There is Love For Jeremy Burnitz

[Jake]

Maybe we'll be a .500 club this year?

 

I need a new avatar, too.

[Banedon]

Ahem...it's Jeromy dontcha know? :)

[Jake]

Ooops. :oops:

[BigbadB]

Maybe we'll be a .500 club this year?

 

I need a new avatar, too.

 

The Giles, Kendall and Aramis deals have finally been understood. All that saved money was to grab perennial all stars Jeromy Burnitz, Joe Randa and Sean Casey. I get it now.

 

Nice work Littlefield.

[SouthSideRyan]

Maybe we'll be a .500 club this year?

 

I need a new avatar, too.

 

The Giles, Kendall and Aramis deals have finally been understood. All that saved money was to grab perennial all stars Jeromy Burnitz, Joe Randa and Sean Casey. I get it now.

 

Nice work Littlefield.

 

Jason Bay and Oliver Perez don't hurt.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

The master plan actually started with Bonds and Bonilla.

[Jake]

Really, all three trades are uner a seperate context.

 

Aramis - No one is saying anything exactly what went on. From what I can gleam from articles over the past couple of years, there was a financial need to reduce salary to lower overall team expenses. Some have suggested that MLB ohas ordered this, that the payroll to debt ratio was unacceptable to MLB. With all of the bailing out Baseball did with the DBacks, this doesn't have much credibility. So, this is not Littlefield's fault.

 

Giles: Salary reduction, yes. But, look at what he got back. I'd say this one has worked out well for both teams. We were not going to win during his contract. We got a lot for him, all things considered.

 

Kendall: Littelfield inherited a bad contract. $10mil? How many HRs did Kendall hit last year? If he was so valuable, why weren't more teams lining up to take him off of our hands? Also, keep in mind, Kendall was becoming a cancer in the locker room.

 

Let's look at the money saved from the Kendall & Giles trade. (We'll assume what was saved from Aramis kept the team out of bankruptcy. :-) )

 

Bay hit 30 HRS last season. He has effectivly replaced Giles. Randa, Burnitz & Casey will EACH hit more HRs than Kendall.

 

The obvious followup questions is, why not take all of the money given to these three and pay one bopper? Well, we'd have to find one who'd take our money. Players who command these salaries don't have to take them from the teams that have 13 consecutive losing seasons.

 

So, what we need to do to start attracting players like this is win.

 

Which, hopefully, these three players will help us do.

 

Look, Littelfield is not the best GM, per se. But, considering what he's had to work with, he's done fairly well.