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Originally Posted by FanIn80
I contend that Bill Zito knew he was going to have to pay 10.5M to a guy he also knew wasn't a playoff performer. So essentially, Zito knew he was losing Weegar, but gaining not having to pay Huberdeau (or having to trade him before the next deadline) in that trade.
So, from Zito's perspective, "yes but mainly because of the Huberdeau contract" is what happened (in my mind).
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He wouldn't have had to pay that much
I'm not getting into the playoff performer stuff since they wouldn't have gone anywhere if Bob didn't turn his career around but that debate has been done to death