Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 29, 2002
Fast and Furious:

The trades are coming fast and furious, and the NL West seems to be the buyers. The White Sox seem to be Indian givers, dropping the two Indians they've picked up over the last couple of seasons, Alomar and Lofton. Lofton should be a big help to the Giants; their lead off men have a .314 OBA. And while Kenny is not what he once was at the plate, he's still a lot better than that. And the more men you put on in front of Bonds, the harder it becomes to pitch around him. Not sure why the Rockies wanted Alomar; granted, their catchers are hitting miserably, especially for Coors field, but I don't think Alomar is a long term solution with his history of injuries, and I don't think the Rockies will make a comeback this season. They are 11 games out of the wild card at this point, with 8 teams ahead of them.

Of course, the big trade is the much anticipated move of Rolen to St. Louis. Huge trade for the Cardinals, and as my good friend Jim "3rd Ball" Storer (it's a pinball reference, for all of you with dirty minds) said, "The Cardinals didn't have to give up a major league player." :-) Actually, I'm sure the Phillies like Bud Smith a lot. He's had an excellent minor league career, but trouble in the bigs this season, and has been on the DL with shoulder trouble. Still Rolen is the kind of player you should want on your team, and the failure of the Phillies to keep him has to be laid at the feet of Larry Bowa and Dallas Green. I think Bowa should be very worried about his job. He strikes me as a Billy Martin type. He can fire up a team at first, but then he wears on you quickly.

Update: Mike's Baseball Rant agrees with me about Alomar.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:25 PM | Baseball