February 12, 200521 yr When we traded him, we got 3 minor leaguers in return. Does anyone remember who they were and if they ever materialized into anything?
February 12, 200521 yr Looper, Almanza and Pablo Ozuna 683197[/snapback] :plain We all know the motive was to dump salary....not gain young talent.
February 12, 200521 yr Looper, Almanza and Pablo Ozuna 683197[/snapback] :plain We all know the motive was to dump salary....not gain young talent. 683239[/snapback] I mean, if Ozuna doesnt age overnight, it might not have been such a bad trade
February 12, 200521 yr yeah Ozuna was looking like a real good prospect there for a while Almanza and Looper both had live arms. Looper turned out alright I'd say.
February 12, 200521 yr Looper, Almanza and Pablo Ozuna 683197[/snapback] :plain We all know the motive was to dump salary....not gain young talent. 683239[/snapback] I mean, if Ozuna doesnt age overnight, it might not have been such a bad trade 683256[/snapback] Almanza and Ozuna were busts. Looper is an average closer. All in all, we would be much better off with Renteria.
February 12, 200521 yr Looper, Almanza and Pablo Ozuna 683197[/snapback] :plain We all know the motive was to dump salary....not gain young talent. 683239[/snapback] I mean, if Ozuna doesnt age overnight, it might not have been such a bad trade 683256[/snapback] Almanza and Ozuna were busts. Looper is an average closer. All in all, we would be much better off with Renteria. 683272[/snapback] no argument here, but the fact that Ozuna wasnt as young as previously thought really ruined the trade why was Almanza a bust?... He was never that great in the minors to begin with
February 12, 200521 yr no argument here, but the fact that Ozuna wasnt as young as previously thought really ruined the trade why was Almanza a bust?... He was never that great in the minors to begin with 683344[/snapback] Fair enough. Might have been sufficient to say he never amounted to much. An average reliever who at age 32 can only get a minor league deal with the Giants.
February 12, 200521 yr Almanza and Ozuna were busts. Looper is an average closer. All in all, we would be much better off with Renteria. 683272[/snapback] Think about it from another point of view. If we didn't trade Renteria we wouldn't have Alex (alias "sea bass") who hit the game-winning HR in the 4th game of the 2003 WS in extra innings. Yes, Renteria hit the game winning single in the 1997 WS also in extra innings, but he also hit the last out of the 2004 WS against Boston. Things have a way of working out at the end... And Renteria would have been too expensive in the long run.
February 12, 200521 yr Looper, Almanza and Pablo Ozuna 683197[/snapback] :plain We all know the motive was to dump salary....not gain young talent. 683239[/snapback] salary dump? he had just finished his sophmore season. how much money was he making?
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