Dude, do you know anything about the A's, when players are FA's, etc.? The A's don't have money. Cespedes will be a UFA after next season. In other words. There is no chance he will come back. He'll get 5 years, 100 million easy as a UFA. Donaldson is going to ask for probably 15 to 18 million next year. That's why. In case you missed it. The White Sox suck. One pitcher doesn't make a pitching staff. The rest of their starters suck. Their bullpen is beyond horrible. Their lineup is shaky at best. You are starting to think like Cashman. Have one or two good players you don't move, try to fill in the rest of the team with crap and expect to win.
Remember that old bathroom graffiti over the urinal " Don't look now, the joke is in your hand" might be seeing that on a sign over the Yankees On Deck Circle if things don't get better.
..."dude"?..."dude"?...what are you, a surfer? ...I'm quite aware of the contracts, but I am impressed that you were able to get better educated by googling. ...and no, I didn't "miss" anything. Sale is under a dirt cheap contract until 2020, unless the Sox decline the team options....maybe you should have googled that too. The Sox have absolutely NO reason to jettison a PROVEN Ace for a prospects that may or may not pan out.
Billy Beane On Acquiring Samardzija, Hammel By Edward Creech [July 5, 2014 at 1:05pm CDT] Earlier today, Cubs President Theo Epstein held a conference call to discuss last night’s blockbuster trade of Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the A’s for Addison Russell, Billy McKinney, Dan Straily, and a player to be named later or cash. Afterwards, A’s GM Billy Beane held court with the Bay Area media. Here are the highlights courtesy of John Shea and Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (all links go to Twitter): Beane indicated the A’s are not done dealing. “We’re not just going to stop and shut everything down. We’ve got 3-plus weeks until the trade deadline.“ Beane explained why he was willing to part with the A’s top two prospects. “We have a team that can win right now. Just collecting young players is not something in our market place we can do.” Beane added, “We have to take the opportunity and grasp it.“ Beane wanted to do the deal early and was not “interested in taking this pursuit down to the deadline.“ Beane said he has been engaged in trade talks involving starting pitching for over a month. Beane acknowledged the extra year of team control over Samardzija was crucial. “We placed a lot of value on him being here next year. There’s no doubt about that.” As per his policy, Beane refused to comment on trades not made when asked about David Price. “I think the narrative that this is a move for the postseason is a bit arrogant. We need to make sure we get there first,” said Beane (as tweeted by Jane Lee of MLB.com) in response to Justin Verlander‘s reaction to the trade (“When I saw that trade, I thought that they made that trade for us. No doubt about it in my mind.” – per MLB.com’s Jason Beck on Twitter).
