Don't get me wrong, because I truly understand your point. However, while I agree that I didn't know how the players I dumped WOULD have performed had I kept them (88 Rickey Henderson, hitting .230 with an .300 OBP at the time, and 15 Greinke, almost a 4.00 ERA). But what I DO know is that I was paying too much money for that kind of production, and that the players I got to replace them 23 Jim Bottomley (.357, .411 OBP and 77 RBIs in 110 games, and 64 Joe Horlen (13-3 with a 2.39 ERA) outperformed the guys I dumped and brought me back from eleven games behind and into the playoffs. So once again, while I definitely understand your reasoning, you can't argue with results, which is all I go by regardless of who the players may be.