So you give up a young, solid catcher (Miguel Olivo), and a prospect that has minor league stats like he's going to be the next Tony Gwynn (Jeremy Reed) for a starting pitcher who has only 3 months left on his contract. BFG! (Big.......Gamble!) Since Kenny Williams has made more good moves than bad over the past couple of years, I'm going to give him a little leeway, but I wouldn't have made the deal.

Having said this, I do appreciate that he's attempting to put a team in the playoffs that can compete for a World Championship. When you are a franchise that hasn't won a World Series since 1917, haven't been to one since 1959, you have to be aggressive, when the opportunity presents itself.

One other thing this move declares is that Williams likes Borchard more than Reed. Maybe that is because Kenny and Joe are both Stanford alums and Williams invested a lot of money in Borchard, just to sign him away from a football playing career.

On the Mariners side, I think it was a slamdunk deal and I didn't see any other offer for Garcia that was as good. Ichiro and Reed are hitting machines, well-suited for a park which is set up for double hitters. US Cellular is more a park setup or Borchard's talents.