Beardown wrote:
- They can resign Iguchi if they want him.
- The season is over and they let go of about 1.5 million for the last 1/3 of the season. Smart business.
- The Sox have a young kid that they can now watch for 2 months. If he is good you have a cheap 2nd baseman. You also have a guy you control for 5 years. One less guy to spend money on next year. Money can go else where.
- What they got for Iguchi is all they could get. If they could have gotton more they would have.
There is absolutly no down side to the trade. It's the smart thing for the Sox to do. It's smart for any team to do this in the Sox position. Pappy's a meat ball idiot.
As long as Aaron Rowand is on the Phillies, and this is now two trades they've made over the past year, North wil just continue being a moron on this issue. His position makes no sense, and the logic behind trading Iguchi, as you pointed out, is smart from both the financial aspect, and the opporutinty to see Richar play the next two months.
If the White Sox had kept Iguchi, and played him at 2B the remainder of the season, and then let Richar become the starter in the off-season, he would say the White Sox are turning the position over to a guy who they have no idea about. On top of that, Iguchi sucked this season, so North is just flat out wrong.