Hammel/Samardzija Traded to A's for Russell/McKinney/Straily

[RynoRules]

Seriously, getting arguably the best position prospect in baseball is by itself a great haul.

 

we already have him, and his name is kris bryant.

 

Some of the experts will have Russell ahead of Bryant.

 

Yup - MIF'er who hits and gets on-base a ton. I'm not saying I agree, just saying.

[DiamondMind]

DID WE JUST CLONE BRYANT

[davell]

good [expletive], this is amazing. Do people realize what an insane talent addison russell is? This is like trading for another javy or kris bryant. Unfathomable.

 

3 of BP's top 6, and Alcantara is 18.

[Neuby]

About how much Cash does this save for the offseason war chest?

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Seriously, getting arguably the best position prospect in baseball is by itself a great haul.

 

we already have him, and his name is kris bryant.

 

Some of the experts will have Russell ahead of Bryant.

 

It's sort of exciting to know that no matter how they rank them, Russell ahead of Bryant or Bryant ahead of Russell, that we have them both.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

I'm still in shock over this trade. We have a hell of a collection of young position player talent.

[Guest]

I forget, does Oakland's cal league team play in one of the crazy offensive parks?

[Shilzzz]

Seriously, getting arguably the best position prospect in baseball is by itself a great haul.

 

we already have him, and his name is kris bryant.

 

Some of the experts will have Russell ahead of Bryant.

 

Some people prefer their cucumbers pickled

[Guest]

McKinney is Almora-esque

 

mckinney has walked a lot this year and has 10 home runs.

[RynoRules]

good [expletive], this is amazing. Do people realize what an insane talent addison russell is? This is like trading for another javy or kris bryant. Unfathomable.

 

Yup. I just don't see how anyone can be unhappy with this. Shark is a good pitcher, but he isn't great. Hammel is solid, having a very good year, and Oakland may get 3 months of him before he may decide to come back to Chicago. In return you get a potential superstar talent plus three other prospects. What's not to like?

[Shilzzz]

McKinney is Almora-esque

 

mckinney has walked a lot this year and has 10 home runs.

 

from a tools stand point, he is good at everything, but not elite at one thing, has a great swing, and a good aptitude. that's about as almora as it gets.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I forget, does Oakland's cal league team play in one of the crazy offensive parks?

is there a non-crazy offensive park in the cal league?

[Sammy Sofa]

DID WE JUST CLONE BRYANT

 

Uh, no.

[RammyFanny]

good [expletive], this is amazing. Do people realize what an insane talent addison russell is? This is like trading for another javy or kris bryant. Unfathomable.

 

This.

[davell]

Well, I hope Billy gets his WS this year. Ballsy move on his part.

[Guest]

McKinney is Almora-esque

 

mckinney has walked a lot this year and has 10 home runs.

 

from a tools stand point, he is good at everything, but not elite at one thing, has a great swing, and a good aptitude. that's about as almora as it gets.

 

oh, i thought you were doing a kyle thing and making a joke about almora's lack of home runs and walks.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Not sure if this has been posted, but it sounds like there is no PTBNL in this deal.

[Guest]

good [expletive], this is amazing. Do people realize what an insane talent addison russell is? This is like trading for another javy or kris bryant. Unfathomable.

 

This.

To be fair, it's more like trading for Taveras. Still awesome, though.

[rawaction]

This creates a log jam in the middle infield. Who is the odd man out?

Bryant RF, Baez 2B, Russel 3B, Alcantara CF.

Alcantara CF, Russell 3B, Rizzo 1B, Bryant RF, Castro SS, Soler LF, Baez 2B, Castillo C

 

This could conceivably happen by this time next year. Like for real. Not even best case scenario projections. [expletive] yeah!

[RynoRules]

I wonder if this says something about how they feel about Almora. McKinney walks a lot more than AA.

[Guest]

Well, all in for pitching FA this offseason.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

DID WE JUST CLONE BRYANT

 

Uh, no.

 

We kind of split the difference between Javy and Bryant.

[imb]

cut to 2:50 and watch that bat speed

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I wonder if this says something about how they feel about Almora. McKinney walks a lot more than AA.

i'm pretty confident this trade has nothing to do with albert almora

[ScrubMD]

Beane is really sick of losing in the playoffs.