Reds Trade Casey
Hallelujah! My beloved Cincinnati Reds have traded Sean Casey to his hometown team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, for a quality left-handed starter in Dave Williams.
As much as I like Sean, he was barely an average 1B on both sides of the ball, and certainly not worth what the Reds were paying him to be “The Mayor”. Sean’s a great guy and a clubhouse leader, but the Reds had four MLB-caliber outfielders and only three positions to fill. Moving Casey allows the Reds to install Adam Dunn at 1B, which should be a good move—he’s good around the bag, is 6′6″, and mashes like nobody’s business.
Good move by the Reds.
Cause *anybody* can play first base!
Disclaimer: Former first baseman.
December 7th, 2005 at 09:09