PDA

View Full Version : Dotel to the D.L. for Braves

KevB
08-10-2007, 06:07 PM
Can people now understand why trading Dotel was the right thing to do?
Dr. Johnny Fever
08-10-2007, 06:10 PM
I already understood.
Coach
08-10-2007, 06:10 PM
Wow... that was quick.
alnorth
08-10-2007, 06:11 PM
I'm stunned. :rolleyes: In the last 3 years he misses one full season to one injury, and most of another season to another injury, and now he's hurt again? (and he's still pretty old on top of all that).

Who'da thought he would break down again?
KcMizzou
08-10-2007, 06:12 PM
Petz will be along soon to tell you how wrong you are.
alnorth
08-10-2007, 06:17 PM
Petz will be along soon to tell you how wrong you are.

DM sold us out to the Braves.
DaneMcCloud
08-10-2007, 06:33 PM
Petz will be along soon to tell you how wrong you are.

No, he only posts to complain about the Royals failures. :deevee:
Eleazar
08-10-2007, 06:42 PM
WE SHUD HAVE KEPT HIM HE COULD BE ON TEH DL FO RUS!!!!!!!!!!!!11ONE
HolmeZz
08-10-2007, 06:44 PM
I don't think anybody was complaining about trading Dotel. The complaint was about what they got back.
kstater
08-10-2007, 06:45 PM
We should've traded him for that batter that wasn't offered. :)
KevB
08-10-2007, 07:53 PM
I don't think anybody was complaining about trading Dotel. The complaint was about what they got back.

No, there was absolutely some discussion about why we were trading a "proven closer" when our bullpen has been solid this year and he said he wanted to re-sign with the Royals.

Point is, there's a reason why you count your blessings when you sign an injury prone reliever in his mid 30's, and the guy actually pitches well enough to be flipped at the deadline. That's simply solid work from a GM of a team building a young base of talent.
Eleazar
08-10-2007, 07:55 PM
He didn't look all that consistent once we got healthy this year. I was afraid he'd get hurt again before the deadline. IIRC his last outing before the trade wasn't sterling.
Mecca
08-10-2007, 08:19 PM
I don't think anybody was complaining about trading Dotel. The complaint was about what they got back.

That was my thought...
banyon
08-10-2007, 08:26 PM
I thought it was a good gamble on Davies. Moore is going to keep trading for arms until he finds four or five that make a rotation. Some will pan out some won't. But he is clearly a believer that a starting rotation is the most important element of a successful club, and I'm not sure he's wrong.
KChiefs1
08-10-2007, 10:41 PM
Dayton Moore bends John Schuerholz over!

I think stealing a 23 yr old SP for a rent-a-player(already on the DL) is a good trade. How can acquiring starting pitching be a bad thing?