DBacksEurope: The thing that stood out most to me was that many media outlets described him as an option behind Gallen and Kelly, so we are paying a lot of money to a middle-of-the-rotation pitcher. I didn’t explore the starting pitching options and I am not sure if we should be happy with 4 years of Eduardo Rodriguez: I don’t remember him as THAT reliable. I would have invested in extending Gallen and taking a flier on a Giolito or Flaherty. I have always liked Kenta Maeda too. But you have to appreciate the boldness of Mike Hazen here and E-Rod didn’t cost a draft pick either, so he might have been the best starting pitcher out there in his “category”, considering money, length of contract and QO attached.
SnakePit Round Table: Mission (two-thirds) accomplished
