Julio trade

Nice to get a young arm, but not thrilled we had to pay anything for a kid with a lousy year last year in AAA (although a nice track record before that) and with flyball tendencies.  Sorta strange considering who Byrnes has targeted in the past.  Maybe an indication of more faith in the OF... but no matter how much better Byrnes/Young/Q are in the OF compared to last year, they still can't move the walls back.

William -- How does Petit stack up next to our youngsters: EdGon/EnGon/Eveland/Owings etc...?

What does the bullpen look like now?

Valverde, Lyon, Medders, Pena and Cruz are locks.  Slaten should still be LOOGY despite his horrible Spring.
Are the D-backs going to start with 12 or 13 pitchers with Johnson out?

I heard that they were needy for a closer but what a way to throw away the year, just ask the mets. Julio = adios game. I was expecting them to have a decent season this year. I hope they have a good catcher with decent life insurance too.
With as much young talent they have, they are going to have to learn the hard way. Better luck next year Fish sticks.
At this point in time it would be a good deal if we had to throw in a half of his salary (sshhhh)! Home run D-Backs!!!
Bienvenido Peña otra vez y ahora es cuando mi buen!
I was listening to Dodgers live tonight and they were talking about Quentin and Hairston, and they seemed to be more worried about the D-Backs then any other NLW team. I agree with them, the may have another thing coming.

I taped the Petit game and observed him being taken out in about 4th and change inning. It was just before his trade to the D-Backs. If you were to rely just on this game it seemed like they knew ahead of time that they were going to deal him for anyone, Julio in this case. They were afraid that he was going to start to get smacked or something. He seemed to be too mechanical, almost like a pitching machine for batting practice. His pitching seemed to get better but luck also seemed to be on his side as his high fast balls were going barely foul over the fence and producing some lucky fly balls. I have been a fan of Petit for a couple of years and think he is a work in progress. Lets see what he can be in the farm.
Having said that I also taped the Rockies game and even though I don't need to continue to fight for Edgar, he is a league or two above Petit. How about his braking balls and fast balls on the hands, especially against righties? I still say the Edgar should be our second best pitcher this year.
Julio has potential and I supose with some work he could be good for the Marlins. I do remember the good days he had with us, such as life, people remember the worse, especially the Mets.
If Petit is going to be a fly ball hitter, yes he has good size and he sort of forces his balls when the rare ocasion exists that they remain low, which if not hit are balls. Petit is still lacking major league stuff and is a great prospect for a trade deal at this point in time

That seems a lot for a buy-low prospect like Petit.  Of course the glass half-full viewpoint is that the Diamondbacks saved $2.6 million.
Still, that's $1 million less that the Diamondbacks can use to get Max Scherzer signed before draft day.

Here's an interesting comparison...
Petit at 21 years old
(2006 Albuquerque) : 4-6, 4.28 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 96 2/3 IP, 68/20 K/BB, 6.33 K/9, 1.86 BB/9
(2006 Florida) : 1-1, 9.57 ERA, 2.09 WHIP, 26 1/3 IP, 20/9 K/BB, 6.84 K/9, 3.08 BB/9

Pitcher E at 21 years old
(AAA Tucson) : 5-5, 4.88 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 94 IP, 66/25 K/BB, 6.32 K/9, 2.39 BB/9
(Arizona) 0-9, 9.32 ERA, 1.94 WHIP, 46 1/3 IP, 31/18 K/BB, 6.02 K/9, 3.50 BB/9

Pitcher E is of course Edgar Gonzalez back in 2004.