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Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

seawolf17 Oct 20 2012 02:24 PM

Per the twitters: @mlb wrote: BREAKING: @Athletics get @CY24_7 (OF Chris Young) in trades that send Heath Bell & Cliff Pennington to @Dbacks. @Marlins add INF prospect Yordy Cabrera. Chris Young for Cliff Pennington?!?!

Ashie62 Oct 20 2012 02:46 PM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

That is for real...Oakland buys low on Chris Young and sells Pennington high who will start at SS for the Dbacks.

DocTee Oct 20 2012 03:42 PM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

Wasn't Heath Bell supposed to go to the MFY as part of the A-Rod deal?

seawolf17 Oct 20 2012 06:34 PM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

Eff you, Sandy, for not offering... ... Justin Turner? I don't even think we have anyone as terrible as Pennington.

MFS62 Oct 21 2012 08:58 AM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

Sandy probably didn't want to repeat the old "having two Bob Millers on the same roster" thingie. Later

A Boy Named Seo Oct 21 2012 09:55 AM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

Head-scratcher. I wouldn't want the 2 yrs + $13 mils left on Bell's contract without giving up Young. Score A's (and Marlins).

metirish Oct 21 2012 09:58 AM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

MFS62 wrote: Sandy probably didn't want to repeat the old "having two Bob Millers on the same roster" thingie. Later Ha! , I think there was even some confusion on @Twatter as to which Chris Young it was.

Frayed Knot Oct 21 2012 10:25 AM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Head-scratcher. I wouldn't want the 2 yrs + $13 mils left on Bell's contract without giving up Young. Score A's (and Marlins). The Marlins are paying a chunk of Bell's remaining deal. Still a bit odd I suppose, although Young hasn't been what some thought he would by now either [.231/.321/.434 in 2012 which is about his career stats also] plus he's already 29 y/o and is due to make $8.5 in 2013, then comes an option for $13

A Boy Named Seo Oct 21 2012 05:25 PM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

That 2/13 is, I guess, what's left after the Marlins pay their freight. Agreed on Young, but wouldn't have minded that gamble either. If he repeats his 2k12, you buy that option out & he's but a memory.

Edgy MD Oct 21 2012 06:18 PM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

seawolf17 wrote: Eff you, Sandy,..... Really?

seawolf17 Oct 21 2012 07:07 PM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

Relax, homeboy. Just taking the piss, as they say. I got Sandy's back.

Edgy MD Oct 21 2012 07:22 PM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

Woosh!

RealityChuck Oct 22 2012 08:51 AM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

MFS62 wrote: Sandy probably didn't want to repeat the old "having two Bob Millers on the same roster" thingie. Later Or the Bobby Jones issue. Though I'd love for the Mets to go for three.

Nymr83 Oct 23 2012 07:31 AM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

-A's did very well here, getting a talented centerfielder for trash. -Marlins did well to jettison the Bell experiment without paying ALL of that terrible contract -Luis Gonzalez hit that beautiful bloop single up the middle off Rivera, fuck the Yankees. Oh, the trade? They got killed. Keith Law puts it best: the Marlins were lucky to unload Bell and nobody will remember it when some dumb GM gives Valverde 3 years 36 million this offseason.

Ceetar Oct 23 2012 07:36 AM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

Nymr83 wrote: Keith Law puts it best: the Marlins were lucky to unload Bell and nobody will remember it when some dumb GM gives Valverde 3 years 36 million this offseason. Unless that's the Marlins.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 23 2012 12:02 PM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

Keith Law puts it best: the Marlins were lucky to unload Bell and nobody will remember it when some dumb GM gives Valverde 3 years 36 million this offseason. You think so, Doctor? He's been so poor that he's forced 'pen-traditionalist Leyland into a bullpen-by-committee, on national TV. I'm thinking 1 year/6M or 2 years/10M, tops.

Nymr83 Oct 23 2012 02:08 PM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

Whether its specifically Valverde or someone else isn't the point, the point is that multi-year big dollar closer contracts generally don't work out, and then everyone forgets that and keeps giving them out.

Ashie62 Oct 23 2012 04:34 PM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

Keith Law puts it best: the Marlins were lucky to unload Bell and nobody will remember it when some dumb GM gives Valverde 3 years 36 million this offseason. You think so, Doctor? He's been so poor that he's forced 'pen-traditionalist Leyland into a bullpen-by-committee, on national TV. I'm thinking 1 year/6M or 2 years/10M, tops. Frank Francisco money.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Oct 24 2012 11:44 AM Re: Marlins/A's/D'backs trade?!?!

That's the profile he's taking to his next employer, pretty much.