05-04-2009, 12:14 PM
We saved $5.5 M by trading DeRosa, $4.2 M by not resigning Wood (he actually go a contract of $10 M), and $5 M by trading Marquis and his $10 M salary for Vizcaino and his $4 M salary and sending $1 M in cash(the subsequent ditching of Vizcaino does not negate that). Gaudin was a mistake by Hendry and has been acknowledged as such. Those funds went directly towards signing Bradley and towards the escalating salaries for all the backended contracts. It's simple math, it's perfectly clear and it's not really debatable. The fact that some people here refuse to acknowledge it or can't comprehend it, doesn't mean that's not what happened.