The Dontrelle Watch
I think we need to acquire Dontrelle Willis of the Florida Marlins, even if we must give up a good prospect for him. Most of the guys on AZSnakePit disagree with this.
Pro: Willis and Webb can be the 1-2 punch we need to win the West and go far in the playoffs. He has struggled but he is still a young guy and a change of scenery can get him back to Cy Young form.
Con: Why give up all or a part of a very promising future core of Baby Backs for a slumping pitcher when we could get him as a FA at the end of the season, and if we did win the west we will not go far against the Cardinals of the world. Better to let the Dodgers win the west this year and reload for '07 with some of the Baby Backs.
Here's the thing: Byrnes stated in an April 2 story in the Republic that the club may be willing to make a move by the trade deadline if the team is competitive by then. Notwithstanding the 7 game losing streak we are only one game behind Los Angeles and if we take 2 of 3 from the Giants this week we may very well end the homestand a game up on the Dodgers at least.
Let's at least think about it.
Here's the dream rotation for the second half of the season:
Webb
Willis
Batista
E. Gonzalez
Nippert
Come on! What do you say!
And who would we allow to go to Miami? Stephen Drew and maybe Lyon and Vizcaino and a couple of our draft picks?
Willis in purple pinstripes. 10-12 wins at least after the All-Star Break. We end the season 2-3 games ahead of LA and may even take the Cardinals to seven games, or five or whatever the NLDS is.
This team was sold to the fans as having the pieces to contend this year. We need to stick to that AND keep building for the future.
Otherwise we will turn into the CUBS of the west.
Pro: Willis and Webb can be the 1-2 punch we need to win the West and go far in the playoffs. He has struggled but he is still a young guy and a change of scenery can get him back to Cy Young form.
Con: Why give up all or a part of a very promising future core of Baby Backs for a slumping pitcher when we could get him as a FA at the end of the season, and if we did win the west we will not go far against the Cardinals of the world. Better to let the Dodgers win the west this year and reload for '07 with some of the Baby Backs.
Here's the thing: Byrnes stated in an April 2 story in the Republic that the club may be willing to make a move by the trade deadline if the team is competitive by then. Notwithstanding the 7 game losing streak we are only one game behind Los Angeles and if we take 2 of 3 from the Giants this week we may very well end the homestand a game up on the Dodgers at least.
Let's at least think about it.
Here's the dream rotation for the second half of the season:
Webb
Willis
Batista
E. Gonzalez
Nippert
Come on! What do you say!
And who would we allow to go to Miami? Stephen Drew and maybe Lyon and Vizcaino and a couple of our draft picks?
Willis in purple pinstripes. 10-12 wins at least after the All-Star Break. We end the season 2-3 games ahead of LA and may even take the Cardinals to seven games, or five or whatever the NLDS is.
This team was sold to the fans as having the pieces to contend this year. We need to stick to that AND keep building for the future.
Otherwise we will turn into the CUBS of the west.
posted by Michael Sheldon Reed at 5:36 PM
1 Comments:
Others have said that Willis, because of his contract situation, may not even leave the Marlins until after next year.
The D-backs need another pitcher to really set this team right...Today (June 13) Enrique Gonzalez will start against the Giants.
If he does well...will that put us over the top?
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