ISF Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Because they weren't part of the trade. It is what it is. Those 2 players were FA signings. Each of those moves gets weighed on its own merit. Did the trade give us the flexibility in payroll to make those signings? Certainly. But that doesn't mean they had to happen. KW could have made the Lee trade, and AJP and El Duque could have signed with other teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 QUOTE(ISF @ Apr 21, 2005 -> 09:12 AM) Because they weren't part of the trade. It is what it is. Those 2 players were FA signings. Each of those moves gets weighed on its own merit. Did the trade give us the flexibility in payroll to make those signings? Certainly. But that doesn't mean they had to happen. KW could have made the Lee trade, and AJP and El Duque could have signed with other teams. But without the Lee trade neither of those moves is possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISF Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 21, 2005 -> 02:15 PM) But without the Lee trade neither of those moves is possible. I agree with that. But as I said, neither does it mean that we had to sign AJP and El Duque. KW did not have to sign those players after trading Lee. As a matter of fact, I remember quite a few people getting worried we were pocketing the Lee money. We didn't sign the other 2 immediately following the trade. It looked for a while like we were no longer interested in AJP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 I choose to lump those two signings, along with Iguchi, in with that deal. It's all part of the big picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISF Posted April 21, 2005 Share Posted April 21, 2005 Well, hell, signing Dye and Hermanson were part of the big picture, let's lump them in too. If you want to give an overall grade, obviously at this point the offseason should be considered a success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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