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Baseball Musings
June 27, 2006
Deal Done

In the previous post, I took a more positive view of acquiring Mark Hendrickson than Jon Weisman at Dodger Thoughts. The deal is done, and it's a pitcher and a catcher for a pitcher and a catcher. The Dodgers send Navarro and Seo to Tampa for Hendrickson and Hall. I thought Seo for Hendrickson straight up would be worth it. Seo didn't live up to his 2005 season, and if the Dodgers can carry Hendrickson's luck forward, they'd be better off. Navarro hit well when he was up, but Martin hit better. Dioner suffered a wrist injury that inhibited his hitting, but he'll get over that soon enough.

So the Dodgers get an older but decent pitcher and an older backup catcher, neither with great long-term upside for a catcher with great long term potential and a pitcher who showed flashes of brilliance. Seems like a pretty good deal for the Devil Rays.


Posted by David Pinto at 03:08 PM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
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As a Mets fan, I'm amazed. How many times did I hear a Seo-for-Hall rumor this offseason?

Strange how things work out.

Posted by: DNL at June 27, 2006 04:05 PM

It's probably good for the Dodgers, too, since they may actually be able to fill out a starting rotation now, which is what their needs were. From my point of view, the Dodgers traded two players who weren't doing them any good for one player who might actually help them win. Russell Martin made Navarro look awfully superfluous to the Dodgers; I hope they have the good sense to put Hall in AAA.

Posted by: Adam Villani at June 27, 2006 04:35 PM

Or, in other words, Dodgers get short-term benefit, Rays get potential long-term benefit.

Posted by: Adam Villani at June 27, 2006 04:40 PM

It seems that they should have been able to get more for Novarro. There aren't many decent young catchers out there, and even fewer that are available.

Posted by: sabernar at June 27, 2006 07:57 PM
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