coors Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Damn, there goes my hope the Braves would sneak in and nab him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmart128 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Well its interesting... yankees loading up on international bonus pool money. Got some from the A's and traded a minor league pitcher to Orioles for some. I would love to see Yanks get rid of Ellsbury... dont see anyone taking him off our hands tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelonebillsfan Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Fowler just suffered a career altering injury, we all know Kap's arm issues. This is all about Mateo. And keeping Florial (who Beane wanted but, well, lol Billy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsoxsuck05 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 6 minutes ago, Thelonebillsfan said: Fowler just suffered a career altering injury, we all know Kap's arm issues. This is all about Mateo. And keeping Florial (who Beane wanted but, well, lol Billy). I'm not enamored with Mateo or Florial, but at least the latter has been praised for having a great makeup. Mateo gives me Tabata vibes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENINCH Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Trade away prospects only to acquire them later, in a trade when they become good players, and the A's have to sell again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsoxsuck05 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 1 minute ago, TENINCH said: Trade away prospects only to acquire them later, in a trade when they become good players, and the A's have to sell again. Apparently there are no other markets as crappy as Oakland with a crappy stadium, because that's the usual excuse. At least the Rays try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyMouse07 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 A's Top 10 prospects now: Barreto Puk Beck Mateo Fowler Lazarito Luzardo Murphy Kaprelian Holmes Maybe I am just trying to find some silver linings here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JammerHammer21 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Pumped to get Gray. Sucks to lose Fowler because of the way things went down, but no brainer in a deal like this given the uncertainty. Have to wonder if things would be different if he didn't injure his knee. Super love-hate relationship with Mateo, but happy they could hold on to Florial. And Kap is talented, but again, so much uncertainty with the constant injuries and TJS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roysmyboy31 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I like Gray and that we did not have to give up our premium guys. We did well on this deal. I did like Kap though. We still have Sheffield and Adams as pitching prospects. Don't care much about losing Mateo. Fowler was a nice prospect, but we have some other solid OF prospects and he is blocked at the ML level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JammerHammer21 Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 I honestly didn't realize until after the trade that Kap has only pitched 30 innings (!!!) in his career. That's insane. Totally thought he had a lot more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewAge Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Quote One other note on the Gray saga: The Cardinals entered the discussions late, floating the idea of a package that would have included outfielder Stephen Piscotty and a right-handed pitcher, either Luke Weaver or Jack Flaherty. Per Ken Rosenthal of facebook dot com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mse326 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Not sure why Beane made this deal. I know everyone thought they had to trade him but they didn't. He still has control left. This isn't a good enough return to me to make the move. I know it's a buyer's market but that is just all the more reason to wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coors Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 30 minutes ago, mse326 said: Not sure why Beane made this deal. I know everyone thought they had to trade him but they didn't. He still has control left. This isn't a good enough return to me to make the move. I know it's a buyer's market but that is just all the more reason to wait. Agreed. They could have waited till off season for a potential bigger haul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrubes20 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 On 8/1/2017 at 8:22 AM, mse326 said: Not sure why Beane made this deal. I know everyone thought they had to trade him but they didn't. He still has control left. This isn't a good enough return to me to make the move. I know it's a buyer's market but that is just all the more reason to wait. Which makes me think Beane and his staff are worried about Gray's health. Maybe so much so that they were willing to take a big hit on a return for him just so they didn't have to gamble on his arm staying intact until the offseason. A torn UCL in September would keep him out of 2018, and 2019 would be his first year back. He's a FA after 2019. Nobody is going to give up anything remotely of value for a MOR guy for 1 year, in what happens to be his first year back from TJS. Either that, or Beane is just wacky. Seems about a 50/50 proposition to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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