Santoki wrote:The_Hater wrote:[quote="spikeslovechild"]Batting .194/.231/.222/.453 in 36 AB's and 9 games since the trade and his overall numbers have fallen to .274/.311/.366/.677 (it was around .700 at the time of the deal).
It looks like we got out at the right time. Col is going to find it extremely hard to move that contract during the waiver deadline and may find it impossible to move in the offseason if Reyes continues to slump.
And he's in the conversation for being the worst defensive SS in MLB.
I'm not sure why anyone was against this trade at the time, yes we gave up a couple of decent prospects but the upgrade at SS was massive. Of course I've been saying that Reyes isn't a SS anymore for 2 seasons.
Because in three years time we could be saying the same thing about Tulo. Since he's come here they basically haven't lost so right now the trade seems like a no brainer. But once the dust settles and if Tulo has health issues once again then it won't look as rosy. Remember we all said the exact same things about Reyes when he arrived in 2012.
The winner of a trade like this, well like most trades actually, can't be definitively announced after three weeks.
You're giving up an albatross now for something that could be an albatross in 3 years. If you get 3 good years from Tulo and then he turns into 2015 Reyes that's fine.
