Diamondbacks acquired 1B Richie Sexson, LHP Shane Nance and a player to be named from the Brewers for 2B Junior Spivey, 1B Lyle Overbay, INF Craig Counsell, C Chad Moeller, LHP Jorge De La Rosa and LHP Chris Capuano.

 

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Wow...If the D-Backs would offered something like that we would've taken it in a heartbeat...i think Beinfest jumped the gun too early since its been a pretty slow trading/FA period...I think the D-backs got desperate after they saw D. Lee off the map and overpaid for Sexson

the dbacks pretty much offerd that but no Overbay(big whoop) and no Moeller

 

i mean, we go Castro i guess

The guy whose interesting in the trade is De La Rosa...hes got awesome heat and pitched really well last year in Double A - think of him like a prospect along the lines of Denny Bautista. Along w/ that they get Spivey which if he can return to his all-star form from 2002 will be great. Overbay hits for good average and his power numbers are increasing in the minors. I dont care too much about the catcher they threw in (Moeller).

They also took on about $5 million in 2004 payroll vs the Marlins taking on $350,000.

 

The Brewer's saved $3.5 mil, the Marlins saved $7 mil. We were looking to save money not acquire bodies. What they did get was trade bait in Spivey but his salary is low and there's nothing financially to be gained unless he's traded for minor league prospects.

I didn't realize Spivey was due $2.5 mil next year so ammend my estimate of the Brewers new payroll from $5 mil to 6.5 mil taken on.

 

There's no comparison between the Lee and Sexson trades. If anything, even if Choi washes out, the most it can cost us is $350-400k, for our purposes Beinfest's deal looks even better.