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Saturday, December 18, 2004 |
Chain Gang, Back On
Well, well, looks like things are spinning even larger: Rosenthal says the original three-way trade has become a four-way without mentioning the fourth team. The Daily News has it breaking down thusly:
- From Dodgers to Diamondbacks: Brad Penny, Yhency Brazoban, Shawn Green, and RHP prospect Brandon Weedon
- From Dodgers to Yankees: Kazuhisa Ishii
- From Diamondbacks to Yankees: Randy Johnson
- From Yankees to Dodgers: C Dioner Navarro, and 3B prospect Eric Duncan
- From Yankees to Chisox: Javier Vazquez
- From Chisox to Dodgers: Paul Konerko, RHP reliever Damaso Marte, and RHP starter Jon Garland
This is such a huge trade I can't imagine it going down as advertised until next week, a point the article makes. The Dodgers mainly get a lot younger and cheaper, but Garland's a 4-5 starter, and Marte's not really a replacement for Brazoban. Konerko displaces Choi; while he's much better than Choi presently is (48.1 vs 27.5 VORP), he's also getting paid $8M/year, and you can bet Choi will become a spare part to be flipped later. Considering PECOTA tags Choi and Konerko as roughly the same player, this doesn't make much sense; the Dodgers would appear to be overpaying for a second helping of Konerko's 2004, yet underestimating Choi's potential, something we allegedly wanted for last year.
Update: Now in the Times, and on dodgers.com.
Comments:
"Marte's not really a replacement for Brazoban"
I'm don't think I understand what you mean here--isn't Marte pretty good?
Or do you mean because he's not nearly as cheap (arb. elibible)? Marte's a lefty and appears to have a bit of a platoon split, but he seems pretty good. Does Brazoban have an even greater upside?
-Mike
I'm don't think I understand what you mean here--isn't Marte pretty good?
Or do you mean because he's not nearly as cheap (arb. elibible)? Marte's a lefty and appears to have a bit of a platoon split, but he seems pretty good. Does Brazoban have an even greater upside?
-Mike
# posted by 
: 12/18/2004 10:59:00 AM
: 12/18/2004 10:59:00 AM
A 3.42 ERA is not 2.48. Now, maybe you can rationalize some of that difference by observing that U.S. Cellular favors hitters even more than Dodger Stadium favors the pitcher; using ESPN's park factors, it ends up being close to a 3.00 ERA for Marte. Even so, Marte's nearing arbitration, but Brazoban wasn't.
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