I agree…nothing needed to be done, but it would have been nice to get a good 5th starter and give up some of our heavy farm system.

Though we really need to get Francis AND either Hirsh or Morales (Hirsh slightly more likely at this point) to get going.

There were no starters out there worth what was being asked. However, I think we can easily pick Fogg off waivers in a few days, and give him a start or two. I wouldn’t get my hopes up, but there’s no reason to think he’d be worse than the unholy Redman/Wells/Rusch trinity, and a bit of reason to think he’d be better.

I retract a bit of what I’ve said on Rusch, but he’s really no better than Fogg.

is key to your post, and far from a given for any of the three, particularly this year.

I’ll even go as far as to say any one of the three. I do hope they make the best of the two draft picks they should get for Fuentes (assuming he’s not resigned) though. Sounds like those two picks are probably worth more than what anybody was offering in trade, plus we get Brian’s services for a couple more months. So no complaints from me today, aside from the minor annoyance of losing Arias to waivers.

I thought they sent him down because he had an option left. Thought that was what I read in an article.

I say let him get his feet well established and his batting average over .250. Then maybe.

I defend Hurdle and O’Dowd quite often, but I’m with you 100% on this one!

World Series titles aside, the history of the Marlins as a franchise, is shameful. Threats to move year after year, the worst budgets and payrolls, no real fan base to speak of. Sure they rented a few players for their 1997 run as nothing but a calculated gamble to get a boondoggle domed stadium.

No, they may have a better record in terms of progress once in the playoffs, but don’t forget, both clubs have made the postseason the same number of times. If we’d have somehow won it last fall, we wouldn’t really even have this conversation.

but I don’t think it took me more than 5 seconds to decide for the Fish. The WS last year was unreal, and we got crushed. I can’t imagine how it would feel to win one of those things, let alone winning two. And the fire sales certainly are lame, but not too far different from just never really signing anyone expensive for 5 years and not being competitive.

obviously the rockies are in a better place from a long term franchise perspective. Consider attendance so far this year. We are averaging double the attendance they are. But the Marlins seem much better at getting rid of veterans and reloading than we do. Less sentimental.

I would trade my right arm for a local team that won two championships in its first 11 years of existence, as the Marlins have done. They’ve also had far better homegrown talent come up over the years, from Josh Beckett to Miguel Cabrera. What a great franchise the Rockies would be here in Denver, in our venue, with our fans, if we had been 2-time champions. We would still be selling out half the games.

Time for delicious retro nite

once in a lifetime run but the long layoff killed us. You can’t not play real games for that long and expect to compete.

As long as Stewart stays up with the club, there’s no chance (unless Stewart gives it up willingly).

Remember when Tulo first came up? He wasn’t #2….

He’ll take whatever number Gallego’s wearing at the time. That’s what everyone else seems to do.