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Originally Posted by eazyb81
Some of you are such f'n vaginas. My God.
Escobar was the 12th overall prospect in baseball 12 months ago. He provides plus-plus defense at shortstop, which is worth its weight in gold.
So many want to hail the Teixeira trade as the mega haul of all-time we should have aimed for, which Elvis Andrus was the cornerstone talent in the package Texas received. People, Alcides Escobar is the closest comp to Andrus in the sport.
Rag on Escobar's rookie season line all you want, but with his defense, he doesn't need to OPS 900 to provide All Star value.
Odorizzi will be a top 60 overall prospect, Cain is a nice young CF that can actually hit and play defense, and we have a PTBNL that will most likely be a young, projectable player from the 2010 draft.
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I'm with you, I don't hate the deal. We'll see who the PTBNL will be, as that could make the deal better as well. DM has preached pitching and defense to fit the park, and that's exactly what he got in this deal. I would have felt better about it if Lawrie were still with the Brewers and had been included, but oh well. We didn't get any big bats it appears, but I'm hopeful that they have plans in that area with money and other prospects to use. This is just another step along the way.