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flambers · 01-21-2011, 09:12 PM

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/0...lls-trade.html

Here are some interesting reactions....

"Wells is "absolutely the wrong player right now for the Angels, who have made one the worst desperation moves I can remember," writes Keith Law of ESPN.com. Law points out that with all of the money Toronto is saving with Wells' contract off the books, the Jays "could become very good, very fast." "

"The trade "had the air of desperation" to it, says Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com. Saxon counts this trade along with the Scott Kazmir deal as cases of the Angels taking "other teams' financial problems off their hands." On the plus side, Saxon points out that Wells and Torii Hunter are ideal candidates to mentor Mike Trout, the Halos' center fielder of the future."

"Anthopoulos has only been the Blue Jays' GM since October 2009, but Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star tweets that this deal might already be Anthopoulos "best deal...ever." Griffin also tweets that the trade could "be the first step to signing [Jose] Bautista long-term.""

01-21-2011, 09:12 PM	#99
flambers Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Calgary Exp:	http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/0...lls-trade.html Here are some interesting reactions.... "Wells is "absolutely the wrong player right now for the Angels, who have made one the worst desperation moves I can remember," writes Keith Law of ESPN.com. Law points out that with all of the money Toronto is saving with Wells' contract off the books, the Jays "could become very good, very fast." " "The trade "had the air of desperation" to it, says Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com. Saxon counts this trade along with the Scott Kazmir deal as cases of the Angels taking "other teams' financial problems off their hands." On the plus side, Saxon points out that Wells and Torii Hunter are ideal candidates to mentor Mike Trout, the Halos' center fielder of the future." "Anthopoulos has only been the Blue Jays' GM since October 2009, but Richard Griffin of the Toronto Star tweets that this deal might already be Anthopoulos "best deal...ever." Griffin also tweets that the trade could "be the first step to signing [Jose] Bautista long-term.""