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From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson)
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Subject: Re: Met musings (Gary Carter)
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 09:43:53 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 09:43:53 1984
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Looking at the Carter deal from the other side, it was a shocker but trading
Carter kind of makes sense.  The Expos, once perennial runners-up, were
getting worse, so it was time for them to take a new approach.  They say
that Carter was a bit of a disrupting influence at times, and his annual
salary is about $1.8 million, but he's generally thought to be the best
catcher in all of baseball, and he's coming off his best season offensively,
so if they're looking at rebuilding the team, he's the best one to trade.
Being the best in the game at his position, a contending team would
be willing to give up a lot of good young prospects for him, and young
prospects would certainly help a rebuilding team more than a 30 year-old.
When your team is going downhill, you have to gamble or it's not likely
to get better.  The only thing I don't understand about the trade is why
they made a trade that will almost certainly help the Mets more than the
Expos (at least for the next few years anyway) with a team in their own
division that's already better than they are.  They must be looking about
five years down the road because they've helped the Mets so much that it's
going to be a long time before they have a chance of finishing ahead of
them.  I wonder what die-hard Expo fans like my brother-in-law think of
the deal.  I saw my brother-in-law a little over a week ago, and he thought
the Expos would make a big trade, but I don't think he even thought about
them trading Carter.  He thought they might make a pitch for Ricky Henderson.
-- 
Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto  (416) 635-2073
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