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Originally Posted by jayswin
Except didn't we knowingly take a chance on Storen because he was cheap and declining and we were hoping he'd find his way again? And if that's true then therefor couldn't you say that we kind of got what we paid for rather than got bad luck?
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He had a really bad second half in 2015; but was pretty solid in the first half.
Could be somewhat of a chance, but that was also after Papelbon came and took over. Storen was certainly mad about that which, one could argue, affected his second half performance.
He actually pitched pretty well in Seattle after the trade.
I wouldn't say he was washed up when we traded for him.
You go into the season with Osuna at closer, Storen in 8, Cecil in 7. Without hindsight, that looked pretty solid.