Oh, why hello there Jamey Carroll. An old fan favorite, the scrappy Carroll was traded to Colorado for, as far as I can remember, a couple of hats and an XL Rockies Hoodie for Frank Robinson to wear around the office. Carroll had a great 2006 there, but then had a 2007 that matched up better with expectations, going .225/.316/.617 in 268 at bats, when he was dubbed expendable by Troy Tulowitzki's emergence. However, in the manic hunt for someone who can play between first and third base, his name has come up once again. While Carroll is unspectacular offensively, his defense is more than passable, and would be a traditional utility bench guy.
Problematically, the Rockies asked for an elite reliever, and he's not worth that. Perhaps they'll be inclined to check themselves before they wreck themselves. Ladson's article also mentions Clint Barmes, but he is also a Rockie, and as such, the previously mentioned problem changes not at all.
In unrelated news, Andruw Jones is a Dodger. Good. Get him out of the NL East. If David Wright gets hit by a bus, three of our greatest nemeses... nemesi... nemesises... will have departed from the division. As it stands, with Jones and Cabrera having backed their bags, I'm getting much less wary of teams south of DC.
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