Say what you want about Blalock and Johnson, to me it comes down to the fact that I think you will wind up with a higher score at the end of the season than if you hadn't made the trade and JG will wind up with a lower score because of what I said:
You will have a higher total at the end of the season by replacing "whoever" with Carpenter and replacing A Rod with Blalock, Blake, or Nomar, than you would have had if you didn't make the deal.
The difference between what JG gains by replacing Blalock with A Rod will be more than offset by what JG loses by replacing Carpenter with "Whoever".
I think that the trade will result in a lower score for JG at the end of the season than he would have had if he didn't make the deal.
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