Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
March 26, 2004
Heating Up

After a very quiet spring, there's starting to be some player movement. It looks like Urbrina will be a Tiger, and Juan Cruz was traded to the Braves yesterday. When Brian Hipp of Cubs Now! informed me of this trade, my first thought was, "The Cubs are relatively rich in pitching. Why didn't a team like Texas try to make this deal?" My second thought was, "Atlanta could turn Juan into a star." Cruz strikes out a lot of batters; his problem is control. If Leo can improve that, they'll have a valuable pitcher.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:45 AM | Transactions | TrackBack (1)
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The Braves just cranked another trade getting Chris Reitsma from the Reds for Jung Keun Bong and Bubba Nelson. Does this mean there is something wrong with Smoltz's elbow or they just wanted a better setup man?

Posted by: Brian at March 26, 2004 05:04 PM

> better setup man

Any warm body would be a better set-up man than the guy they were "planning" on using, Alfonseca. I think Cox & Schuerholz woke up screaming too many times with visions of El Pulpo pitching the 8th and decided they had to do something, even if it meant giving away two decent prospects for one good reliever.

Posted by: The Transaction Guy at March 26, 2004 06:59 PM

It was amply satisfied enough for a man to wriggle through

Posted by: ultram at April 1, 2004 06:22 PM