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Trades? as in plural? I must have been asleep to miss any other trade that would be considered successful other than the Badard trade. The thing about the whole Badard trade is that Bavasi pretty much had no choice thanks to Armstrong putting Bavasi's future in jeopardy. Look at the mess Bavasi made of the rotation prior to the trade. Signed Washburn, Weaver and that other god awful bum 2 seasons ago that didn't even make it past May. Then look at the trade he made to bring us Ramirez for Soreano. Then look at how much he had to pay Silva and Batista to come to Seattle. Wouldn't you think the prospect of pitching in Safeco to be enough to get some decent arms at a reasonable price? I will grant the fact that Armstrong didn't do Bavasi any favors by announcing that Bavasi's job was on the line, but that was only due to all the pathetic signings he already made up to that point.
So Bavasi pretty much had no choice but to make the move for Badard. It was a no brainer, but due to his past signings and Armstrong's big mouth, Bavasi gave up way too much to get Badard.
Also, if Brandon Morrow would have spent all of last season in the minors working on being a starter, then he may very well have been ready this season. Then the need for Badard would not have been so great and the Mariners would still have Adam Jones, George Sharroll, and Mickolio on the team.
So if you look at every move that Bavasi has ever made, then you would notice that all his moves were reactionary to his past blunders.
Oh and about that trade, it sounds like the kinda move that Bavasi usually ends up on the short end of the stick. So, this is a great move if he could pull it off, but it just doesn't make any sence for the Reds, which leads me to believe that its all just a bunch of meaningless talk.
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