I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I appreciate Ryan and T. Greene getting the opportunity to man SS with their better defense. But, by the same token, if Khalil fails at 3rd, what does this do for his anxiety issues? I understand the business side - the Front Office wants a return on their $6.5 mil investment. But the humanitarian side of things... it seems awfully risky. You could completely wreck what's left of his career. As much as it seems like no trade for help if this semi-works... I kind of hope it works for Khalil's sake.

Fare thee well, Blaine Boyer... we hardly knew ye.

I don't know about anyone else, but I really miss Brian Barton. Maybe it was the studious, not-your-typical-ballplayer personality, maybe it was the hair, maybe things like those which leave me biased... but I felt he could have developed into more than just trade fodder for a crappy reliever. Yes, I said crappy. I know he might have had some potential-Duncan-reclaimation-project turnaround, but now he's with the Diamondbacks, so we gave a way a fairly decent right-handed batting speedy outfielder for nothing. OK, I know he was only going to be a 5th outfielder on our team, but... I dunno. I just liked the guy.