let me put it this way....
when the contreras trade went down i was estatic.... why? because i believed that the talented coaching staff (KW, cooper, and ozzie) could help him achive sustained sucess.... that is what i believe, we began to see last year with contreras....
i believe if they can do it with contreras... they can do it with vazquez.... accaully, i think the transition period would be less then it was for contreras.... for contreras it took 1/2 of 2004 and all of spring training to get going.... i think vazquez could be on the begining swing of a turn around right out of the spring training gates....
this is coming from someone who watched jose contreras give up 8 ER in 3 IP last year in spring training against the d-backs..... the next day, before the game i told contreras that he looked good the other day and he will be great this year.... that same day, i watched vazquez pitch against us.