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From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: More Trades
Message-ID: <1387@dciem.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 17:38:35 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 13 17:38:35 1985
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Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada
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Summary: 

Regarding the Giants' trade of Gary Lavelle to the Blue Jays for Jim Gott
and a minor-leaguer or two, Carlo Sgro (watrose!cjsgro) writes:

> What I can't figure out was why Lavelle was so cheaply got(t)?  

The reason is because of his age.  He's 36.  However, this makes it a great
deal for both teams.  Lavelle may only have a couple of good years left, but
that's all the Jays need because, now that the Jays have turned their only
big weakness (the bullpen) into a strength (theoretically of course; we'll
have to wait a few months before we know for sure), they have an excellent
chance of winning the world series in the time that Lavelle is still
dependable.  However, he is much less valuable to the Giants, because
by the time the Giants can develop into a contender, Lavelle will be
ready to retire, so they're much better off getting a couple of younger players
who can help them out a few years down the road.
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Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto  (416) 635-2073
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