sigh

They equate Gomez to Buchholz and Bard? What a joke.

They turned down better offers from MFY and The Red Sox.

Doug Melvin is generally regarded as one of the smartest GM’s in baseball. If he were, he would have traded Hardy during last years off season, where he could have received a #2 starting pitcher, or a guy like Buchholz. Alcides Escobar’s D was MLB ready at the start of last year, and even if his bat wasnt, he would have been just as valuable as Hardy was in his “down” year.

I was never very high on Hardy, I felt that his 07 and 08 were the aberrations, and that he was grossly overrated defensively, and was outperforming offensively.

The point of all of this is that Doug Melvin is simply out of his mind, and not very smart, if he felt that Hardy was worth either Buchholz or Bard in July of last year. Then again, he was also of the opinion that his team was still in it at that point, with the pitching staff he had assembled, so wanted to hold onto Hardy for all he could get. Sadly, that is what he got for him the other day. Also, if DM had any sense as a GM, and wanted Daniel Bard so badly, he would have been smart enough to draft him in 2006 when he had the chance. You never know though, Jeremy Jeffress may still come out of his drug enduced cloud and become the front line starter they felt he was when they over drafted him by the typical 10 spots for a Brewer first round pick.

Bowden would have been a nice deal for the Brewers, he’s not going to do anything with the Sox, but 4/5ths of the Brewer pitching staff is already bottom of the rotation quality pitchers, so they had no need for him. Hardy just wasnt a good fit for Boston.