Cowhide Joyride receive:
Carlos Villanueva, and 3rd and 5th round picks
Anal Hershiser receive:
Ryan Howard and two 13th round picks
Anal did a nice job here. Giving up high picks isn’t easy, but it’s a lot easier when there’s significant long-term value like that of Howard. With Verlander, Haren, Konerko, Bruce, Morse, Rollins, and Strasburg, there will be plenty of options to choose from when he has to pick six. The impressive debut is likely to include a playoff spot, but there’s still pretty big holes here that could stand to be filled. Valencia, Helton, Ruiz, and Reddick are all mediocre starters, while some of the SPs (Moseley, Colmenter, Humber, and Dickey) are playing a bit over their heads. Despite that, very nice showing for an inaugural season.
Dave continues to pile up picks and, with this trade, has his last pick slated for the 12th. If he trades that last pick, it’ll be the 10th for his last pick. His draft also includes four 5th rounders; last year’s 5th round had a ceiling of JShields/Hellickson/Kuroda/Chacin/Axford and a basement of IDesmond/RFurcal/VGuerrero—so they’re solid picks. The 3rd was a solid round as well, but nothing spectacular with Soria/Feliz/RRomero/Markakis/Buchholz/Nolaso/Dempster and the Hudson pitchers. So was the combination of picks worth one of the top power hitters in the game? If you get Shields and Dan Hudson, sure. If you get Furcal and Lilly? No. I think Dave should’ve at least gotten a first rounder for Howard, but I can’t really blame him as he’s liquidated in impressive fashion thus far.
So, while Dave has done well pulling in the picks, in a vacuum I like Andy’s side of the trade.
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