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... a pretty smart move.
No offense intended anywhere, but...
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When the Cruz-for-Timlin-and-Spoljaric deal comes up, it *still* gets counted as one of the worst in ML history -- it was so badly analyzed at the time that no amount of return changed the emotional echo of it.
IMHO, Cedeno and Olson were jaw-dropping misfires, but they're still remembered as more-or-less cagey moves :- )
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Agree of course that a logical case could be made, as you just did. Still insist that any projection of Cedeno or Olson, that involved them making a 25-man roster, was askew.