So say you are a successful baseball franchise still very much in the playoffs. But knowing full well that you really aren't going to clinch a wild-card spot. You've got a pitcher who injuries have often hurt is ability to help the club. So what do you do???? You put his large salary and his deflated numbers out on the waivers and wait for a hungry shark to take a bite of your chum.
And that's just was the Angels GM Tony Reagins did. A trade should be worked out as we speak that would send a pair of 21 year olds to the Tampa Bay club in return for 25 year old Scott Kazmir. Alexander Torres and Matthew Sweeney. Torres is a lefty who was playing in Arkansas. Sweeney has been compared to a young Aubrey Huff, he played 3rd for Rancho Cucamonga and has had a problem staying healthy.
Its kind of hard to believe that sure Torres and Sweeney have upsides, but Kazmir is still young himself. His contract doesn't expire until 2011 and he has an option in '12. And who knows, with the magic that Jeff Mathis seems to work with Ervin Santana maybe Kazmir can get back to his past performance. Kazmir has a lot of experience in facing the Red Sox and the Yankees, which can help in October. He might not be an ACE, but he certainly can be a better option that Bell or Sullivan.
Look for an announcement to be made soon, the Angels don't get mentioned in Rumors unless its for real.
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