Sunday, July 30, 2006

(Slight) redemption for McIlvaine?

It seems that after all the abuse the Mets front office has taken for the Scott Kazmir/Vitor Zambrano deal that their magic 8-ball may have been right--Kazmir will apparently be placed on the DL for problems stemming from shoulder tendinitis.
Now we all know that these claims of foresight from the execs that Kazmir's delivery would lead to his inevitable breakdown were just attempts to rationalize trading a younger, cheaper, more talented player for what amounts to a bag of fertilizer.
However, this makes them looks like a slightly smarter pack of jackasses. Frankly, I would much rather have had Kazmir for the last two seasons (at this point) than Zambrano. Especially since they are both injured now.
It's still one of the worst trades in MLB history, rivaling Jeff Bagwell for Larry Andersen, but at least their lame excuse may turn out to be the truth...

1 comment:

Fredo said...

All I've got to say to McIlvaine is this:

Leh leh leh.