...only the eldest remember the "peanut galley" as a reference to spectators of kid shows on TV.
In those days, peanuts were small meaningless snacks, but turned out to be a good source of protein.
But peanuts were always a staple of the baseball diet.
The bag called the Peanut Gallardo, someone should recall, was a snack mainly to dump an un-athletic S. Smith, as a set up man for the acquisition of another deal which was consumated the next day.
To make "that next move", S. Smith had to be gone for SOMEONE who might enhance the 2017 season.
No other team stepped up to offer Depoet such a fulfilling replacement snack, for the entree that he saw on the menu, but the meal required an appetizer.
The M's did not need a highly rated AAA prospect, they needed someone who had a least proven something in the bigs at some point, and they needed a guy deep in the rotation.
Gallardo was the best option DePoet could crunch for S. Smith.
And Peanut Gallardo should not be dismissed simply because he had a bad year.
There still might be juice in old kid's shows that ain't used up in grainy reruns.
He still has a chance to swim successfully across The River.
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