Post#9 » by satyr9 » Fri Apr 8, 2011 1:55 am
Well to play a little devil's advocate, you don't waste assets in April that you almost assuredly need for an extended period by mid-summer, so there is justification to send down a superior reliever with options to keep secure your arms for the inevitable injuries that will occur during the grind.
I do admit I never understood adding those 3 RHP arms when they had Camp, Janssen, and Frasor already though (when it happened I just assumed they already had a move ready to divest themselves of a guy). Since that doesn't appear to have been the case, I think in hindsight Dotel was a bit of an insurance signing 'cause they did need another arm and may have felt they were about to miss out (that's just me justifying though), then they didn't pass on Rauch when they got him and then the Wells move opened up trading for Francisco, who I'll assume they had as a targeted potential long-term closer option but didn't feel they had the right pieces to acquire at the time they signed Dotel. So dominoes fell after the initial Dotel signing and it's not like having too many arms is something GMs often complain about, but my guess is if AA had predicted Rauch and Francisco, Dotel never ends up signed.
As for ROOGY and manager's incapacity to use him as such, I'm perfectly content to give them the benefit of the doubt until there's actually something to point to. Hopefully, they all pitch like they have and we are able to leverage this with all the team's that will be in need of quality arms, 'cause there are always teams in need.
