The prospects we traded in the last year...

I'm not sure if people care, but here is a recap of how all our traded prospects over the past year are faring so far this year:

Dustin Martin (traded for Luis Castillo) OF, L/L, 24, AA

.520/.517/.720/1.237, 13 for 25, 5 runs, 5 2b, 8 RBI, 2/3 BB/K, 3/3 SBs

My thoughts: Can you imagine him in Binghamton's lineup in front of the Trinity? My god.

Drew Butera (traded for Luis Castillo) C, R/R, 24 3/4, AA

.300/.364/.300/.664, 6 for 20, 4 runs, RBI, 2/3 BB/K

My thoughts: Would be nice to have around as another catching prospect, has never hit in the minors, lets see what he's doing in June.

Jose Castro (traded for Jeff Conine) SS, S/R, 21 1/2, AA

.280/.280/.440/.720, 7 for 25, 2 runs, 4 2b, 2 RBI, K

My thoughts: We could've had the best AA team ever if none of these trades had been made. They likely could've hung with any AAA team. Castro's no big loss, especially with the idiotic signing of Castillo for 4 years. Still, he did put together a great season in 2007 for the St. Lucie Mets, his first great season of hitting in his career, so the jury is still out here.

Sean Henry (traded for Jeff Conine) OF, R/R, 22 3/4, A+

.293/.370/.415/.784, 12 for 41, 6 runs, 3 2b, 3b, 7 RBI, 3/7 BB/K, 4/4 SBs

My thoughts: Would've been nice to have a toolsy OFer still around after we raped our OF depth this offseason (Milledge especially). Not sure why he's repeating the FSL after hitting .293/.355/.456/.810 there with us last year, he should be in AA.

Deolis Guerra (traded for Johan) SP, R/R, 19, A+

0-0, 0.90 era, 2 GS, 10 IP, 6 H, ER, HR, 6/8 BB/K

My thoughts: Obviously we had to make that trade, but it would've been great if we'd been able to keep one of Gomez/Guerra out of it.

Kevin Mulvey (traded for Johan) SP, 22 11/12, R/R, AAA

1-1, 0.84 era, 2 GS, 10.2 IP, 9 H, ER, 3/11 BB/K

My thoughts: I've been, in the back of my mind, thinking for a while now that Mulvey would end up being the best of the Trifeca (Pelfrey, Humber, Mulvey) - and so far, he's doing nothing to dissaude that thought. We'll see, though, he very likely will join the Twins rotation sometime this season.

Philip Humber (traded for Johan) SP, 25 1/3, R/R, AAA

0-2, 5 era, 2 GS, 9 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 1/5 BB/K

My thoughts: Not good early, and the low K rate through 2 starts would seem to indicate he hasn't gotten his fastball back yet (remember, he's a low to mid 90s pitcher, 92-95). The jury is still out on Humber.

Carlos Gomez (traded for Johan) OF, 22, R/R, MLB

.269/.296/.385/.681, 14 for 52, 4 2b, 3b, 4 RBI, 2/12 BB/K, 5/6 SBs

My thoughts: I loved Gomez, and I still do. He bleeds and oozes talent, and if/when he puts it together, he is going to explode onto the baseball landscape. Again, you absolutely had to trade for Johan, but keeping one of Gomez/Guerra would've made it infinitely less painful.

Oh - by the way, just for fun:

CF Fernando Martinez
SS/2B Jose Castro
3B Dan Murphy
1B/DH Nick Evans
1B/DH Mike Carp
OF Sean Henry
OF Dustin Martin
SS/2B Emmanuel Garcia
C Drew Butera

Wow.