Just saw it on MLB tonight, Cubs get a 20 year old shortstop Addison Russell in return. This is quite the surprise, puts the A's right to the head of the class! Add Billy McKinney & Dan Straley to the Cubs as well.
I think the Yankees could have offered more then what they got. Where the hell was Cashman? http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...eff-samardzija-jason-hammel-oakland-athletics
Regardless of where he was Rick, unless the deal is about money or rehab longshots, he's nowhere in the room. I am so sick of the fucker I could spit nails.
Son of a Beach....both of 'em...damn it...!!! Last I looked the A's SP staff had the lowest ERA in the AL. On another note, the Bums SP combined ERA is now a incredible 3.00 Kershaw with 36 consecutive scoreless shutout innings...! Move over Orel, next stop Don Drysdale country..., then on to Bulldogs record...! Maybe maybe not, hope so tho'....!!!
...great, just f'n great. ...The A's are clearly in the "win it all this year" mode...but unless the A's can lock up these 2 pitchers with new contracts, the Cubs may have gotten the better end of this deal. Samardzjia is arby eligible next near and Hammel is a FA next year. The Cubs weren't going anywhere anytime soon anyway, and they got 2 first round picks from the A's in return. ...Samardzjia's numbers should be even better after moving from Wrigley to the Oakland Colosseum...Hammel is a good pitcher too, but the A's are essentially getting Hammel on a 3 month rental plan, and Samardzjia for the same thing + an extra year. ...both teams benefitted from this trade...the A's, short term and the Cubs, long term.
Congrats. You know nothing about other teams prospects. The A's get Samardzija for this and next year. Hammel is a FA after next year. Russell is rated the third best prospect in baseball and is a can't miss SS or 3B. The Yanks could have offered more? Really? The Yankees farm system sucks. They don't have any prospect on the same planet talent wise as Russell. I'm shocked the A's gave him up. On top of that they gave up their first round pick McKinney who already has double digit HR's at advanced A ball this year with a good walk to k ratio. I'd go so far to say the Yankees don't have a prospect as good as McKinney. This is a very risky deal for Oakland. If they don't win it all this or next year, the trade is a disaster. They have another big SS prospect who is on the fast track in the minors to replace Russell. I would have thought the A's would trade a guy like Russell for a Sale who is locked up a while.
However, you could make the case that the A's could trade Cespedes or Donaldson in the off-season and get back a bunch of top prospects to replace what they lost.
Not a big Rosenthal fan but the man made a decent report on that trade goal one was to shore up that staff which they did. Given the status of the A's staff they did a nice job on fixing the "what ifs" for the time being. The trade puts lead in the A's pencil, I think though the big surprise was Toronto or Baltimore missing that boat.
...lol...why in the world would the A's trade 2 of their best players for 2 prospects ?...and why in the world would Chicago trade Chris Sale for a prospect? ...but you want to ridicule rick for what he said?
Thank you Ron, you beat me to it. Also the Cubs are in dire need of a catcher, we have several good prospects there & a very good prospect in pitcher Luis Severino.
Billy Beane and his scouts are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead the rest of MLB GMs and scouts. Hey Cashman. Your salary can get the Yankees a shitload of talent. lol BTW. If anyone thinks the Yankees could have topped Beane's offer, think again. The Yankee system doesn't have the talent of the A's or even the Cubs!
Its amazing the way they just swooped down & grabbed these two players leaving everyone else holding there peckers thinking..."What the hell just happened?" I'll call it now, a west coast world series between the Dodgers & A's.
I am not ready to say west coast yet Rick. Granted that we may not have had enough in the farm system to get these guys, but the fact that we are struggling offensively and we have done so for weeks and yet no move to correct the problem. I remember when any move was better than no move. I feel it starts and stops with Cashman, and I for one after 16 years say it's time. I think his contract is up at the end of this year, let him pasture, but move on...
Frank for some reason the Stiener boys seem to love Cashman, why I've got no f'king idea. So honestly, I don't think he's going anywhere.
Good point. With Jeter gone and needing to obviously rebuild/retool....the front office needed fresh blood and new perspective.
