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Post by samowamo on Jul 31, 2014 9:27:51 GMT -5
I think Boston made out like a bandit here. I am not looking at the A's in this whatesoever. You get a MAJOR upgrade from Gomes to Cespedes. And lose what with Lester? Absolutely nothing! You had to resign him this offseason anyways. They are in the same boat with a better lineup and defense for him now. The Yankees are my second favorite team so boston ranks close to the Cards as my most hated. This sucks for other AL East teams. Rumor is Lester has already said he's coming back to Beantown no matter what next year.I'm not sure if it was this definite, but I heard that Lester floated the idea to management. |
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Post by leeobrien on Jul 31, 2014 9:29:30 GMT -5
I think it was we'll calculated by a's. I don't believe billy would have sign cepedas after 15. So it makes since to go for it now trade away high salary for a rental.
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Post by schmidty20 on Jul 31, 2014 9:51:30 GMT -5
He's not a free agent until 2017 though... this is only his 3rd year in the bigs.
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Post by paulypavilion on Jul 31, 2014 10:20:59 GMT -5
And now the A's have traded the disgruntled and superfluous Milone to the Twins for Sam Fuld who will help with their CF woes.
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Post by paulypavilion on Jul 31, 2014 10:21:31 GMT -5
And now the A's have traded the disgruntled and superfluous Milone to the Twins for Sam Fuld who will help with their CF woes. I was hoping they would take Chris Young back. |
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Post by leeobrien on Jul 31, 2014 10:22:29 GMT -5
Born: October 18, 1985 in Campechuela, Granma, Cuba (Age 28.286)
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Post by leeobrien on Jul 31, 2014 10:23:45 GMT -5
Cool now they fill the void by picking up great outfielder. On another note I have a Sam fuld game use bat. Haha
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Post by rockchalk88 on Jul 31, 2014 10:44:23 GMT -5
I love this trade for a couple of reasons:
1) I'm okay with the A's winning it all... and I want Lester to get another ring.
2) Lester is probably thrilled he was sent to a winning team, this puts him with a good relationship with the Red Sox management for offseason negotiations
3) Billy Beane won't/can't give Lester the money he wants this offseason. The Red Sox still can.
4) Cespedes gets a try out in Fenway for the rest of the year... if he can perform well, the sox will try to sign him to an extension this offseason. If not, they can try to sign him next year. They have the money for it.
The Sox will truly win this if Lester comes back and they can sign Cespedes to an extension.
While I liked Gomes, he has zero role on this team.
This is a win-win for both clubs because Beane knows he can't keep Cespedes long term.
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Post by samowamo on Jul 31, 2014 11:02:34 GMT -5
This is on the news feed: "Trading Cespdes for Lester. Keep Gomes." Gave me a chuckle.
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Post by leeobrien on Jul 31, 2014 11:02:53 GMT -5
We'll said cespedes was dead man walking in Oakland billy doesn't sign those big deals for long term to risky for them
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Post by rockchalk88 on Jul 31, 2014 11:09:28 GMT -5
Having Lester in the rotation > Cespedes in the lineup
Especially during a postseason run. Lester was probably the WS MVP last year if Ortiz didn't have a historical and ridiculous world series.
The A's should cruise to the World Series and then anything can happen.
Beane deserves a championship for assembling this death row of SP's
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Post by ZWHEELER44 on Jul 31, 2014 11:10:49 GMT -5
And now the A's have traded the disgruntled and superfluous Milone to the Twins for Sam Fuld who will help with their CF woes. I was hoping they would take Chris Young back. I would have wanted that too. They could take bobby abreu as well |
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Post by paulypavilion on Jul 31, 2014 11:19:40 GMT -5
I was hoping they would take Chris Young back. I would have wanted that too. They could take bobby abreu as well He's still on the Mets? I couldn't tell, his performance has been so nonexistent. On the bright side, Lucas Duda appears to finally have shown up. |
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Post by paulypavilion on Jul 31, 2014 11:47:31 GMT -5
And now, Lackey to the Cardinals.
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Post by perm1979 on Jul 31, 2014 11:50:56 GMT -5
For P and OF, but haven't heard who yet.
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