Your Own Personal DeJesus traded to A's
There'd been a good deal of speculating that the Reds might try and trade for the Royals' David DeJesus to play in left field. Nahgunnahappen now.
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That is all the Royals got for him?
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way...
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by Brian B on Nov 10, 2010 7:14 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Seriously. I didn't want DeJesus, but the A's gave up the equivalent of Matt Maloney and Matt Klinker for him.
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A's fans make him out to be pretty good
Fan over valuation of their own prospects is probably a big part of that, but it is one year of DeJesus and 4 or 5 of a guy to put in the rotation.
seriously.
Even if his ops drops back to his career levels, this wouldve been an easy, easy trade to make. Hopefully this means Walt has his eyes on a bigger prize.
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by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Nov 11, 2010 8:38 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
/2004'd
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seems like the Reds and A's have a good trading relationship
We could still trade for DeJesus!
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Agreed.
Walt has a long history with folks in Oakland. If not DeJesus, then Coco Crisp would do fine. Either way, I wouldn’t want to give up too much.
by wanderinredsfan on Nov 10, 2010 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
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"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander
Good trade for Oakland.
KC can draft, but the Royals’ trades often leave much to be desired.
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by Thundering Turtle on Nov 10, 2010 9:35 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Well, the Royals get Mazzaro and Marks cheap for a few more years, while DeJesus is already making $6M for i believe just one more year.
You have to figure the Royals aren’t done using the money saved. So outside the vacuum of this deal, I don’t think it was terrible.
by Brian B on Nov 11, 2010 8:38 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
oh noess!
oh well, I heard Crawford will be willing to come here for a couple of bats and a low salary. He loves the reds.
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Greinke
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greinke would take "a haul,‘’ in words of 1 kc person. maybe 2 good starting pitchers and a hitter. ny is not a fit for himI’d guess that would mean something like Cueto, Maloney, Frazier or Francisco (I doubt they want Alonso given what they have at 1B already)? Would they want more than that? Would they prefer a more cost-controlled player like Leake or Wood than Cueto?
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Leake, Maloney, and your choice of Frazier, Francisco, or Alonso
I’d do that.
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by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Nov 11, 2010 9:28 AM EST up reply actions
I have a feeling that if it's Leake, then Maloney won't be enough as the second pitcher
but yeah, I’d do that.
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Opinions on Bailey seem to be all over the map.
What do you think about Homer being the “pitcher with an upside of Greinke?” I think he can be a huge trading piece if matched up with the right GM.
On another note, I’d give KC Volquez and Francisco for Greinke if they’d take it. There’s your upside. Good luck with that.
by Brian B on Nov 11, 2010 9:53 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Bailey is going to have a breakout year in 2011
Hopefully it will be for the Reds.
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Throw Lotzkar in there too as the "high potential" guy
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by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Nov 11, 2010 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
With the prospects they have in the upper minors, I think they would be looking for guys who are much, much closer to the bigs
I think Cueto, Maloney, and Francisco or Frazier would probably do it.
That’s not a super great haul, but the thing the Reds have that most other organizations don’t is a surplus of guys who could step in and be in the rotation/starting lineup right away, yet will still be cheap for a while.
see what I did there with uzr? it’s like a LOL cats saber-pun combo.--Verka Serduchka
Cueto is the pitcher I'm most reluctant to deal
I think I’d try every other combination I could before including him.
I’d still probably do it, though.
Calmer than you are.
by 3 Fast 3 Furious on Nov 11, 2010 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
i think sending Cueto over would be self defeating for the Reds
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by justin007000 on Nov 11, 2010 12:52 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed.
I’d send Volquez, Bailey, or Leake. No way on Cueto or Wood, though.
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by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Nov 11, 2010 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
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