05-08-2009, 03:14 PM
Hmmmm, seems to me that we had a guy on our roster that could play the OF, 2B, 3B and cost a hair more than Freel. I think this pretty much kills Ruby's theory that the Bradley signing was dependent upon DeRosa being traded. If we blow $800k on Gathright when he refuses his assignment and then wind up acquiring Freel at $3.3m, it pretty much negates the monetary effect of the DeRosa trade, and in this light, makes it look like a collosally stupid trade.