Sean Rodriguez

to get something.

(…he says, trying to remain rational and avoid head-butting the keyboard with disappointment)

The dude has already had two fanposts in the span of 12 days lamenting his awesome spring training 2010:
http://www.halosheaven.com/2010/3/5/1358446/sean-rodriquez

Salt Lake City.

He wasnt going to get a shot unless someone gets hurt and goes out for an extended period. And even then, he would have been behind itzturis on the depth chart. Proven Major league talent > unproven minor league prospects.

worst trade ever.

Post his slash line May 1st

Robb “Spring Training Superstar” Quinlan says hi

This trade looks bad when Sean becomes an everyday 2nd baseman who plays above average baseball.

I was leery of it for a while too, but he’s just a prospect until he does it in the bigs.

it’s not like we can do anything about it anymore, i mean it has been like half a year or something since this trade went down. it’s just spring training, damn.

who the fuck cares anymore? seriously.

That I would rather see SRod play. If the Rays are good, they can chip away at the Yanks and Red Sox, which is obviously a good thing for the Halos. Trades are supposed to benefit both teams, and this looks like a good and fair swap.

One of them had to go. We can’t just sit on the prospects because they have awesome spring trainings.

Besides, Kazmir’s ERA with the Angels was outstanding (not to mention how well he works with Butcher). With Boston and New York’s pitching staff as well as Seattle’s 1-2 punch, I feel a thousand times better with Kazmir in Angel red than S-Rod in Salt Lake.

What would our staff look like without him?

Think about what our team would be like if we didn’t do this trade. We would have no Lackey, No Kaz…Thus, two extra spots in our starting rotation that would be filled with Joel Pineiro…and….uh….Sean O’Sullivan or Matty Palmer??

I hope S-Rod makes the opening day roster. The guy deserves it. He just didnt fit into the plans for the Angels.

For once the Angels’ FO traded a prospect who still had value for something we needed, rather than keeping them until their value dissipated and then letting them go to free agency.

I wish S-Rod well. I was sorry to see him go. But the best trades are those in which both teams benefit, because such trades encourage further trades down the road.

Then you’re also required to shit your pants in excitement that, based on those same numbers, Kendrick is the new Utley, Morales the new Pujols, and Napoli the new Piazza.

Oh, and Izturis is the new Ichiro.

I wasn’t crazy about Kazmir trade at the time. I felt we went for a “lefty” more than anything else. I don’t see Kazmir as a difference maker in the PS the way Lackey is. Lately we have been settling for second or third best (Pineiro instead of Lackey etc).

I think the Rays will have a big season ( I can see them in the post season again this year), and, Sean Rodriquez may be a big part of that. In fairness, let’s see what Kazmir can do over a full season with us. But with that being said I didn’t really like it then and I don’t like it now….

I said, “Damn! Makes a hell of a lot of sense”. Then on reading Frost’s comment I said, “Damn! Makes a hell of a lot more sense”. Then on reading Kaplan’s retort to Frost I said, “Damn! I like that”. And so on. In the end, as persuasive as Frost’s writing is, Kaplan, you have won me over. (Unless, of course Frost, you have something more to say?) Damn fine writing, boys!

not mean that you necessarily “go off the cliff” the next season. If we had signed Lackey, even for something close to what he got in Boston, I don’t think that means in 2011 the Angels would “go off the cliff.” If anything if they had keep Figgins and Lackey they’d be looking at a legitimate shot to win it all both now in 2010, and in 2011. Perhaps even in 2012 (if we’re all still here!) Joking aside, I think the Lackey signing potentially looks bad in the 4th or 5th year. Even Kaplan admits that it is only the last year or two of that deal that worries him. So by that logic we’d have had a playoff proven stud at the top of our rotation for three more years if we had kept him.

but that is a gamble I’d be willing to take. Put it this way: how much extra money would you put into payroll to have a 1 in 3 chance of winning the World Series? I say it that way because had we kept Lackey and Figgins instead of going with an asinine signing like Fernando Rodney we would have been one of the best three teams in all of baseball (at least by my estimation).

You’re right that it wouldn’t guarantee anything, but don’t you prefer a 1 in 3 shot to a 1 in 8 or 1 in 10 shot?

attempting to make was that we went out and got a player that I don’t really see as having any value other than as an insurance policy. And if that is the case he’s an expensive insurance policy!

The Rodney signing was almost universally booed and criticized here on Halos Heaven when it first went down. I know Rev. was totally against it — I think the Rev. had it right. I doubt he (Rodney) would have “eminent trade value” as a relief pitcher with an ERA upwards of 4.00!

The point is not that Rodney is “replacing” Figgins or Lackey. The point is that we failed to hold on to key assets in order to save Arte some money (because we ostensibly have “cheaper alternatives” within the organization). We do have alternatives -and they are cheaper - they just aren’t GOOD ones! The point is not about who is replacing who, it is about getting rid of expensive good players and bringing in cheaper crappy ones !