Bell can set up. Putz can close. If Bell finds his form, that's a strong back end of the pen. And they have a ton of starting pitching available. Pennington plays great defense at short, which is important given how many ground ball pitchers they have.
Arizona has a good GM. I think this trade may work out for them.
Really? This was a a terrible move for Arizona to me. They're spending like $7 mil a year on Heath Bell. And they have him for 2 years. Would you sign Heath Bell, with the kind of year he just had, to that kind of a contract if he were a free agent? If Rizzo did that for the Nats, I'd be pretty damn mad about it.
Plus he gave up a decent center fielder and only got in return a no-hit, all-glove shortstop - those guys are usually available every year in free agency.
They should have done a lot better in trading Chris Young.
