I feel you Moe, I really do. I am a HUGE Andrew Moore Fan, seeing as how I am a bigger Beaver honk than a Mariner fan...
The thing is, I has seen this pimply faced kid go from an 18 year old fooling seniors with a 87mph FB and a bit of command to looking.... OK.... in the majors, and the hang up the whole time is that Moore is... good... And unfortunately in the majors EVERYONE is good. More has good velocity (93 tops, but only 90-91 if he wantsto commandit, which is essential for his game) He is has good command. He has good mound presense and moxie. He has 3 or 4 good pitches. Notice the absense of the words very or great everywhere in the last paragraph. Moore is going to have to find something great if he ever wants to make an impact in the majors. It could happen. If it does it willlikely bea plateau jump in command. But until then he is looking to be a BOR and not much more. Again, I love the kid! And from a sentemental pov it sucks to see him move to a different org, but he wasn't the grade A trade piece or prospect in my eyes as he seems to be in your, looks like other GMs including his own feel similarly.
My honest first thought when seeing the trade: "WOW! Andrew Moore and a random A lvl pull at the picther deck got us Colome! He's their closer!"
I hadn't even realized Span was a part of the deal and I thought we had won it :) :) :)
Gamel is having a nice little stretch... but come one,Span(even at his advanced age) >>> Gamel or Antonelli or whoever else we can pull up from the minors...
Why do you say Spans BB rate will drop off a cliff? He has always had pretty good patience, and it's the exact "Old player skill" you would expect him to be perfecting as his fast twitch muscles start to fall off a bit and he can no longer find extra bases with his wheels and quick reflexes...