At Least Vinny Rottino’s Hitting Over .400 in Chattanooga, I Guess
August 20, 2009 at 9:30 am | Posted in Claudio Vargas, Vicente Padilla, Vinny Rottino | 1 CommentChecking in very quickly to ask a simple question about yesterday’s Vicente Padilla acquisition: remember when the Dodgers traded Claudio Vargas at the deadline for Vinny Rottino? I wrote at the time that it didn’t make sense:
Vargas wasn’t great, but he was at least useful, while Vinny Rottino looks unlikely to ever play a single game as a Dodger. I hate to act as though I’m all worked up over losing Claudio Vargas, of all people, but this move just makes no sense at all.
Now that the pitching is even more beat up than it was in July, doesn’t that make even less sense? As Vin said yesterday, it’s pretty low risk to get Padilla (the price is right, and it’s not like he’s starting a playoff game), but when you’re desperate enough to go get Vicente Padilla, it makes you wonder just what the point was of trading a decent veteran arm for a useless minor league catcher in the first place.
1 Comment »
RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI
Leave a comment
Random search term which brought someone to MSTI
MSTI on the web
Business Time
Win big when you bet on baseball this year with Sports Interacton. With fast payouts, live betting and quality customer service, they have you covered for all of your online sports betting needs.MSTI Library
Blog at WordPress.com. | Theme: Pool by Borja Fernandez.
Entries and comments feeds.
[...] Brad Davis R/R 6-1 190 12/29/82 – Chris Hatcher R/R 6-2 190 01/12/85 – Vinny Rottino R/R 6-1 220 [...]
Pingback by 2010 Consolidated List of Non-roster Invitees « Monozygotic — February 8, 2010 #