For Faustino De los Santos, Gio Gonzalez and Ryan Sweeney.

 

Great trade by Billy IMO.

I feel bad for Gio. He was drafted by the White Sox, traded to Philadelphia, traded back to the White Sox, and now traded to the A's. I will be surprised if he can still be a productive player after all of this.

wow

Great deal for the A's.

 

Beane has started to really stockpile Oakland's farm system which was really pretty barren in just a couple of trades.

I was really shocked when i turned on the tv to see this news.

I dont know if i will ever look at Swish the same way.

My cousin has like a man-crush on swisher, he was devestated (sp?) when i text him.

I feel bad for Gio. He was drafted by the White Sox, traded to Philadelphia, traded back to the White Sox, and now traded to the A's. I will be surprised if he can still be a productive player after all of this.

the ws keep getting rid of him cause he's a headcase...

and he hasnt been what they thought he was going to be as a player...

Beane at it again, unreal!

nice trade, had no idea Swisher was being shopped.

nice trade, had no idea Swisher was being shopped.

 

Kenny Williams couldn't sign any free agents. Fans were upset so he had to make a move to show he is doing something. A's played a nice card game and probably won the hand. Contract below for Swisher. Williams will come and and say it frees up money for other guys. He has trouble signing impact free agents - $$$.

 

$3.5MM in '08, $5.3MM in '09, $6.75MM in '10, $9MM in '11, and a $10.25MM club option for '12 with a $1MM buyout. The option gets a $1.75MM bump if Swisher is top five for the MVP voting during the contract. He has limited no-trade protection for 2011-12.

That's a hell of a contract for Swisher. That's good value.

good deal for the A's and the Sox.

Trying to think what Oakland will look like in 2 years

 

C - Suzuki

1B - Barton (Carter)

2B - ? (Mellilo?)

SS - ? (Pennington?)

3B - ?

OF - C. Gonzalez/Buck/Sweeney (and about 5 other nice OF prospects)

DH - Cust

SP - Anderson/Santos/Gonzalez/Meyer/Braden (Cahill)

RP - Simmons/Doolittle/Blevins/Casilla/C. Lewis

 

That's probably going to look really good when you add whatever he gets for Blanton/Chavez/Harden/Street/Gaudin/Ellis/Kotsay/Calero/Duch to the depth chart. Plus he has the new stadium coming which should help with free agency.

good deal for the A's and the Sox.

Horrifying deal for the White Sox. They are still fighting with Minnesota for 3rd place and sold their young pitching in the process. They'll hit some HR. Great.

 

Great deal for Oakland. They had no shot at Anaheim and are stock piling. It's what they should be doing and Beane is smart enough to know when to cut his losses. Unlike Ken Williams.

The ChiSox may have given up a bit too much for Swisher but he is the exact piece that was missing in last year lineup. Now that Detroit has gotten better and Cleveland is improving by the minute they had to do something to keep up with the Jones'. In the overall scheme this is a mutually beneficial trade

White Sox got the better end of this trade, no doubt in my mind.

Damn, should have gone to the Rangers.