05-04-2009, 04:37 PM
<!--quoteo(post=35403:date=May 4 2009, 02:34 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ May 4 2009, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35402:date=May 4 2009, 02:33 PM:name=ColoradoCub)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ColoradoCub @ May 4 2009, 02:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35392:date=May 4 2009, 02:17 PM:name=Brock)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brock @ May 4 2009, 02:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35354:date=May 4 2009, 01:17 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 4 2009, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35337:date=May 4 2009, 01:02 PM:name=leonardsipes)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (leonardsipes @ May 4 2009, 01:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Trading DeReso in order to give the starting 2bman job to Fontenot, save 2.5 mil is a defensible move. Until you sign a guy that you have to assume will miss 50+ games.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Here's a statement I can support.
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Yep.
And the argument that somehow DeRosa wouldn't be happy if he and Fontenot both stayed is pretty ridiculous. There would have been plenty of at bats to go around, just like there were last season for the two of them.
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And if we hadn't overpaid for Bradley, we would have been able to afford to keep DeRosa.
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They weren't the only team offering him $10 million per, and again, nobody knew the economy would do what it did to the free agent market.
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Were there actually published reports of that? Bradley came to Hendry saying he wanted to be a Cub right? We had the negotiating power at that point.
Here's a statement I can support.
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Yep.
And the argument that somehow DeRosa wouldn't be happy if he and Fontenot both stayed is pretty ridiculous. There would have been plenty of at bats to go around, just like there were last season for the two of them.
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And if we hadn't overpaid for Bradley, we would have been able to afford to keep DeRosa.
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They weren't the only team offering him $10 million per, and again, nobody knew the economy would do what it did to the free agent market.
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Were there actually published reports of that? Bradley came to Hendry saying he wanted to be a Cub right? We had the negotiating power at that point.