wow..A's trade for two cubs starters

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  1. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Samarzdja and Hamel. A's have best record in baseball this should make them the Yankees west
     
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    wow... Oakland has decided to leave the 90s behind and finally join the party. That's a big trade.
     
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    So much for "Money ball."
     
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    This version of the Yankees is more likely to finish last than first. How awful must it be to be a Cubs fan?

    Trades like that are hard to explain to a Cubs ticket holder.
     
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    As a Cubs and a Samardzjia fan, I'm OK with the trade. He now will be able to show what he's got with a solid team behind him. The As will rent him for a year, hoping he can help get them to the World Series, then they'll turn him loose on the free agency market. After posting a red-hot ERA in April and May, he did not pitch well in June (1-3, 5.45 ERA), yet he turned down the Cubs' $85mil offer. If he meets expectations in Oakland, he'll get his $100mil contract from someone. If not, he'll still be marketable at some reasonably high contract amount because he's a 200+ innings guy, and so far in his career he hasn't been slowed by injuries.

    His salary this year following arbitration is $5.345 million, so Money Ball is alive and well in Oakland. Hammel's salary is around $6 million. The Cubs literally "flipped" Hammel after signing him to a one-year contract.

    In return, the Cubs continue to build (can't use "rebuild" with the Cubs because they haven't built anything yet) with 3 more prime prospects in their farm system.
    I would think that the Cubs are offering hope for a bright future to season ticket holders, who have to be among the most blindly loyal in MLB. If you think about it, what else do they have to offer?
     
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    I'm with Sid, I don't think Moneyball is dead and that Billy Bean is just renting a player for the pennant run.

    I'm rooting for them.

    I also think Sid is right about the Cubs.
     
  8. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Samarzdja goes 7 strong innings today gives up on 4 hits and 1 run for his first win as an Oakland A. A's are in the Astro's division so I can't wish them any luck, but I will root for the old Domer when he takes the mound.
     
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    the kids the Cubs got... wasn't he something like the #3 rated minor league prospect?
     
  10. JO'Co

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    Yes. The Cubs are loading up their minor league system.