Ups and Downs 

Ups and Downs

This season has been an odd one. We've had our highs and our lows. We had our hot spell in May, our dead cold spell in June. We've had scandal with the Jason Grimsley fiasco. We've set records(Unfortunately, that one is the record setting release of Russ Ortiz's Contract). Then of course, there's the ongoing fued between our over-the-hill, aging, prima donna left fielder Luis Gonzales, and our owner Ken Kendrick.

We've reached the half way point of the season. So what lies ahead for our beloved Arizona Diamondbacks? As of today, we're 40-45. We're in dead last, but still, the NL West remains tight, and Arizona is still only five behind the first place.... this hard for me to say.... Colorado Rockies. The casual fan believes that NL West is winnable. Serious fans, like myself, will realize that cost of winning this division could end up being very high. We could trade away some of our top line talent, acquire some pitching, some bullpen depth, et cetera. But why trade away a potential dynasty for a play off team, that is in all likelyhood, going to lose?

My attitude(which closely aligns with many serious fans out there), is to do some serious roster cleaning, and build for the future from this point on. Trade away the valuable chips on the ML roster that we do have. That means Eric Byrnes, Craig Counsell, Orlando Hudson, and/or MIguel Batista. I believe that if Shawn Green and Luis Gonzales can be moved, they would be. Trade away who we can, bring up the prospects that are ready. IMHO, those would be Stephen Drew, Carlos Quentin, and Alberto Callaspo. See if Hairston really deserves the AAAA player tag. Come September, play the rookies.

I'd rather see a young rookie fail and get better, then see an old veteran succeed and get worse.

Well, that's all I have to say for today.

-Zephon

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