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Originally Posted by eazyb81
Unbelievably great trade on paper, but so was the Sanchez trade.
We're buying ridiculously low on a veteran starter that has all the incentive in the world to have a great 2013 so he can get a big payday after the season. The upside is he has an awesome year and we acquired him for nothing. The downside is he sucks and we keep throwing him out there every five days because we have no one else to take his starts.
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I don't see much similarity between this and the Sanchez trade. We gave up an extremely productive player there. This is a glorified FA signing. Actually, it is less than a FA signing, as the Angels are eating a bit of salary.