Orioles have traded Alex Gonzalez to the Detroit Tigers

[weams]

Sigh....AM would have gotten both Fister and Miggy for him.

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Does Fister play baseball?

[Frobby]

Well, that was a highway robbery by Dan Duquette. And, another reminder that spring training numbers don't mean much.

[weams]

Is Lombo a Boras client? Otherwise, how does Heyman know his name?

The Tigers had him. And for a while, the Tigers were the American League Gnats. A friend to all things Boras. At any expense.

[Rene88]

Wow-that is a shocker he was cut already, thanks for posting. I like Lombo but still not "a hull":) just a good minor deal

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[LayzieDES]

Great job by DD working this deal. Doesn't seem like there could be anything negative about it now.

[Bahama O's Fan]

Wonder what we could get for Flaherty. We got Lombardozzi for Gonzalez; maybe Miggy?

[Tony-OH]

Well, that was a highway robbery by Dan Duquette. And, another reminder that spring training numbers don't mean much.

Yeah, It sounded like he had something left after talking with some scouts down there this spring. Guess he just had a good spring. I'll certainly give credit for Duquette for this one. Good trade.

[OFFNY]

Well, that was a highway robbery by Dan Duquette. And, another reminder that spring training numbers don't mean much.

In my view, Duquette and his people have had excellent judgement in terms of deciding which players to keep or not to keep since he arrived here prior to the 2012 season.

In addition to seeing something in players that either had little or no major league track record in the first place (Miguel Gonzalez), or players presumed to no longer have what they once had (Nate McLouth, and to a lesser extent Lew Ford), he also seems to be able to avoid being seduced by a player getting hot at either the AAA level and/or spring training, and to know whether or not that was a mirage or a sign(s) of the real deal.

I've mentioned before about what happened with Jamie Moyer. In 2012, Jamie Moyer was pitching outstanding at AAA-Norfolk. In 3 outings, he threw 16 innings, gave up 1 earned run, walked 0, struck out 16, and had a W.H.I.P. of 0.688. Duquette released him (much to my puzzlement.) The Blue Jays picked Moyer up, he was bombed in two outings for their AAA affiliate, the Blue Jays released him, and I was no longer puzzled about why Duquette released him.

And now we have Lombardozzi on the squad, who was acquired for a player (Alex Gonzalez) who had been red-hot in spring training, and who has now been released by the team that we had traded him to.

[El Gordo]

We weren't thinking of him as a SS, we were looking at him as a 3B, stop gap, so his range at SS wasn't an issue for us. It is still probably better than Lombo's.