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Yahoo! Sports: MLB - Cardinals trade Tatis and Reames to Montreal for Hermanson and Kline
Jim Beattie called last to thank me for encouraging him to make this deal. Here are the stats for principals.
Dustin Hermansen
Steve Kline
Fernando Tatis
Britt Reames
It will be interesting to see how much Hermansen and Kline improve given an actual defense behind them. A better defense will help their numbers, but they are also moving from a pretty good pitcher's park. I tend to take talent over performance with youngish pitchers and Kline and Hermansen are relatively young and highly thought of.
I still much prefer the Expos side of the deal. In what was considered a disappointing year, Tatis's numbers would have been third best on the Expos behind Vidro and Guerrero. Reames looked really tough in the playoffs--I was reminded of Ken Dayley in the 1985 playoffs. I'd like their offense a lot more with Fullmer at first base, but they've got the start of a decent offense.
Chris Widger could be dealt to someone for a shortstop. Barrett would slide in at catcher and Milton Bradley moves into center field. They might score 800 runs next season.
Jim Beattie called last to thank me for encouraging him to make this deal. Here are the stats for principals.
Dustin Hermansen
Steve Kline
Fernando Tatis
Britt Reames
It will be interesting to see how much Hermansen and Kline improve given an actual defense behind them. A better defense will help their numbers, but they are also moving from a pretty good pitcher's park. I tend to take talent over performance with youngish pitchers and Kline and Hermansen are relatively young and highly thought of.
I still much prefer the Expos side of the deal. In what was considered a disappointing year, Tatis's numbers would have been third best on the Expos behind Vidro and Guerrero. Reames looked really tough in the playoffs--I was reminded of Ken Dayley in the 1985 playoffs. I'd like their offense a lot more with Fullmer at first base, but they've got the start of a decent offense.
Chris Widger could be dealt to someone for a shortstop. Barrett would slide in at catcher and Milton Bradley moves into center field. They might score 800 runs next season.
posted by Sean Foran # 3:29 PM 
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