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Originally Posted by Arlie Rahn
Then who should Arizona have signed to improve their team? Spend $53 million on Pedro? $64 mil on Adrian Beltre? $55 mil on JD Drew? Maybe they should have spent $40 million on Carl Pavano? And that's assuming these guys would sign at 100-loss Arizona for the same price as playoff teams.
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It's debatable, but according to most analysis, all the above signings would give you better value/money than Glaus and Ortiz. Even the Milton signing might end up better than the Ortiz one. ZiPS is projecting a 9-16, 4.92 year for Ortiz in 2005.
The 100-loss thing is really interesting though. A year ago, Tigers were in a similar situation and apparently the Diamondbacks will want to follow their steps. The Tigers "overpaid" for Ivan Rodriguez and Fernando Vina, and at least one of them worked. I would sure hope Glaus can bounce back, and Ortiz is probably beyond hope.