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

[Derwood]

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[A New Era]

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[Guest]

is addison russell half asian?

[LeftCoastCubFan]

100% shortstop :D

 

 

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Edited July 5, 2014 by LeftCoastCubFan

[ctcf]

<3 you so much, front office

[DiamondMind]

1. Addison Russell, Position: SS, Age: 20

 

 

Profile: How’s this for breaking tradition: The Oakland A’s, who popularized taking collegiate players early and often in the draft, made 24 consecutive picks in the first round between before taking a high schooler (Jeremy Bonderman in 2001 to Russell in 2012).

 

Russell, the 11th pick in the draft, continued his accelerated path towards the majors last season, dominating high Class A at the tender age of 19.

 

Analysis: Above-Average power, plate discipline and speed, Russell should help stop the organization’s revolving door at shortstop for, oh, about a decade or so. Middle-of-the-order type bat with the chops to handle the position, he looks like a potential .320/.440/.540-type hitter, capable of swatting 30 bombs and grabbing 15 to 20 bags.

 

Ceiling: 6.5- to 7.0-win player

 

Likelihood of Reaching His Ceiling: Moderate to Above-Average

[Guest]

A's fans SEEM pretty happy with this deal. They don't want to give up Russell but understand you have to give up something good to receive something good. It also reads like the Bobby Crosby debacle is still weighing on a lot of their minds regarding prospects.

[UMFan83]

Disappointed to find out Russell is not in the Futures game.

[Guest]

fully expect to get crap but [expletive] it i don't want to trade any of them

 

seriously ALL THE BATS

[RammyFanny]

fully expect to get crap but [expletive] it i don't want to trade any of them

 

seriously ALL THE BATS

Honestly I don't think you'll get too much crap. The biggest trade we seem to be talking about using them for is for another, more awesome bat.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

fully expect to get crap but [expletive] it i don't want to trade any of them

 

seriously ALL THE BATS

 

No crap at all. I mean, if they like a trade then they should absolutely make one. But I don't see that they *need* to make one. We've got a million holes in our MLB lineup and we're not close to filling them all with prospects.

[ctcf]

fully expect to get crap but [expletive] it i don't want to trade any of them

 

seriously ALL THE BATS

 

I'm right there with you. That farm system has the potential to turn into a lineup that would look silly in a [expletive] videogame.

[Little Slide Rooter]

One side effect of this trade is that we've done a number on the market for starting pitchers, and there are plenty of teams in need. The Yankees lost Sabathia for a while, and I suspect that that's a big reason why Beane was so quick to jump on two of the top options on the market before the Yanks could proceed.

 

We may have just made Edwin Jackson a very attractive target to those in need of SP that don't have what it takes to land Price or Lee.

[Castros trade value]

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[Ryne Ween]

Yea teams are gonna be salivating over Edwin Jackson now.

 

Imagine the kinda prospects we could get for Russel if he pans out. Love you Front office.

[Castros trade value]

fully expect to get crap but [expletive] it i don't want to trade any of them

 

seriously ALL THE BATS

 

So you like the idea of becoming the Indians offense of the 90's? So Do I :yahoo:

 

The pitching will be acquired.. Not worried about it.

[Guest]

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my new fav gif

[dew1679666265]

Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm a bit torn on this trade. I love Addison Russell and how much he contributes to our stacked minor league roster, but it just doesn't seem like we got that much outside of him and we gave up 2 great trade chips to get him.

 

McKinney seems like a slightly better version of Almora, is very young and has a ton of bust potential. Straily is 25 years old and it'll take Bosio magic to make him anything better than kinda average.

 

It just seems like we put all our eggs on one player (Russell) and that seems awful risky for a legit TOR pitcher in Shark and a very solid veteran in Hammel. I feel like we should have done better than Straily and maybe better than McKinney. Somebody convince me I'm wrong.

[Castros trade value]

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[RammyFanny]

http://m.mlb.com/chc/video/topic/26271672/v34305799/cubs-acquire-top-prospects-russell-and-mckinney/?c_id=chc

 

Check out the video on Strailey towards the end. He may not have the fastball velo of Arrieta, but his slider or whatever that is absolutely disgusting.

[Castros trade value]

With the trade, the Cubs will have the No. 2 (Kris Bryant), No. 5 (Addison Russell) and No. 7 (Javier Baez) prospects in the game, as ranked in Baseball America’s upcoming Midseason Top 50, which went to press Thursday. They also have a massive traffic jam of big league and nearly big league ready infielders, all of whom have significant offensive potential.

 

 

:yahoo: :clapping:

[Ryne Ween]

I find it impossible to believe that trading them together gets more value back than trading them apart.

 

I am not in favor of creating more holes on the big league team that now need to be addressed.

[Guest]

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my new fav gif

 

i love that movie so much

[DiamondMind]

I feel like Straily will be pretty equatable to Hammel soon enough, I almost look at this trade as just Shark for Russel/McKinney

[Guest]

Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm a bit torn on this trade. I love Addison Russell and how much he contributes to our stacked minor league roster, but it just doesn't seem like we got that much outside of him and we gave up 2 great trade chips to get him.

 

McKinney seems like a slightly better version of Almora, is very young and has a ton of bust potential. Straily is 25 years old and it'll take Bosio magic to make him anything better than kinda average.

 

It just seems like we put all our eggs on one player (Russell) and that seems awful risky for a legit TOR pitcher in Shark and a very solid veteran in Hammel. I feel like we should have done better than Straily and maybe better than McKinney. Somebody convince me I'm wrong.

 

we gave up a 32-year old maholm-type and a guy who's 30 next season and is pretty good but hasn't ever put it all together consistently. we gave these up for a top 3 prospect, a youngish pitcher with decent peripherals, and a 19 year-old outfielder with a very very very advanced approach already.

 

ths trade is a disaster for our very real chances this season, but beyond, it sets us up to acquire the Gregor Clegane of major league players and slot him in RF until eventually the Viper comes to kill him in 17 years.