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Originally Posted by Rams Fan
Um, the Ludwick trade isn't bad.
They spent the same amount of money on Berkman. You can complain about the money Mo gave to Westbrook, but I'd say the trade is fairly even.
But you can bitch about the Ryan and Rasmus trades.
Edited to add: The White Sox got Frasor and Stewart in return for Jackson.
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They spent a couple million more to get Berkman, in fact.
And to get Jake !@#$ing Westbrook in return for Ryan Ludwick when you were in the middle of a playoff drive was pathetic. You'll note that Ludwick drove in the game winning run that put us a game ahead of the Reds last July - he was traded that night and the team
immediately collapsed.
Even if you want to view the trade for how it worked out this year - it absolutely destroyed the team last season.
And you're right, the Chisox also got Zach Stewart - a 25 yr old reliever with marginal upside that hasn't been a regular starter since AA. He's essentially PJ Walters - huzzah.
We gave up Colby Rasmus - again, a 24 yr old CFer that led the position in OPS at 23 yrs old - for a player that the Blue Jays gave up the equivalent of Mitchell Boggs and PJ Walters for.
Fantastic work, Moe.