Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 15, 2004
Three Way Deal

Juan C. Rodriguez of the Sun-Sentinel explores the possibilities of a Florida-Arizona-Anaheim deal for Randy Johnson and Jose Guillen. In Juan's version, the Diamondbacks get some young arms, the Marlins get a troubled outfielder and a prime reliever, and the Angels acquire the Big Unit. The deal makes sense to me. Arizona saves money and gets help rebuilding. Anaheim dumps a troublesome player and gets a pitcher who can neutralize Johan Santana or Pedro Martinez in the playoffs. Florida improves the pen and the outfield. Each team assumes a different sort of risk:


  • Arizona takes the risk of youth, that the pitchers might not pan out.

  • Anaheim takes the risk of age, the Johnson might break down.

  • Florida takes the risk of personality, that Guillen might get upset with Jack McKeon.


My favorite line from the article, however, is why the Marlins can afford to get rid of Juan Encarnacion.

To accommodate Guillen, the Marlins would look to jettison Juan Encarnacion. That's problematic as well, considering Encarnacion had the National League's third-lowest on-base percentages in 2004 and is coming off shoulder surgery.

A sports writer noting that a player is mediocre due to his low OBA. The world is changing.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:32 AM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
Comments

If the Marlins first two offseason acquisitions are Larry Bowa (bench coach) and Jose Guillen, they must be pretty comfortable with their clubhouse chemistry. I know that many think that's not important, and hopefully for the Marlins if this all comes together that's right - because this would seem to have to tear apart the team unity, fun, and light-hearted nature the Fish had in 2003.

Posted by: Mike at November 15, 2004 11:26 AM