Ricky No-Nolasco

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Staff ace Ricky Nolasco will get the Opening Day assignment

 

But we did get 1 unproductive season out of Juan Pierre in the deal. I hope this doesnt go down in history as another Brock for Bolio type of deal.

 

I'm guessing that Ricky isn't HOF-bound.

 

To be fair, Brock shouldn't have been either.

 

Speaking of HOF bound, to be fair, we did get young Ryne Samberg as a throw in for Ivan DeJesus.

Dallas Green said years later that Sandberg really wasn't a throw-in, he was the player the Cubs were actually interested in. They just billed it as DeJesus for Bowa with Sandberg as a throw-in so Sandberg wouldn't feel pressure the same he might if he thought he was the main target.

 

Regardless, it was one of the biggest steals of all-time.

 

If I were Dallas Green, I'd say the same thing.

 

Haha. Yeah, let's see when he actually made that quote.

My recollection is that he made it after Sandberg showed that he was a good player, and after Bowa retired, but before Sandberg became a superstar. That's a long time ago, so my memory could be a bit off.

 

Dallas Green managed the Phillies from 1979-1981, and likely knew about the talent he had in the minor leagues. Also the story is that Green wouldn't agree to a trade unless Sandberg was included in the deal. I would be surprised if Green didn't have a lot of faith in Ryno and he was only a throw-in.

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Staff ace Ricky Nolasco will get the Opening Day assignment

 

But we did get 1 unproductive season out of Juan Pierre in the deal. I hope this doesnt go down in history as another Brock for Bolio type of deal.

 

I didn't think Pierre was that bad in 2006. I mean, he wasn't great by any means, but he led the NL in hits (and outs made), and he did steal a fair number of bases.