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Heath Bell/Chris Young 3 Team Trade


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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Oct 20, 2012 -> 09:40 PM)
A's got a steal, and the Marlins got robbed. Wasn't there a good market for Heath Bell before the trade deadline? And then they give him away with some 2nd RD prospect that had a terrible year in A-ball, while still paying $9M of his contract?

 

 

 

Paying 9M is better than paying the entire 21M.

 

Guess this means Ozzie is staying around.

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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 20, 2012 -> 06:53 PM)
And everyone else is laughing that they have won one playoff series in 6 years and two playoff series in the last 20 years

 

Which, and I hate to say this, is more than the Sox have done. Even with a payroll half the size on average, the A's always seem to be competitive and sometimes suprise. Other than 2005, the Sox really don't have much to be proud of.

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QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Oct 20, 2012 -> 08:40 PM)
A's got a steal, and the Marlins got robbed. Wasn't there a good market for Heath Bell before the trade deadline? And then they give him away with some 2nd RD prospect that had a terrible year in A-ball, while still paying $9M of his contract?

Drugs much?

 

Chris Young's OPS+ by season.

 

2006: 73

2007: 88

2008: 91

2009: 83

2010: 108

2011: 103

2012: 95

 

All tha for only $8.5 million (2013) or $11 million (2014, or $1.5 million buyout)! WHAT A STEAL! BEANE IS A GENIUS!

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QUOTE (Cali @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 10:24 AM)
I always thought you couldn't make any trades before the World Series was over... Maybe it's just free agency I'm thinking of.

The rules allow it, but MLB pretty much shuns it as it takes away attention from the WS/playoffs. They'd rather teams make trades afterwards so they can spread the publicity/excitement over the more slow times, rather in the middle of the biggest events.

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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 08:22 AM)
Drugs much?

 

Chris Young's OPS+ by season.

 

2006: 73

2007: 88

2008: 91

2009: 83

2010: 108

2011: 103

2012: 95

 

All tha for only $8.5 million (2013) or $11 million (2014, or $1.5 million buyout)! WHAT A STEAL! BEANE IS A GENIUS!

 

Not sure he's a steal. But Young's ++defense in CF the last three years cannot be ignored.

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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 20, 2012 -> 06:53 PM)
And everyone else is laughing that they have won one playoff series in 6 years and two playoff series in the last 20 years

 

They have only won 1 playoff series in the last 20 years. That's 1 playoff series in 7 attempts in 20 years...

 

QUOTE (balfanman @ Oct 22, 2012 -> 08:10 AM)
Which, and I hate to say this, is more than the Sox have done. Even with a payroll half the size on average, the A's always seem to be competitive and sometimes suprise. Other than 2005, the Sox really don't have much to be proud of.

 

...so I am going to say that this is not more than the White Sox have done, but, because the White Sox have actually won 3 series in the last 20 years - even if they came in the same season - they have actually done more than the Oakland Athletics, even if the Athletics made the playoffs 3 more times than the White Sox did.

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The A's are subject to the disadvantage of playing in a real division. The White Sox are kind of lucky in that regard.

 

Plus their payroll has been like half ours up until very recently and !shock! they put together a hell of a season.

 

Yes, it takes quite a division to be the only one not to produce any of the past ten World Series Champions.

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