6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog: Mmmust... Hhave... Bbbullpenn... Lefty: Angels Get Christiansen From Giants

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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Mmmust... Hhave... Bbbullpenn... Lefty: Angels Get Christiansen From Giants

Mutant zombies attack Bill Stoneman's brain: for years, the mantra in the Angels bullpen was, "we don' need no steenking LOOGYs", so long as they could go Shields to K-Rod to Percy. All that got upended this year, so now we sadly read that the Angels traded Dusty Bergman to the Giants for LHP Jason Christiansen, according to the Times. The Angels also gave up RHP Ronnie Ray in exchange.

No, Matt, Christiansen is not a very good pitcher. A LOOGY with a .250 average against is just a crapshoot. He was, in fact, one of the reasons the Giants bullpen was ever so bad through the whole season. This is a trade of junk for junk, and sadly, the Giants may get the better end of this deal.

Update: Unless this deal got done because Bergman was out of options, I'm with Richard on this one. Even if he were out of options -- doesn't it make more sense to try him out down the stretch and see what he can do rather than go for the "tested veteran"? Christiansen hasn't ever been anything to anybody. Stoneman's run out of ideas, truly.

Update 2: The Giants also sent Deivi Cruz to the Washington Nationals, in exchange for RHP Benjamin Cox. Jim Bowden is a genius, I tells ya, a stinkin' genius! Uh... how's your other shortstop working out, Jim?

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