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Friday, July 30, 2004

Rodriguez Traded For Ledee, Prospect

Okay, at this early moment I don't really get it. We just traded one of our two "best" relief pitchers for another outfielder. Is Ledee any better than Grissom, Tucker, or Mohr? Quick peek at 2004 OPS:

Player AB OPS
Grissom 376 762
Tucker 300 812
Mohr 162 763
Ledee 123 905

Before you get too excited, you should know that Ledee's career OPS is 751, and 123 at-bats is not a large number. On the other hand, Ledee is a lefty, something the Giants think they lack at the moment. I think they lack pitching far more, though.

So I don't get it yet. In isolation, it's an odd move. Either the Giants will have to go with a smaller pitching staff, or they will have to make another move. They could send down a reserve position player (Ransom?) to bring up another reliever (Aardsma?). Or they could make another trade.

The salary implications are interesting. Felix makes a touch over $3 million a year, Ledee a touch over $1 million. Over the rest of this season, the G-Men will save about $700,000. But next year, Felix has a player option for over $3 million again. So this clears a bit of cash for next season too. Could this be a preliminary trade to make room for a Big Unit contract? I'd love to think so.

Felix will be missed.

Jefferson 7:17 PM


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