Who was on the better end of these deals? I'd give them credit if they released this guys to make a point but they traded them away and got equal return. Glaus was a salary dump and they got a pretty good return in Hudson.

 

Wasn't Grimsley still active on their roster when he was arrested?

 

Good point, we'd have to look and see if they were dumping or they would have made those trades as a normal part of their business.

Good point, we'd have to look and see if they were dumping or they would have made those trades as a normal part of their business.

Alex Cintron for Jeff Bajenaru. I think we were all pretty thrilled with that one.

 

Troy Glaus for Orlando Hudson and Miguel Batista.

Alex Cintron for Jeff Bajenaru. I think we were all pretty thrilled with that one.

 

Troy Glaus for Orlando Hudson and Miguel Batista.

Yeah, I do remember being surprised the Sox landed Cintron for Baj. Uh oh.

 

Yeah, I do remember being surprised the Sox landed Cintron for Baj. Uh oh.

 

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Cintrons days here are numbered anyway.

Before everybody breaks an arm patting the D-Backs on the shoulder and giving them kudos, don't forget the one fact that proves they are full of garbage. Luis Gonzalez, he and his 57 home runs, THAT Luis Gonzalez, was the star offensive player of their World Title team and had the game winning hit in game 7. Without his juiced up feats that season, they never even get to the World Series. So let's just slow down here. I know a different group was running things then, but I refuse to give an organization who won a title 6 years ago with a juicer as BY FAR their best offensive player much credit.

 

As I said earlier the old group owned by Jerry C seemed to sweep things like this under the rug, the new group has taken a good stand on this and that I applaud them for.

Who was on the better end of these deals? I'd give them credit if they released this guys to make a point but they traded them away and got equal return. Glaus was a salary dump and they got a pretty good return in Hudson.

 

Wasn't Grimsley still active on their roster when he was arrested?

 

 

And that was what was so good about these deals AZ was still able to get solid value in return. With the problems Jerry C made by back rolling salaries and taking loans, if we cut Glaus I am not sure we could have paid him plus his replacement and other holes.

 

 

By 2009 all back rolled salaries should be payed and there was some good ones on that list; Omar Daal, Bernard Gilkey, Kelly Stinnett among 10 others.