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I can't decide if this trade is good or bad for the DBacks. It all depends on Brad Penny. If he is healthy then I think this trade heavily favors AZ and NY with LA being their bitches. Although Penny isn't close to RJ, Penny plus Green is better than RJ plus what we would have had in RF. Brazoban could be a great pitcher, maybe even a closer.
NY gets their guy and I'll be shocked if they don't win the WS next year.
LA is just making a salary dump, plain and simple. McCourt is counting pennies. I'm NOT impressed by either prospect they are getting from NY and don't understand why they should be paying any part of Ishii's salary. Vazquez will be a great pitcher in LA but not much better than a healthy Penny. The Dodgers also get Mike Koplove from the DBacks. He's a bullpen workhorse who can fill just about any role there. His only drawback is that he has had health problems the last two seasons. He should be very sucessfull in LA.
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