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by **davidmarver** » Tue May 31, 2005 4:37 am

Has to be the signing of Russ Ortiz by the Diamondbacks. All their other offseason moves have worked to perfection; Halsey and Vazquez have been nothing short of excellent and Troy Glaus has been the anchor of the lineup. That said, Russ Ortiz has been complete :-t

. He walks more batters than anyone I can remember and that never equates success. If they had invested their money in a few good relievers they'd probably be leading the NL West (though my Pads look real good lately).

I would have nominated Beltre, but he at least warranted big money after the year he had in 2004.

by **Laean** » Tue May 31, 2005 4:52 am

i would say it is jaret wright.

i have no idea what in the world the yankees were thinking. absolutely stupid.

by **GotowarMissAgnes** » Tue May 31, 2005 5:23 am

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/c ... atsId=5944

Worth a place at the table

by **nikku88** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:00 am

Aaron Boone. He would be overpaid if he was paying the Indians.

by **prodpaul** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:10 am

I would have to say Jose Lima. :-t

by **Rance Mulliniks** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:21 am

What about Beltre? Cashed in on one great year. Still some hope he'll turn it around and earn that contract.

by **kentx12** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:33 am

Laean wrote:i would say it is jaret wright.

i have no idea what in the world the yankees were thinking. absolutely stupid.

I love it when people take pitchers form the Braves and then that pitcher flops. When will people learn it isnt always the pitcher alot has to do with Leo. ;-D

by **nsulham** » Tue May 31, 2005 7:07 am

To be fair (and God I HATE to do this since it's a Yankee), Wright has been on the shelf for a little while so it's hard to say what he would have or wouldn't have done.

by **Jack-In-A-Box** » Tue May 31, 2005 7:10 am

1. Braves giving a top pitching prospect for Kolb. :-t

(That just stands out because its close to home)

2. E.Milton getting 25million by the Reds. The guy gave up the most HR last year.. they thought moving him to that launching pad would help???? HA!

3. As mentioned Beltre. I've heard that it's maybe due to a change in NL to AL. I don't buy it. He hasn't put up those kind of numbers in multiple years thus he shouldn't be given that fat of a contract.

by **George_Foreman** » Tue May 31, 2005 7:24 am

the beltre signing made sense. the kid had always had the talent to do well, and last year he changed his hitting approach and you aw the results.

it's anyone's guess why he's changed it back to his old way of hittting (although i'm pretty sure TheYanks04 has a theory.... ;-7

) and i'm willing to cut him a little slack because of the league change. i think he's a great buy-low candidtate right now, but i also think it's realistic that if he'll never come close to what he did last year, which would be very bad for both the marainers and my 14 team cafe keeper league, in which i took him 9th overall. >_<

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