Originally posted by ymike673
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We needed another strong BP arm at least, and would've preferred a better SP than Heaney. Instead, we acquired Heaney, Holmes, Rodriguez all in the name of "potential" and "good analytics." Yeah Severino / Kluber come back in 3 weeks, but 3 weeks is a long ways away if you want to ensure not only a playoff spot, but another championship to go with it. If you're going to acquire Gallo/Rizzo for some decent prospects, you better make sure we make the playoffs. We are not guaranteed anything when Sevvy/Kluber come back. I like the Gallo/Rizzo acquisitions, and how Cashman was able to avoid paying their salary + not give up top 13 prospects was brilliant, but it just wasn't enough. Why do we always seem to put so much emphasis on big bats and settle for subpar arms?
And now the logical assumption is we need to play Stanton in left so Voit can DH, but from the sound of it, they don't even intend to do that? How obvious is it that the plan was to trade Voit for a solid arm, and yet, here he is without a 1B job and now our over qualified 2nd DH. So now instead I'll see Wade / Gardner / Allen / Odor over a soon-to-be healthy Voit? God help us...
/rant
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