I don't think I would take it well either. Byrd is probably thinking to himself, "Wait a minute, you guys put up with a shortstop hitting .180, the NL strikeout leader plays every day, Ryan Church hasn't done a damn thing since he crashed into the wall, your 2nd basement doesn't play hard, you let Wil Cordero hang around for 100 games. All that and I play outstanding defense in the limited time that I get to play. WTF?"
I am scratching my head at this move.