The Orioles have acquired Francisco Rodriguez for Nick Delmonico.

[Frobby]

That is a high ceiling if it could be reached without debilitating injury.

Part of the reason for my comp was that both are injury prone. Also, both draw a lot of walks and have good power, while hitting for a high enough average to make their OBP above average. And, both are mediocre in the field. Delmonico is a year younger than Reimold was when he joined our organization, so it is a little hard to compare their numbers. Suffice it to say that age 20 he put up .243/.350/.469 at Frederick , while Reimold put up .257/.378/.472 there at ages 21-22. Both might have put up better numbers there but for injuries that interrupted them when things were going well.

[terpfan101]

Because Mike DeJean never had top major league pedigree.

That's like saying, "we shouldn't acquire Andrew McCutchen in a trade because he might turn out like Luis Matos."

Ugh Luis friggin Matos! When I was in college and big on collecting baseball cards, I paid something like $40 for an autographed card of his, like a special edition from the pack card. A year or two later he was out of baseball.

[AlbionHero]

The more I think about it, the more I dislike this trade. We basically gave up 6 years of control for a potential major league regular for 1 win (which is about the value a good reliever should give us over a 2 month period). Maybe it'll be worth it if we barely make the playoffs by a game or something but meh. I wouldn't have done it.