AG/DC wrote: ="Centerfield"]6. Refusing to acknowledge their mistake: It was pretty clear after 2005 that he sucked. So when they built the team that was trying to win it all in 2006, you had to upgrade that position. Instead, they kept him, relied on him, hoped against hope until eventually his arm fell off. Maybe if we had addressed that spot in the rotation, we wouldn't have had to rely on 45 year old El Duque who went and got hurt during warmups before the playoffs. I'll disagree here. Anyone would try and redeem this guy. This isn't the issue. Once he's in your posession, you proceed and try to make something of it. Yeah, I guess they might have steered clear of dealing him because the talent they got in return would have forced them to again confront their folly, but that's speculative for the sake of feeling bad. I mean, it's obvious they liked the guy and saw more in him than was apparent. agreed. zambrano sucked, but not to the degree that you should discard him immediately while still under contract (like, say, kaz ishii)