Williams fellow.

you will have to work on your prose style.

win, win, win.

i think the padres knew getting anyone in return for greene would of been good since their park isn’t where a power hitting SS can hit. If greene played for the Reds or Phillies i’d expect him to belt 30 homers every year, regardless if his OBP is .305 Its a salary dump for them and the chance to fill the spot with a defensive-minded prospect that’ll hit for average instead of power, which is what their park is designed for.

I’ll put a fanpost up this week so we can vote on weekends.

When we talk about old trades like Mulder/Haren we are beating a dead horse.

Some people like to make quick judgments for the sake of having something to talk about, and it really doesn’t bother me that much.

We have a reasonable idea what Greene should do based on statistical projections. The front office augments that with their scouting reports. We should expect Greene to be around a league average player that we acquired for two minor league relievers. Both Worrell and Gregerson have the potential to be good middle relievers but their stuff doesn’t profile as more than marginal setup men.

There’s a few mitigating circumstances: Worrell and Gregerson are free for 6 years while we got 1 year of Greene; the Cardinals are trading from a surplus. That said, this is the kind of trade I’d like to see the Cardinals be more aggressive about moving players from RH relief and the outfield to acquire players where they need an upgrade. If Greene fails miserably this year, I’m not sure we can call this a bad trade because we don’t have the benefit of knowing that will happen.

Im thinking something like a 1.300+ OPS

the sort of numbers he would likely have to put up to become a Type A (see above), if Khalil ends up an A after this season, you probably have to pony up and resign the guy.

Then again, a shortstop with a 1.300 OPS might be out of the Cards’ price range.