Not sure what the hurry was in trading Matt in November. Rocks seem in an awful hurry to reconfigure this team. This team can’t wait to get rid of its core players in my opinion.

Particularly seems to be no hurry to lose Smith as I haven’t really heard his name brought up other than fan speculation. I think in this case O’Dowd thought that two potential one win relievers could be worth one two win reliever, but that’s not usually the case.

The other scenario that I can picture (that fits with Redhawk’s diary) is that the Rockies actually feel that Heilman would be a solid cog in a rotation, and they would then use Smith as the go-to full inning lefty reliever with the belief that he’d be the two-win guy to replace Street (who’s replacing Fuentes), Feliciano would add a win as a strict situational LOOGY, and Heilman would add as much as Smith would have from the fifth starter’s slot.

So my guess is that if this report is true, it must have happened before the Rockies filled up their roster.

Feliciano’s only good against left handed batters, if you’re looking only at the last couple of seasons performances, Street still winds up marginally ahead of the total contribution from the other two, and he’s younger and the most likely to rebound.

I’m really not sure exactly where you are going with your comment, anyway. On one hand you’re saying Minaya’s smart for turning this deal down, but on the other hand you’re saying O’Dowd’s off for asking for those players to begin with? He just can’t win with you, it seems.

anything i say you guys disagree with lol…but i’ll say one last thing…or actually ask one last thing…how is he not inconsistent? lol…we are all very knowledgeable rockies fans i understand that….but Resolution do you watch all the games?

Some days he looks completely unhittable striking out the side etc etc. Some days he walks a few guys, loads the bases or allows a big homer and implodes and he also goes through spurts where he’s very good and pretty bad.

It seems most of us are against this exchange, with one person arguing in favor of it, or at least in a belief that the Rockies would get the better end of the deal if it took place. I think O’Dowd’s a bit off for asking for those two pitchers for Street even if I think I see where he’s coming from, but not nearly as off as Minaya is for turning the deal down.

I think a big issue that might be getting missed in this is how relatively little value relief pitchers have during the winter when it comes to trades. Street’s more likely to fetch a greater return this summer.