Well, I missed Mike too -- but he didn't pitch all of 2001, so what good would he have been us? I don't know how he's doing now, but I don't think he'll ever return to what he once was. We got rid of him just in time.
And that is why I was never one who b****ed avout the trade and blamed KW either for trading away Siro. It was a draw or we came out slightrly ahead in that we got what 5 victories out of D Wells and they got 0 out of Siro. And whatever D Wells is credited with teaching MB. And we also came out ahead in shipping away Scott "What me hyper?" Eyre.
I also don't think that KW knew that Siro was damaged. Just my hunch that a new GM is not going to try and pull fast ones right out of the gate.
So even for not blaming KW, D Wells is still a giant asshole.