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They traded from a strength. They have Dotel AND Lidge who will make up the difference. Freed up a bunch of money and got a starter who will move both Oswalt and Miller down a slot, hence taking some of the pressure off the youngsters. Their good pitchers but obviously not good enough to get the stros over the hump. Imo they got a sweetheart deal from the Phillies. There aren't many, if any other teams in baseball who would give up a future possible #1 pitcher in this age of salary conciousness. They were happy to dump 10 mil in closer salary and when they saw what they received in return they about blew a load. But they wouldn't say that in public cause Wagner was such a big part of the chemistry, I. E. he was "in" with bagwell and biggio. I think that once a closers contract escalates in the final years to upwards of 10 mil, they have got to go. Thats with Salary strapped teams. Luckily my Phillies are no longer in that class :) been a long time coming though, LOL