Passan reporting Lester/Gomes to the A's for Cespedes
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P'tucket said:
Did you miss the part where we got the A's pick? I think you did.
Essentially they get the pick they would have gotten had they not dealt Lester, then traded Gomes for a year and a half of Cespedes. Maybe playing with Papi will help.
There's also Lackey and Miller deals to come. A lot in flux.
P'tucket said:
We got one! A competitive balance pick that, unless I'm mistaken, is a better pick than the pick we would have gotten from letting Lester walk...
Corsi said:
Would you please take an extra second to copy and paste the text from the tweet into the post or at least paraphrase it yourself?
On a free agency return: I just don't see how the Sox would 've willing to match the Yankees, now down CC, in an open market. They'd have to hope Jon really would return and just wasn't saying the "right things" before being traded. This organization has stockpiled arms like it's a fetish for just such occasions.
P'tucket said:
I suspect In my lifetime is right and my sarcasm meter is broken. But if not, consider that they can offer Cespedes a QA next fall and get one of those comp picks, just a year late.
Snodgrass'Muff said:
He has explained that he's just following the rules. No one else is aware of this rule, but that's his position and he's sticking with it.
Don't hate the return of Cespedes honesty it's more than I expected - but the real coup is the comp pick and the extra draft money that comes with it.
If this is true, Cespedes has to be really bummed. I'd love Lester to help the As win the WS. If this is true, color me relatively happy.
I don't get the flipping aspect. The RS desperately need a power hitting corner outfielder. Granted that need is for next year, but still. And as others have mentioned if he walks after 2015 the RS get a comp pick as well.
Snodgrass'Muff said:
I'm with you 100% on this one. My work in the Corsi P&G thread speaks for itself.
As an aside, it's going to be easy to root for the A's this fall. So many former Sox on that team...
P'tucket said:
This is where I'm at, too. This reeks of the FO trying to keep fans interested. "We traded for the home run derby champ!"
Edit: I understand we got the pick, so this is certainly better than just letting Lester walk. But I expected more out of this.
Because he is only signed through next year. Considering this year is over, we are getting him for only one year.In my lifetime said:
Link to the Cespedes spray chart on baseballsavant.com. It also has his other plate tendencies in easy to read graphs.
Can folks post the text of tweets instead of just "link to tweet?" that's not all that helpful. Thanks.
Another thing to think about is how many fly balls to left in Oak turned into outs whereas in the Fens they'll be singles and doubles off the Wall.
Remember for the prospect people Mr. Lackey and Miller will probably bring back some nice guys for the farm.
Huge fan of the deal. Don't think they'll be bringing Lester back.
Remember for the prospect people Mr. Lackey and Miller will probably bring back some nice guys for the farm.
Huge fan of the deal. Don't think they'll be bringing Lester back.
Can Cespedes be offered a QO after next year? It's a little disappointing that he's a FA early (I'm surprised MLB allowed him to become a FA w/o 6 years of service)... but the extra pick next year would be nice. Earlier in this thread it said the A's couldn't offer him arbitration after next year, but that's not the same as a QO.
I guess that's pretty minor in the grand scheme of things.
I guess that's pretty minor in the grand scheme of things.
The Jackson Pollack of baseball.absintheofmalaise said:Link to the Cespedes spray chart on baseballsavant.com. It also has his other plate tendencies in easy to read graphs.
It's not a matter of accepting Stanton's production, but rather ignoring his contract/service situation in order to post messages of desire. Right now, he's as obtainable as crotchless panties on Algon.johnnywayback said:
InsideTheParker said:
I would guess that penthouse to outhouse would bum out Cespedes or anyone else.
And NOT accusing YOU of this....
Given the quality of our local analysts, (and assuming he isn't flipped) I soon expect a flood of "will-he-be-a-malcontent" stories based solely on the fact that he's from the same country as that other affront-to-high-pantsed-white-men-everywhere, Yasiel Puig.
