btw, report from france:
lots of tigers' hats. the old english D is pretty popular. stores would have tigers, yankees, red sox, dodgers stuff. and not on tourists either.
good to see the tigers hat representin' in the home of high fashion.
according to the most readily available metric (dom's gvsa value), a fair trade would be bertuzzi plus our first and second this year to get to #2. it would cost even more to get to #1.
we have a lot of cap space, i dont want to use it by overpaying role players like portis or bagley. if they do sign guys like that, make it short term deals so you can get out of it quickly, or deal them at the deadline.
chas said it was a "failed signing." i just pointed out that it was a "failed trade" instead of "signing."
we gave up nothing to get nothing so is that a "fail"? BUT, as was pointed out by others, we could have gotten something else so maybe it was? barnhart was supposed to be a defense first catcher. i thought it was nothing special at the time and its proven to be nothing special.
you can find defense first non-hitting catchers anytime you want. if youre going to deal assets, you might as well get something of value back. barnhart aint much value.
i'm going to be on a plane to france and miss the draft. first nba draft i've missed in years.
i'll give del some scouting reports on french players when i get back...
i mean, it was for nick quintana, another great al avila second round pick who is now 24 in A ball.
heck, as bad as barnhart has been, that might be one of avila's better trades!