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Originally Posted by kutulu
Kazmir is a #1 starter with a K rate of almost 10 in the AL East. Look how much better Arroyo did after switching leagues, Kazmir would be a perrenial CYA candidate if he switched leagues and got on a good team. He's unavailable and even if he wasn't the price would be so freaking high. I can't believe the Mets traded him for Victor Zambrano. Could you imagine how unbeatable they would be with him instead? Probably one of the worst trades in the last 5 years.
Krivsky got bent over on the trade they just made with the Nuts. Two solid everyday players plus others for Royce Clayton and a couple of good relief pitchers?
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Clayton isn't that bad, he's a decent fielder and can get on base and score. Perhaps he's a team leader also? Lopez was a defensive liability and another with much hype but not very productive.
As for the rest of the trade: Kearns is ok but like Wily Mo hasn't lived up to the hype. Another hometown boy in Cincy (from Lex. Ky.) but that can only go so far. The Reds were getting killed because of their pen and had to make a move. Along with getting Guardado (relatively cheap), I think they have strengthened themselves and positioned themselves very well for post season.
If anything else comes from this season, it's the obvious fact that Cincy for whatever reason has very strong and good players but they don't seem to be able to live up to the hype.... perhaps the team needs to take a serious look at that.
Were Kearns, Pena, Larue, Wagner, Lopez, and so on..... as good as they were scouted and thus the minor system isn't developing properly.... OR is the scouting sub-par and the players are overachieving?
Considering Wagner (14th) and Kearns (7th) were first round picks and were in the top 1/2 of the round, yet 8 years after Kearns has been drafted we're still waiting for that potential to show. Wagner at 24 and 3 years in hasn't done anything positive to show he was worth the 1st round pick.
Still early in their careers and perhaps they can evolve into what everyone believed them to be..... but Cincy is in a playoff chase and couldn't wait.... they needed help NOW and got it. Great trade to keep a winning season for the Reds..... bad trade for fantasy owners who have Kearns and Lopez.... may have decent advantages for that waste of a team in Wash.
Kazmir is hard to read is he this year's Peavy or is he looking to be truly solid and be a Roy Oswalt.