Saturday, January 08, 2005

Report: Byrnes to AZ?

According to the Arizona Republic, the Diamondbacks are looking for an experienced starter for center-field. Enter Eric Byrnes: arbitration-eliagable player for the first year who can be expected to recieve 2.5 million and up for his 05 contract.

Trading him now would be a good idea; he's going to be 29 years old and has possibly peaked. With the defensive-whiz Charles Thomas and Bobby Kielty( I'll talk about him later ) lurking behind Byrnes, he is expendable. It won't be easy to see him go as he charecterizes the hustle that was somewhat lacking from the team last year, but it's a case of sell-high, buy-low.