Lidge to the Phillies in 5 player deal

[cbbryan]

Just broke on ESPN:

 

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Philadelphia Phillies acquired reliever Brad Lidge from the Houston Astros in a five-player trade, a source told ESPN.com.

 

The Phillies sent outfielder Michael Bourn, pitcher Geoff Geary and minor leaguer Mike Costanzo to Houston, and received infielder Eric Bruntlett in addition to Lidge.

 

The teams scheduled an announcement Wednesday night at the general managers meetings in Orlando.

[GoCubsGo1679625768]

cool

[reds44]

I like Michael Bourn.

 

Does Myers go back to starting?

[Butterscup1679666578]

This is a pretty bad trade for Houston, IMO.

[cbbryan]

This is a pretty bad trade for Houston, IMO.

 

 

I agree. I'm suprised they didn't get more from Philly in return.

[Post Count Padder]

Good deal for the Phils. This puts Myers back in the rotation (or at least it should) and immediately improves their staff.

[cbbryan]

Good deal for the Phils. This puts Myers back in the rotation (or at least it should) and immediately improves their staff.

 

It's a great deal for Philly. I'm not sure what it does for Houston. I guess that's good for Cub fans though.

[E.J.]

It's good to have Ed Wade in our division. :lol:

[haltz]

I don't see why this is such a terrible deal for Houston. They didn't get anything really exciting, but what kind of return should you expect for a year of Brad Lidge (where he'll cost $7M or whatever)?

[Flames24Rulz]

I don't see why this is such a terrible deal for Houston. They didn't get anything really exciting, but what kind of return should you expect for a year of Brad Lidge (where he'll cost $7M or whatever)?

 

I absolutely agree. Seems like an even trade to me.

[badnews]

Looks like an even deal to me. How long can you give Brad Lidge a mulligan for anyway? He was horrible in 2006 and his save percentage this year was just garbage.

[rawaction]

Lidge will have fun closing 1-run games in that park. Still like the deal for the Phils. Now, if I draft Brett Myers in my fantasy league it won't be a complete waste.

[abuck1220]

Now, if I draft Brett Myers in my fantasy league it won't be a complete waste.

 

:evil:

[TruffleShuffle]

Looks like an even deal to me. How long can you give Brad Lidge a mulligan for anyway? He was horrible in 2006 and his save percentage this year was just garbage.

 

he pitched fine this year... he's still a good closer

 

good deal for the phillies

[erik316wttn]

Somewhere, Albert Pujols quietly weeps.

[YearofDaCubs]

I think this is a really good deal for the Phillies. Now they can move Myers to the rotation and have Hamels and Myers as a 1-2 punch. With their offense, I think they will be a very good team.

[abuck1220]

they could have had a 1-2 punch of hamels/myers last year if they weren't idiots. maybe they would have won a game in the playoffs if they weren't starting kyle kendrick in game 2.

[Yestheydo]

Does anyone think this means the Cubs go after Luke Scott? He's not bad.

[SouthSideRyan]

Does anyone think this means the Cubs go after Luke Scott? He's not bad.

 

This is why it's a bad trade for Houston. It moves Pence to RF and moves Luke Scott to the bench/undervalued trade bait for no reason.

[Post Count Padder]

So some of my Phillie fan friends are upset at this trade beacuse they gave up "Rowand's replacement (Bourn) and their third baseman of the future (Costanzo) for a guy who will never recover from being owned by Puljols (Lidge)".

[badnews]

They didn't need Lidge to move Brett Myers back. That's a fallacy in thinking. It's because they're stupid.

 

he pitched fine this year... he's still a good closer

 

Lidge's ERA+ was worse than Michael Wuertz's. He had 19 saves and blew 8 saves which looks terrible. His opponent OPS was worse than Michael Wuertz's, and it's defintely on the high side for an "elite" closer.