Comments on: Blaine Boyer

By: Mac Thomason

Mac Thomason — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:59:18 +0000

New post.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:19:59 +0000

@229

When you hear closure of trade circles like that, it always makes me wonder scenarios like…if instead of Aybar, the Bravos had asked for a prospect named Andre Eithier who wasn’t even good enough to make the Dodgers top ten list for that year.

20/20 hindsight…

By: Rob Cope

Rob Cope — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:54:33 +0000

@207

Ryan, there are some ballpark moments. I’m glad you enjoyed the game. I saw Chipper a couple weeks ago in Clearwater, and I thought he looked really good. It looks like he’s dropped about 10 pounds, and I thought he looked much more athletic. I saw him again on TV and the announcers were saying the same thing. I’ve been so impressed with him that I was thinking of drafting him as my starting third baseman in one of my leagues, something I didn’t wanna do last year.

Just my two cents…

By: Rob Cope

Rob Cope — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:21:04 +0000

Gadfly, I know the story. At the end of the day, we got nothing out of Danys Baez, the cash was probably insignificant, and Willy Aybar has only been successful with Tampa Bay. I’m not saying Atlanta was wrong to deal Aybar (I agree that he was a problem), but it’s just frustrating to see an unfortunate turn of events that leads from Wilson Betemit to a useless LOOGY that has just been released.

I have to say Willy Aybar is one of my favorite Rays players, and the fact that they’ve signed a BACK-UP to a multi-year extension says a lot about how far Willy Aybar has come. Good for him, bad for us.

By: Gadfly

Gadfly — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:19:16 +0000

@221 & 227: We didn’t trade Betemit for Ridgway, we traded Betemit for Aybar (along with Danys Baez and “cash”) and then, after multiple issues with substance abuse, traded Aybar (with “Chase Fontaine”) for Ridgway. Willy had run out of chances here and needed a change of scenery. I was actually pretty surprised we actually got a warm-bodied LH with Major League experience in the deal.

I wasn’t terribly excited by the Betemit move, but by the time Aybar was dealt those costs were already sunk. I’m not saying it was a good deal, but it wasn’t a big enough deal to be considered terrible. It’s kind of like the sort of Josh Anderson for “Chase Fontaine” or Jeff Bennett for Jairo Cuevas and “cash” that I’m expecting to see over this next week.

By: Rob Cope

Rob Cope — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:38:00 +0000

Wilson Betemit’s development ends with the release of Jeff Ridgway. Hmm… clean swap…

By: sansho1

sansho1 — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:28:51 +0000

#219

That’s what he gets for spelling his last name without an “e”.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:26:37 +0000

O’Flaherty and Logan are horrible pitchers. One of them making the team just because of the arm they throw with is stupid. Just take the best relief pitchers.

By: c. shorter

c. shorter — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:22:40 +0000

221 — I realize it would help give him a little quicker release when needed, but I swear I’ve seen him with his hand out when nobody was on base, too.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:59:36 +0000

Schafer is looking better and better. Hope the BMac injury isn’t too bad. Looks like he’ll be ok though. That’s always good news.