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"Bulldog" Bowden is at it again...
Topic Started: Mar 1 2006, 05:13 PM (53 Views)
rsj23terp

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First he trades for Soriano ASSUMING he'll move to the OF without talking to him, now this gem in getting Brian Lawrence, who lasted 10 minutes before his shoulder was destroyed at ST.

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"Did we give him an MRI? We did not. That's our bad," manager Frank Robinson said. "We chose not to give him an MRI. The physicals should include everything. Why are we giving you a physical? To see if your eyes are gray? No. It's to see if you are sound."
    General manager Jim Bowden defended the club's decision.
    "It's expensive to do MRIs on every single transaction," Bowden said. "In the case of Brian, he had made every single start the last four or five years. We saw him throw a three-hit shutout [in his final start of 2005]. We were trading a player [Castilla] with a bad knee. We felt that there was MRI risk on both sides if the deal was made, and we made a decision not to."

    It can cost several thousand dollars to administer an MRI to a player. But given the millions of dollars clubs hand out to top free agents and first-round draft picks, Robinson said it's worth the extra cost.


Washington Times story
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PavanosBalls
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That was a crap for decent trade though. They weren't getting anything of value for Vinny Castilla. At least Lawrence could have giving some quality starts. He can't get killed on that.
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PavanosBalls
Mar 1 2006, 04:17 PM
That was a crap for decent trade though. They weren't getting anything of value for Vinny Castilla. At least Lawrence could have giving some quality starts. He can't get killed on that.

The only reason they got Lawrence is because the Padres knew he was damaged goods. The Nats still have to pay him - if he was so concerned about money you'd think getting NOTHING out of a few million dollars would be something to think about.
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Don't insurance pick up DL'ed guys? I remember something about that years ago, and how the Dodgers were in danger of losing it because of guys like Brown and Dreifort.
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