Originally posted by plawrence: Don't you think that 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?
I'm hoping so, because my pitchers have been pitching terribly, and I'm near the bottom in pitching. If they were pitching just decently, I would have never dealt A-Rod for pitching. I'm sure JG who is at the top in pitching is hoping his pitching holds up, and A-Rod picks up his anemic offense.
