I think Tyler will be OK but Bowyer...well...his chance is so much less than a coin-flip right now. In all that, this is the one trade that may come back to haunt Beinfest. The funny thing it's the one that actually took the most time in completing. Go Figure!

First time through AA at 23/24 years old and has a 1.63 whip. He was even worse as a RP versus a SP. Walked over 6 batters per 9 innings and his K/9 dipped by over 3 points compared to his single A numbers. uh.

 

I doubt he's left protected on the 40 man next year.

Terry Ryan took Beinfest to school. It's a shame, since Castillo was arguably our most valuable commodity (who wasn't being bundled with someone else i.e. Beckett).

yep, this one stumped me too. I was on board for most of the deals till this one was announced.

 

I was furious when I found out we traded a longtime Marlin and a valuable commodity for a relief pitcher, especially when going into ST we didn't appear to have a starting caliber 2B on the roster. Thank God Uggla proved us wrong, but I think most of us were assuming that at some point Andino was gonna be our starting 2B.

wasnt pokey reese still around at the start of spring training

 

I said starting caliber...not many thought that Pokey was the answer at 2B.

Not many thought Dan Uggla was either.