GOOD DECISIONS:
- Elijah Dukes: traded before draft. With Elijah being cut by the Nationals in spring training and not yet picked up (to my knowledge), this looks like my best decision. Of course the original trade to acquire him (bascially for Denard Span) completely obliterates any positive now.
- Alberto Gonzalez (Nationals) as a keeper. Gonzalez crushed LHP last year. I didn't expect him to have any future value past this season. He's performing very well for my team as PH and platooning player vs. LHP.
BAD DECISIONS:
- Chase Headley: traded before the draft. I really didn't want to move Headley, but he was caught in a 3B (Zimmerman and Wood) numbers crunch. Moved him for a useful 4th rounder, but he's crushing the ball in 2010.
- Brandon Wood as a keeper. He's been TERRIBLE this season as Angels 3B. The perpetual prospect doesn't look good at all.
- Ervin Santana: cut. I *really* wanted to keep Santana but went with Morrow instead. I couldn't even get a 7th rounder for Santana prior to the draft where he was taken in the 4th round. I had the depth to stash him away but not the keeper slots. Santana looks pretty good so far in 2010.
TO BE DECIDED:
- Brandon Morrow as a keeper. It sounded promising when he was traded to Toronto and turned back into a starter. The results have not followed. I'm not sure this guy is worth the years of keeping to see if he pans out. The only saving grace is that he provides useful innings this year as a SP, RP, and Closer against RH batters. He's been pitching for me as mop-up mostly. He already has one or two saves but a sky-high ERA.
- Ben Sheets: traded before the draft. Another SP I wanted to keep but decided to take the picks in trade to rebuild my bullpen. Looks decent enough in Oakland so far.
Time will tell on some of these, but early returns don't make me look good.
The night I post this Morrow goes out and pitches a 3-hitter in 7 innings. Just tantalizing enough...
ReplyDeleteWell, at least your mistakes aren't killers. Wood's disappointing, but he could turn it around. It will be interesting to see how moves look in retrospect, and so far I'm regretting trading Buchholz instead of Homer Bailey..
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