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TheIncredibleRox · July 17th, 2008, 04:47 PM

Beane does it again: Blanton for Cardenas, Outman, Spencer.

I think Cardenas is a fantastic prospect (and I remember seeing him play, briefly, in High School). Great player to acquire.

But the others? I think describing Outman as an entirely pedestrian pitching prospect might be generous. And Spencer seems to me a complete non-value.

If Blanton were a pending FA, I'm fine with this. But he's in arb until 2011. This is ludicrous.

In my view, you've traded a fragile #1 starter (Harden) a very servicable #2 (Blanton) and a fine 4th/5th in Gaudin for two players you can't find on the waiver wire: Sean Gallagher and Cardenas. And the latter couldn't possibly be expected to contribute until maybe mid 2010.

I'm practically speechless....

EDIT: and again, where were we on this? I mean, screw 2008... Blanton, Baldo, Francis, and Cook would have been fantastic and all are set through 2010.

EDIT 2: And furthermore... if the Phillies weren't the team most desperate for Blanton, I don't know who was. Doing their damndest to stave off the Mets (and this helps, bigtime, towards that end) and featuring a rotation of Cole Hamels a couple 5th starters, and a couple 7th starters.

July 17th, 2008, 04:47 PM	#15 (permalink)
TheIncredibleRox Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 323	Beane does it again: Blanton for Cardenas, Outman, Spencer. I think Cardenas is a fantastic prospect (and I remember seeing him play, briefly, in High School). Great player to acquire. But the others? I think describing Outman as an entirely pedestrian pitching prospect might be generous. And Spencer seems to me a complete non-value. If Blanton were a pending FA, I'm fine with this. But he's in arb until 2011. This is ludicrous. In my view, you've traded a fragile #1 starter (Harden) a very servicable #2 (Blanton) and a fine 4th/5th in Gaudin for two players you can't find on the waiver wire: Sean Gallagher and Cardenas. And the latter couldn't possibly be expected to contribute until maybe mid 2010. I'm practically speechless.... EDIT: and again, where were we on this? I mean, screw 2008... Blanton, Baldo, Francis, and Cook would have been fantastic and all are set through 2010. EDIT 2: And furthermore... if the Phillies weren't the team most desperate for Blanton, I don't know who was. Doing their damndest to stave off the Mets (and this helps, bigtime, towards that end) and featuring a rotation of Cole Hamels a couple 5th starters, and a couple 7th starters. Last edited by TheIncredibleRox; July 17th, 2008 at 05:05 PM.