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Lefty relievers are a dime-a-dozen and most of the time are crapshoots. While Rincon turned out to be a good investment, Hart could've acquired a lefty without having to trade Giles.
Dave Burba was a decent starter but was also a huge benefactor of the Tribe scoring machine. Burba and Nagy could give up four runs or five runs in each game and still have 16 or 17 wins.
Richie Sexson was groomed to be Thome's successor at 1b. While you got Wickman, Hart clearly overpaid and the trade created a big hole when Thome left as a free agent. Shapiro deserves credit for pulling off a steal for Travis Hafner and ripping off his old boss at the same time.
Reed and Karsay for Rocker didn't make sense because Hart gave up 2 relievers for 1, and the Tribe tried Rocker as their closer even though the job was Wickman's.