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1 hour ago, Dark Helmet said:

Looking back yeah Britton for Franklin would have been a bad trade. But, would the Mariners have made Britton a closer? Would Britton have eventually found it as a SP? Britton may have flamed out with the Mariners. DD deserves alot of credit for seeing something in Zach as a closer. Zach should be thankful too. DD has made him a ton of money going forward most likely.

I doubt it was DD who foresaw Zach as a reliever.   

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Just now, Frobby said:

I doubt it was DD who foresaw Zach as a reliever.   

I always thought they moved him into the pen because he was out of options and they didn't think his shoulder would hold up to starting.

I never thought a grand design was in place for him to blossom into an elite bullpen weapon.

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3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I always thought they moved him into the pen because he was out of options and they didn't think his shoulder would hold up to starting.

I never thought a grand design was in place for him to blossom into an elite bullpen weapon.

More or less how I saw it.    Stashing struggling starters in the bullpen is what teams do.   

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