I feel like there will be an unscheduled appointment with Dr. Brown in the next future for either myself or the Big League Choo — or both.
Why? Because today, we both went crazy, and only time will tell if our craziness will lead to madness.
In a what initially appeared to be a harmless exchange of texts, suddenly went from, "I'd give you Gray for Puig," to me saying, "You wouldn't do that," to him saying "Yes, I would," to me going, "OK. Let's do it."
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| Sonny Gray goes tonight, which means the Slammers picked up an extra start for the week. We will get immediate results in this trade, unless, of course, the Dodgers bench Yasiel Puig. |
And with that, the Puig-era, short-lived at best, ends in Slammerville. I'd say a new Puig-era will start in Chooville, but the guy he traded to get him only lasted about 40 days on the Choo's roster, so who knows.
Today's starter is tomorrow's trade.
I swear that must be written on a motivational poster in Choo's room.
Either way, this trade is exciting and dangerous at the same time for both parties.
Yasiel Puig has monster potential and so does Sonny Gray. Both have minor league options in the JLB so the value is there, but both haven't "officially" arrived. Puig burst onto the scene last year, but has struggled at times this year. His off-the-field issues are well-documented, but they haven't seemed to affect him on the field. Gray is just too young to fully evaluate at this point and with the way young pitchers are dropping in on Dr. Andrews, there's always a major risk to deal a position player of that caliber for a pitcher.
But it's not the first time the Slammers has taken that risk. Possibly one of the most even trades of all time involved Joey Votto going to the Gamblers for a flame-thrower in David Price at the end of 2009. At that point, Price and Votto were both budding stars who hadn't accomplished much.
Votto went on to win the MVP in 2010 and Price finished second in the Cy Young. Price finally won the Cy Young in 2012 and Votto has been among the favorites for MVP.
Am I saying this trade is equal to that? Hell no. Just pointing out that you never know where these deals can head, but at the present time, I'd say it's fairly equal based on production and potential and Choo and I both hope it is remembered as a deal similar to the Votto-Price exchange.
We certainly hope it doesn't go the other way, with Choo repeating his Scherzer mistake and me repeating my Trout error. Oh, Trout. Please don't let him be Trout.
Oh, and Bud Norris was also sent in the deal.
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