DirtySox Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) Buster_ESPN Buster Olney The Red Sox have acquired Andrew Bailey from Oakland... Details to come. 2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply Buster_ESPN Buster Olney Josh Reddick goes to Oakland as part of this deal. 1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply Buster_ESPN Buster Olney Ryan Sweeney to the Red Sox as part of the Bailey deal. 2 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal Sources confirm report by @Buster_ESPN that Bailey on verge of going from #Athletics to #RedSox. Package said to be "Reddick plus." #MLB 1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply Buster_ESPN Buster Olney Oakland also gets Miles Head, 20-year-old 3B, and Raul Alcantera, 19-year-old pitcher. 1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply Edited December 28, 2011 by DirtySox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Going to be quite interesting to compare to Sergio's deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 03:44 PM) Going to be quite interesting to compare to Sergio's deal. Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 QUOTE (DirtySox @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 04:45 PM) Indeed. If Reddick is involved, then that means they have a top 100 listed guy, who was at an MLB-ready level, which was btw what KW said he would want back in deals if he gave up pieces. But he's also not a starting pitcher, which obviously holds some extra value. I'd sorta call Reddick close to balanced with Molina, if the Sox scouts are right on Molina at least, and he's got a rotation future. So, what else is in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Buster_ESPN Buster Olney Ryan Sweeney to the Red Sox as part of the Bailey deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 Ken_Rosenthal Ken Rosenthal Sources confirm report by @Buster_ESPN that Bailey on verge of going from #Athletics to #RedSox. Package said to be "Reddick plus." #MLB 1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 04:55 PM) Buster_ESPN Buster Olney Ryan Sweeney to the Red Sox as part of the Bailey deal. Well, he's an upgrade on JD Drew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Red Sox going to roll with Sweendog? Hmm....I was wondering if they would then want Quentin to take over Reddick's spot, but maybe they are just going to let Sweeney give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 If Reddick is out of Boston, then it's either Sweeney or they could use a RF...and they have a capable RF backup in Sweeney if they want to shoot for a power hitting RF who can't stay healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtySox Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 Buster_ESPN Buster Olney Oakland also gets Miles Head, 20-year-old 3B, and Raul Alcantera, 19-year-old pitcher. 1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Raul Alcantera is pretty young, only threw 65 innings last year, but 2.2 ERA, 0.918 WHIP. Long term that's a nice add. Head, 3b, 15 HR and 1.022 OPS in a 1/2 season at A ball last year, .700's OPS after b umping up to high-A ball. Looks like there's some talent there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I'd say those other 2 guys are the sort of "man I wish we could have gotten another piece coming back" lower level pieces that I wish we'd gotten back along with Molina for Sergio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Lots of people seem to think this moves Bard to Boston's rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjm676 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Good for the A's. They got Head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 04:44 PM) Going to be quite interesting to compare to Sergio's deal. To be fair, SS was not quite AB yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 05:33 PM) To be fair, SS was not quite AB yet... Very true, but Bailey is also not signed yet and is a first year arb-eligible player this year, so he's a service time year ahead of Sergio. Plus, he also has had injury issues and already did the Tommy John once, so you have to count him as a bigger injury risk as well. All in all, I think their values are very comparable, and I think the "throw-in guys" in this deal, if you'd accept me calling them that, are the kind of things I wish we'd also gotten along with Molina in the Santos deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 05:46 PM) Very true, but Bailey is also not signed yet and is a first year arb-eligible player this year, so he's a service time year ahead of Sergio. Plus, he also has had injury issues and already did the Tommy John once, so you have to count him as a bigger injury risk as well. All in all, I think their values are very comparable, and I think the "throw-in guys" in this deal, if you'd accept me calling them that, are the kind of things I wish we'd also gotten along with Molina in the Santos deal. That's fair enough to me...although the key here is the Red Sox were not going to give us a SP the caliber of Molina (or of what we think of Molina, anyways)...and I am sure KW knew this. However, you make a fair point about the additional bodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almagest Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Bailey has been a lot better than Santos -- even last year, when Bailey's stats took a nosedive, he was better. Also the Red Sox got Sweeney, who could be a nice 4th outfielder for them. I think value-wise, this and the Santos trade are about even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I wish we could have gotten Reddick and a piece. Damnit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 05:15 PM) I wish we could have gotten Reddick and a piece. Damnit. Sox need for a starter far outweighs their need for a corner OFer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 06:46 PM) Very true, but Bailey is also not signed yet and is a first year arb-eligible player this year, so he's a service time year ahead of Sergio. Plus, he also has had injury issues and already did the Tommy John once, so you have to count him as a bigger injury risk as well. All in all, I think their values are very comparable, and I think the "throw-in guys" in this deal, if you'd accept me calling them that, are the kind of things I wish we'd also gotten along with Molina in the Santos deal. Yeah, but we did not throw in De Aza, who I am blindly equating to Ryan Sweeney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I will blindly say I'd rather have De Aza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Dec 28, 2011 -> 05:24 PM) Sox need for a starter far outweighs their need for a corner OFer. Touche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 pgammo Peter Gammons If Reddick not in deal, Bailey would have been traded to Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 29, 2011 -> 08:48 AM) pgammo Peter Gammons If Reddick not in deal, Bailey would have been traded to Texas Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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