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Originally Posted by phightin
I'm not going to complain about the trade if they did it for financial flexibility with the hopes of being able to sign Howard and Werth in the next two years. What I am kind of upset about is that between the two trades for Lee and Doc they've used 7 of their top prospects. It makes me wonder what the hell JP the idiot was demanding back in July if the phils were willing to trade Drabek, Taylor, and D'Arnaud.
On a side not D'Arnaud becomes a stud in OTTP 9
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What financial flexibility? If they didn't trade Lee but instead let him walk at the end of the season, it only would have cost them another $9 million. That's not going to make the difference in re-signing Howard or Werth.