DeRosa Traded to Indians

[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=40760:date=May 28 2009, 10:56 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ May 28 2009, 10:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=40756:date=May 28 2009, 10:52 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 28 2009, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=40749:date=May 28 2009, 10:31 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ May 28 2009, 10:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=40746:date=May 28 2009, 10:20 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 28 2009, 10:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Not to beat a dead horse, but I just don't see how it could've been a money move -- especially when he signed Aaron Miles for nearly the same amount just hours after the trade.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
It wasn't. It was about playing time and getting more left handed. I think money and the ownership transfer was used as a diversion. We still spent (and threw away) plenty of money in the offseason on other players.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Bingo.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

You are welcome to believe that it wasn't about money, and you very well could right, but the fact is, Miles is making less than half of what DeRosa was.
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Unless you factor in Miles's second year.

If you're claiming fiscal responsibility, you don't sign a guy like Miles to a 2-year, $5M contract. Miles is replaceable with a guy making league minimum. See Scales, Bobby.