Colby is back

[mark1]

and Q is gone.

http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/NAS...nt_id=618547&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea

 

[SweetD]

Why if we were trying to get rid of salary do we take a bigger contract back???

 

[Dback Jon]

Great to see Colby back - we really missed his bat last year.

 

[Dback Jon]

Originally posted by SweetD
Why if we were trying to get rid of salary do we take a bigger contract back???

One year, extra $375,000 - no big deal.

 

[moviegeekjn]

Most telling is quote from D'backs web site, indicating that BB will be less inclined to make multiple lineup changes in 2004:

With manager Bob Brenly saying Sunday that he plans on using a more set lineup in 2004, the Diamondbacks decided that McCracken was expendable.

 

[AZZenny]

We take back more salary because Q's contract was a humongous glaring goof and this is a way of burying the evidence. Despite the penny-wise/pound-foolish strategy locally, $375K isn't much in the grand scheme, and it gets us a potentially useful bat. That $$ piece will get lost in the shuffle, as fans welcome Colby home where he belongs - Colby was a much-loved player by fans, has a power PH bat when he's healthy, was reportedly a hugely positive clubhouse presence here. Many folks feel his bat would have been the difference for us in 2003, although he in fact was injured much of the season.

I am happy to see him come back.

 

[FORKTUNG]

Well if Hilly or Sexson goes down with injury Colby is a viable PT backup too.

 

[sundevilscott]

Welcome Back Greg!! I for one did not want to see him go. It is great to have him back with the Dbacks.

 

[Ryanwb]

I think McCracken was expendable because he really stunk up the field last year......

 

[Indrid Cold]

So in the end it works out to be Colbrunn plus Seattle's 1st round pick from last season for signing him as a free agent, for McCracken and $375K. Too bad Joe Jr can't work more deals like this instead of Durazo for Dessens, Kim for Hillenbrand, etc.

 

[SweetD]

Originally posted by Indrid Cold
So in the end it works out to be Colbrunn plus Seattle's 1st round pick from last season for signing him as a free agent, for McCracken and $375K. Too bad Joe Jr can't work more deals like this instead of Durazo for Dessens, Kim for Hillenbrand, etc.

IMO we got the better deal of the Kim for Hillenbrand

 

[Indrid Cold]

Kim's younger, and up to this point has had a better career than Hillenbrand. And even though Kim has fallen out of favor somewhat in Boston due to his immaturity, at the time of the trade it was clear that Kim had more value on the trade market than Hillenbrand. But that's been a pattern for the Diamondbacks...they seem to be willing to trade a player for lesser value just because he's fallen out of favor in the clubhouse or with Brenly and the front office.

Not that I like Kim anymore than most Dbacks fans. His pouting over becoming a starting pitcher suddenly seemed to disappear once he went to Boston. I can remember him saying in one of his first Boston interviews that he would do whatever the Red Sox wanted him to do, start or go to the bullpen. That sure was a different attitude than the one he displayed in his last year with Arizona.

 

[Lefty]

Looks like Kim could be part of the A-Rod/Manny deal.

 

[schillingfan]

Originally posted by Indrid Cold
at the time of the trade it was clear that Kim had more value on the trade market than Hillenbrand. But that's been a pattern for the Diamondbacks...they seem to be willing to trade a player for lesser value just because he's fallen out of favor in the clubhouse or with Brenly and the front office.

Definitely, it applies to the Durazo trade, too.

 

[BC867]

Originally posted by moviegeekjn
Most telling is quote from D'backs web site, indicating that BB will be less inclined to make multiple lineup changes in 2004:

I'm going to put that under the tree. That's a Christmas present.

 

[moviegeekjn]

Originally posted by Indrid Cold
His pouting over becoming a starting pitcher suddenly seemed to disappear once he went to Boston. I can remember him saying in one of his first Boston interviews that he would do whatever the Red Sox wanted him to do, start or go to the bullpen. That sure was a different attitude than the one he displayed in his last year with Arizona.

NEVER trust the media for this kind of stuff! Like many young pitchers who had always started, this is NO big deal... and all reports indicate that the D'backs had agreed to give BK a chance as a starting pitcher when they first signed him. Reports of BK's attitude have always been filtered by the media, which very well may have misinterpreted BK's intentions and "body language."

Too many fans just want to hear the standard cliches... and savvy players familiar with the "power" of these generic blips like "I just want to do anything to help the team" are propped up as consumate "team" players... whether a reality or not.

 

[wierwolf]

Uh if I recall Hilly was one of the hottest bats when we got him. I think we got the better deal. Hitters are starting to figure out Kim. And once they did he would get rocked. Good deal IMO!!!

 

[Stan C]

If Kim is not a head case, explain flipping off Boston fans at home and getting benched for the series. Kind of an important 7 games not to have him on the roster. I don't think his attitude was all a figment of the media's imagination.