Hoyer Gets What Hoyer Wants...

Even after leaving the Padres, Hoyer still has an impact on us and I don't like it. Earlier today the Padres traded lefty first baseman Anthony Rizzo and pitching prospect Zach Cates to the Cubs for right-hander Andrew Cashner and outfield prospect Kyung-Min Na. I haven't read much into the trade as of yet but from what I have seen Cashner was at one point expected to be the Cubs starting ace and spent most of last season on the DL after suffering a shoulder strain... awesome. I don't know about Cashner's abilities and don't really feel like looking them up right now but I do know that Rizzo didn't adjust as well to the major league level as we hoped he would once he was called up. That fact gives me a little hope that we got the better end of the deal. However, I do believe that we rushed Rizzo because he was doing so well in AAA and we were doing umm, lets just say not so well and expected a lot out of him once he was called up.

Apparently having an abundance of first basemen is frowned upon when it reaches five men but having an abundance of outfielders isn't. As it stands now, the Padres have four first basemen and seven outfielders. Did we really think we needed that much help and variety at first and in the outfield that we needed to stock up?? Answer, yes. If you really feel the need to stock up on players, I suggest middle infielders but then again I do have a thing for those guys whether we need them or not. Anyway, I would have enjoyed seeing Rizzo grow as a player even if he wasn't going to be our every day 1B or even if he wasn't called up until the rosters expanded. Either way I would have liked to see him grow in our organization. Plus he did provide us female fans some much needed eye candy especially when he did those splits... I'm going to miss those Rizzo splits.