Comments on: Taking their stuff to a new place

By: dave

dave — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:50:17 +0000

you laughed that hard? I didnt think it was THAT funny,

Trading for pitchers means losing prospects like hughes and AJax esp when we trade for good pitchers with decent size contracts. Id rather buy FAs and fill the holes we cant fill via free agency with some trades. I dont want to lose the prospects.

By: bru

bru — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:35:15 +0000

before the a’s got holliday we were hearing that it might take something like hughes,ajax,montero and maybe more.

the a’s gave up almost nothing to get him.they will trade him for a boatload of good prospects eventually.

i’m not so sure the a’s will play him because i don’t think they wan’t to risk showing his production away from coors.

right now is the time to capitalize with him.

By: bru

bru — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:23:32 +0000

i can see signing cc but any more pitchers with big contracts is a risk.

why not trade for a pitcher with a decent contract.

why do the red sox have becket for 10 million and our batboys make that much?

By: bru

bru — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:19:31 +0000

GreenBeret7
November 11th, 2008 at 2:01 am
I am GM!
November 11th, 2008 at 1:32 am

Tell me what you think about these moves!

Not much. Theyâ€™re fanciful, illogical and based on your personal dislike for certain playes. Donâ€™t quit your job at McDonaldâ€™sâ€¦..Fries up!!!!

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i laughed so hard i fell out of my chair.

i am still on the floor typing while i’m still laughing.

funny stuff.

By: Viper

Viper — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:32:25 +0000

No doubt Holliday is going to get traded again – probably before the season starts.

There have been a lot of legitimate questions about Holliday’s ability to hit away from Coors and now he’s going to be dropped into a tougher league and a much larger yard in his walk year?

That’s a lot of pressure for someone who has never played under that kind of pressure. Not saying he’s not up for the task – but it’s a big risk for Beane.

I fail to see the genius of this move just yet and I would have to assume he’s not going to play a single game for Oakland because I don’t think he’ll want to risk Holliday’s trade value going down.

I don’t know – a new league with better pitchers? A bigger ballpark to play his home games?

I doubt we ever see Holliday wear that new A’s uniform on the field.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:18:20 +0000

I CANT WAIT. I am surprised Holliday was gotten that easily but Beane knows what he is doing. He is prolly going to be turned around in another deal for a lot of prospects from some team. The A’s arent really suddenly in contention with Holliday and he is only under contract for another season. It is going to be interesting to see how Beane plays this one.

By: mel

mel — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:15:40 +0000

dave,

Cool. I think we’ve all got cabin (cabana) fever. The Holliday trade was a nice diversion. I’m surprised that there isn’t a huge outcry here about missing out on that deal. I guess people really are skeptical about his splits and anxious to see how he does in a less hitter-friendly park.

Friday at midnight is the official opening of the offseason. Should be a good one.

By: dave

dave — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:58:37 +0000

Yea mel I figured that is what you meant but he could have said something like he has learned alot in the last week lol. I understand you want burnett and that makes sense – i have to say i definitely wouldnt mind burnett in stripes. But I keep reading that the yanks are going to try and pick two out of burnett, cc and lowe which annoys me because i see no reason for them to completely ignore the fact that sheets is also available and obviously better than Lowe at the very least, And they r both in the NL and face similar competition. Ive always liked Sheets and always thought he got a bad rap for always being injured even though he pitches alot more than other pitchers that are constantly injured like o say carl pavano for instance. I think sheets is a competitor and he has had some fluke injuries as have most MLB pitchers. I wouldnt mind Burnett or sheets but i actually would mind Lowe – i think that would be a HUGE mistake esp if we cant get CC. Cashman has made huge mistakes like this in the past that I have begged him not to make before – signing Igawa over Ted Lilly for example. Or Hawkins over some other free agents that i wanted at the time. I just dont want to see anymore of this horrible pitching blunders. It gets so frustrating that with the type of money spent on the team we end up relying on guys like Sidney Ponson and Darryl Rasner to pitch well for us.

By: mel

mel — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:46:41 +0000

dave,

I meant that Burnett matured during his time in Toronto. Not in the last week since he opted out. Although, escaping Riccardi can be an eye-opening experience.

Stats don’t always tell the whole story, and I like what I saw from Burnett.

I’ll keep an open mind about Sheets, but we need to remember that he’s spent his whole career in the weak NL Central.

The others here know better than to try to discourage me from wanting Burnett. They know it makes me want him in pinstripes even more.

By: Nick in SF

Nick in SF — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:37:32 +0000

Letterman just now: “they moved the on-deck circle from the old Yankee stadium to Madonna’s apartment.”