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Tuesday, June 22, 2004 |
Gammons' Wishcasting
Some howlers from this Gammons column, including a three-way with the Dodgers that sends Mota to the A's. Another laffer is the notion of Freddie Garcia to the Dodgers or Yankees. With U.S.S. Mariner jibing that "Garcia's trade value is as high as it's going to get", what are they waiting for? Gammons doesn't strike me as a particularly good observer of baseball outside the New York/Boston axis; proof of it is his mention of moving top Dodger pitching prospect Joel Hanrahan in a package for Garcia. This team lacks pitching depth now, thanks to pitching deals earlier, and he wants to pull this off? I don't see the urgency to win now. No team in the NL West is going to pull together a world-beating team this year or next. The Giants are in far worse straits than we are, especially with Bonds aging.
Speaking of Bonds, of his recent remarks about racism in Boston, Gammons said
His derogatory comments about Boston, a place he's never visited, were ill-conceived and an intellectually-bankrupt blanket indictment beneath someone of Bonds' intelligence.Maybe, but we do know the Red Sox were the last team in the majors to take on a black player. Read into that what you will.
Comments:
That Beltran/Mota three-way was apparently very close to becoming a reality.
Also, the Dodgers don't have to put together a world-beater, they just need an NL West-beater. Garcia could put any one of those teams over the top in the division. Assuming DePo thinks he can sign Garcia, dealing Hanrahan might not be too bad a deal. Remember- "there's no such thing as a pitching prospect."
Also, the Dodgers don't have to put together a world-beater, they just need an NL West-beater. Garcia could put any one of those teams over the top in the division. Assuming DePo thinks he can sign Garcia, dealing Hanrahan might not be too bad a deal. Remember- "there's no such thing as a pitching prospect."
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