Each spring, the Castellinis send out nice, warm little letters to members of the Cincinnati Reds mailing list that reaffirm the family's commitment to building a winner and maintaining a winner in the Queen City. Recent rumors that they are going to trade away Brandon Phillips, an MVP caliber player and the best defensive 2nd bagger in the game, for Dan Uggla, a good and solid 2nd Basemen, however one who was not on the Braves (Brian McCann's butt-hurt over everything Braves) post-season roster, in a straight up swap for the two middle infielders, shows that the commitment they claim to have to the fan base of the Redlegs, isn't there at all.
Shop Cueto, dangle that Captain Canuck carrot in front of some teams, but seriously don't trade Phillips straight up, for anyone. I could handle them trading Phillips, I root for laundry not the name attached to it. However, let's not trade him away for Dan Uggla, straight up.
I'd like to think that we could get more out of Phillips than the second coming of a slightly more-apt Glenn Hubbard. At least throw us a bone and make it a package deal and throw the veil over our eyes with some young talent who will undoubtedly bust, but let us have the allusion for a few seasons that we got the better of sending BP away.
If you haven't noticed, yeah, I'm still bitter about our post-season performances that last few years. At least, though, we aren't the Cubs.
Shop Cueto, dangle that Captain Canuck carrot in front of some teams, but seriously don't trade Phillips straight up, for anyone. I could handle them trading Phillips, I root for laundry not the name attached to it. However, let's not trade him away for Dan Uggla, straight up.
I'd like to think that we could get more out of Phillips than the second coming of a slightly more-apt Glenn Hubbard. At least throw us a bone and make it a package deal and throw the veil over our eyes with some young talent who will undoubtedly bust, but let us have the allusion for a few seasons that we got the better of sending BP away.
If you haven't noticed, yeah, I'm still bitter about our post-season performances that last few years. At least, though, we aren't the Cubs.
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