But it seems awful thin in exchange for Pedro.

My other problem with Unmanaged trades is that Mike can accept this trade fully believing that each question mark will turn out positive for the Unmanaged team. In other instances with other owners he can tell you that young players with better caeeres to date and a regular job waiting are of no value. This leads inevitably to the perception that the Unmanaged trade process in not a level field.

It's not that I don't respect Mike's baseball accumen (Despite his making Baldelli and Greinke the top choices for unmanaged teams the last 2 years) but that a decison made by a group of owners (I believe the idea floated last year was Gary, Mike D. and Ken) would be more fair.

The perception that being vocal about the lack of service can come back to hurt you in the Unmanaged trade process is an issue; a group approach would fix it.

One of the reasons people may post anonymously is that perception that ruffling feathers can hurt down the road. In fact, if I had any sense ...