Couldn't agree more Matt. This week reminded me that last year, we worked Diaz (and Cishek, for that matter) into an absolute lather down the stretch. Servais, and one can infer Jerry, are big proponents of getting Their Guys into winnable games, rest be damned. We're on an awesome streak right now, but it's partially the result of consciously overworking Sugar and Vincent. We needed to get another guy in there that we trust, preferably with a rubber arm, and pronto. Otherwise we'd be trading wins this week for losses next week.
JeDi knows we're one week into a 2-3 week stretch that will determine the landscape of the final stretch. We needed reinforcements now, and at a cost that kept the powder dry in case he can land a real whale at the deadline. Going 4 fer 1, three no-name arms and one bonus baby, is all I could ever ask for. Maybe Hernandez is a kewl 2-3 WAR CF in 5 years. At this point, I trust Jerry to pull those out of the aether kind of at will. Seriously, we've found Martin (serviceable last year), Heredia, and Dyson, and they all cost us a bag of balls. Just like Pete Carrol can take any four 6th round CBs and find a solid starter out of them, I'm getting to where I figure Jerry can pull a 2 WAR position player out of any four readily available scrubs. If he wants to keep the blue chip stars and trade the filler for more Ben Gamels, that is Fine. With. Me.
It is so, so refreshing to watch a man who gets out in front of problems, preempts them and does so without acting shrill. He's a pleasure to watch. Sometimes I think Jerry Season is actually more entertaining than the regular season.