Pitchers And Catchers Report

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You know what seems to be a given? (Warning: People overly impressed by authority, do not read any further.)
That although most trades and signings are tough to evaluate right away, almost all of the transactions in which there is virtual 100% agreement on, (as per that transaction's stupidity, ie the Kazmir-V. Zambrano trade, the Zito signing, <b>the Brad Lidge trade</b>, the Juan Pierre/Dodgers signing, etc.) almost always play out exactly as predicted.

So yes...we will certainly rue the DeRosa trade.
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Just because I enjoy this stuff with you...[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

Brad Lidge was a 31-year-old coming off one really bad, and then one good but not spectacular season. It was a trade of a setup man dealing with confidence issues for a guy they thought was going to be their leadoff hitter for years.

Bourn was awful at the plate but robbed us and the rest of the league like crazy on flyballs in center field, and still stole 41 bags. Lidge of course went on to be arguably the MVP of the league, but there were at least as many people that expected him to be a disaster as closer in Philly as there were people that thought he'd do well. It seemed like an even deal or pretty close to it at the time. Bourn's still only 26 and who knows, that could still look like a fine deal for the Astros. Just sayin that deal does not belong in those parentheses.