Updated: Dec 14, 2005, 1:10 PM

Vote: How does Vazquez trade affect each team?


	Can Javier Vazquez help get the White Sox repeat in 2006?

Did the rich just get richer?

The Chicago White Sox already had one of the best starting rotations in baseball, but Javier Vazquez's desire to be traded eastward in order to be closer to his family ultimately landed him with the defending World Series champions. On Wednesday, the Arizona Diamondbacks sent Vazquez to Chicago in exchange for Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, steady reliever Luis Vizcaino and 22-year-old outfield prospect Chris Young.

Time will tell which team got the better deal here; but while the White Sox get another great arm in Vazquez, who is seven years younger than Hernandez, it comes at a price.

Vazquez is owed $24 million over the next two years (although Arizona will reportedly help pay some of it) and Chicago parts with Young, a centerfielder who possesses a fine combination of power and speed. In addition, the White Sox must decide to either make impressive young righty Brandon McCarthy wait even longer to join the rotation, or send one of last year's starters to the bullpen.

So, SportsNation, we ask you to assess this deal. Who do you think got the better deal long-term? What do you expect from Javier Vazquez in 2006? And what approach should the Diamondbacks take in 2006?

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Vote: How does Vazquez trade affect each team?

1) Which team do you feel got the better deal?

2) Which of these White Sox pitchers should be left out of the 2006 starting rotation?

3) Which of these career highs is Javier Vazquez most likely to surpass in 2006 with the White Sox?

4) Which offseason acquisition or re-signing is most important to the success of the White Sox in 2006?

5) Do you think the White Sox are better now than they were at the end of the World Series?

6) Who will be Arizona's top starting pitcher in 2006?

7) Which Diamondbacks veteran do you feel is most likely to be traded before opening day?

8) Which Diamondbacks prospect would you like to see get a chance to play everyday in 2006?

9) What approach should the Diamondbacks take in 2006?

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Vote: How does Vazquez trade affect each team?

1) Which team do you feel got the better deal?

2) Which of these White Sox pitchers should be left out of the 2006 starting rotation?

3) Which of these career highs is Javier Vazquez most likely to surpass in 2006 with the White Sox?

4) Which offseason acquisition or re-signing is most important to the success of the White Sox in 2006?

5) Do you think the White Sox are better now than they were at the end of the World Series?

6) Who will be Arizona's top starting pitcher in 2006?

7) Which Diamondbacks veteran do you feel is most likely to be traded before opening day?

8) Which Diamondbacks prospect would you like to see get a chance to play everyday in 2006?

9) What approach should the Diamondbacks take in 2006?

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