Well, as mentioned previously in passing, we've been looking at the main guy inbound from this trade for some time and finally swing a suitable deal as follows:
I don't see Denny as some "Great White Hope" or anything but you'd be amazed at the paucity of eligible pitchers available to us that aren't already at our club.
Here's the list down to 40 OVR rating with scouting at 100%:
Tham thar's slim pickens...
What Denny offers is 2 to 3 years' decent enough mid-low rotation service at what should be a reasonable price.
John is a corner OF candidate with the fact he plays 1B in his PRO column and the fact he doesn't play CF in the CON. We're already short there but hopeful Reggie Sanders steps up and gets some CF ratings with this being Van Slyke's walk season (and he will walk). So we'll need to figure that out come OD.
Burkett's exit opens up a CC slot and we'll look to deploy that in the most utilitarian fashion. We were eyeing Boomer Wells as a potential candidate for another Galarraga-style deal but he went on big $$ so it's back to the drawing-board.