DeRosa Traded to Indians

[Clapp]

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Yes, but that would not have made the move any smarter. There is no explanation that makes the move a good one.
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Yessir.
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The team did have to get more left-handed. You guys can believe otherwise all you want, but you need balance in a lineup. Unfortunately, trading DeRosa was the only one to really allow that to happen. I didn't like the move at first, but only because of his versatility to the ballclub, and that turned out to not matter one bit.
I'm not gonna explain all this anymore as I spent a good 2 hours writing about it last night. Have at it if you want.
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A balanced lineup is fine and dandy...if you have the pieces to make it balanced. To bring in players and plug them in simply because of their handedness doesn't make any sense. That's always been my qualm with the logic of "getting more lefthanded". I read into that a desire to make moves based on handedness above talent.
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I even said I didn't like the trade to get more left-handed. I didn't think getting rid of DeRosa's versatility just to get left-handed was a good enough excuse, but I do think we needed to get more left-handed. The main reason I didn't like the deal was because I didn't think we had anybody to play 3rd or backup the corner outfield spots. We do, and they're both very good hitters as well. Obviously it would be nice to have both DeRosa and Fontenot in the infield now with Aramis hurt, but it's an unpredictable injury and he's never had anything like this.

But yeah, obviously I wouldn't turn down 9 Albert Pujolses in my lineup to get in Joey Gathright for example, would never take it to an extreme like that.