It probably gives some merit to Dayn Perry's piece, that the Sox were losers for trading for Griffey because they'll use him a lot in CF, and that's really going to hurt their overall defense for a marginal upgrade on offense depending on how he hits.

 

 

Well, it will always be hard to measure intangibles...such as what Carl Everett added to the clubhouse in 2005. Would we have won without him? I'm not so sure. Griffey certainly brings a presence to the team. Then you have two players in Griffey and Thome with tremendous motivation to reach the World Series.

 

Obviously, KW had reason to feel that the upgrade with Swisher over Konerko at 1B defensively, and with Griffey over Konerko (for the rest of this season) offensively was worth the small price in talent, not to mention the fact that in the "dog days" of the season, with the heat indexes rising, it's always nice to have insurance for possible injuries on the bench, because, God knows, it's not going to come from our minor league roster/s.

No one voted to trade Swisher? Last night must have something to do with it.

I voted to trade Swish just to make that post inaccurate!

 

muhahahahaha!

No one voted to trade Swisher? Last night must have something to do with it.

 

You can't trade Swisher now, he is signed cheaply for quite a while. He has had problems this season, but he is still young and can bounce back. It doesn't make sense to move him to keep someone more expensive and is on the wrong side of 30. He has never hit for a high average, but he gets on base consistently and can move when he is out there.