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nyy26wc
07-11-2003, 07:30 PM
Ugueth Urbina has been traded to the Marlins for 3 minor leaguers.
TGwynn19
07-11-2003, 07:42 PM
holy cow!!!! this and all of the Expo's moves still smack of a MLB conspiracy......
nyy26wc
07-11-2003, 07:51 PM
The Rangers got Adrian Gonzalez, who was given an A- grade by John Sickels, Will Smith, who got a B, and Ryan Snare, who got a B-.
JamesI
07-13-2003, 06:27 PM
Other than annoying Steinbrenner since he didn't get Urbina, this move doesn't seem that significant to me. Urbina's ok, but not that great.
sweaver
07-13-2003, 09:40 PM
Urbina won't get the Marlins to a wildcard, and they gave away three pretty good prospects, especially Gonzalez. This will go down as one of the worst trades in history.
gyb13
07-13-2003, 09:43 PM
The Rangers got Adrian Gonzalez, who was given an A- grade by John SickelsRaffy's replacement...
JamesI
07-13-2003, 09:47 PM
Raffy's replacement...
I thought Texiaria was doing a pretty good job making Raffy obselete...
gyb13
07-13-2003, 09:55 PM
yeah, Teixeira is... but Blalock/Teixeira/Gonzalez at 3B/1B/DH is even better once Mr. Viagra is gone
sweaver
07-14-2003, 03:14 PM
The scary thing is, Gammons says the Mets turned down the same package for Armando Benitez. What WERE they thinking?
nyy26wc
07-14-2003, 03:43 PM
The scary thing is, Gammons says the Mets turned down the same package for Armando Benitez. What WERE they thinking?

According to Gammons, "The Marlins turned to the Urbina deal when the Mets wouldn't trade them Armando Benitez for Snare, Gonzalez and another prospect. New York wanted first baseman Jason Stokes or right-hander Denny Bautista, whom the Phish wouldn't surrender."

The Mets could have been thinking the Marlins would pay the possibly higher price. Maybe they didn't know how close the Marlins were to making a deal with the Rangers and thought they had more time to come down on their demands.