Quote:
Originally Posted by novakjr
It's not really fair to make that statement without mentioning that they had gotten Jim Thome and Nick Swisher in those respective deals..
|
I'll give you Thome (I thought they traded Rowand for Thome), but the Swisher trade was followed up by trading him to the Yankees for Betemit and Marquez. The worst "bookend" trades involving a single player I can think of. Either way Gio's got a few years to go before this one really starts smelling.