instinct was correct. This is not a good deal for the Tribe. Let's keep the players we have and pay Coco his money next winter. He's earned it.

Please don't make a deal just for the sake of making a deal. I was surprisingly okay with us not making any big moves this off season. I would have liked Trevor Hoffman, but Nomar and whoever else were not necessary. We won 90-something games and just missed the playoffs last year with a horrendous start and a very young team. I think we can improve just by keeping the status quo.

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