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No one would take Howard the instant he signed that contract.

Utley is at the absolute bottom of his value range right now, and it only makes sense to wait for his BABIP and BA to climb back to more natural territory.

Lee got injured at the wrong time. 

All externalities influencing RAJ's trade record.

That being said, his return for Lee, the first time around, was atrocious, absolutely. He shouldn't have traded for him at all. But who knows who was really behind that. Plus, the fact of the matter is that if he HAD to trade Lee to reacquire some prospects after getting Halladay, he pretty much had to do it that day, otherwise we'd get used to the idea of have the three of them, and then riot when they moved Lee. That severely restricted the market for prospects he could have gotten in return. 


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