01-21-2009, 01:13 AM
I've never been a fan of Pie to begin with and I think we got fair value for him. Especially if we wind up moving Olson to the Pads as part of a Peavy deal. He just wasn't going to figure into our longterm plans at this point as a starter. Might as well move him while you can.
My issue with this though is something that may or may not come back to bite Hendry in the ass: What if you CAN NOT deal for Peavy now? Then, you've dealt Pie to Baltimore for something that's probably not going to help us immediately very much, if ever, while it could have gone(possibly at least) towards a Brian Roberts package with the same team you dealt him to. I just hope Jimbo has the Peavy deal already set up, or else we may have squandered a nice piece of trade bait for nothing. Because Roberts would look awfully nice at the top of our order in 2009, especially if we don't get Peavy.
My issue with this though is something that may or may not come back to bite Hendry in the ass: What if you CAN NOT deal for Peavy now? Then, you've dealt Pie to Baltimore for something that's probably not going to help us immediately very much, if ever, while it could have gone(possibly at least) towards a Brian Roberts package with the same team you dealt him to. I just hope Jimbo has the Peavy deal already set up, or else we may have squandered a nice piece of trade bait for nothing. Because Roberts would look awfully nice at the top of our order in 2009, especially if we don't get Peavy.