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A's Acquire Ryan Langerhans
According to Baseball Digest Daily, the A's acquired outfielder Ryan Langerhans from the Braves for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Given the recent trade for Chris Denorfia, the A's will have decent outfield depth in 2008. Perhaps this means they won't be re-signing Milton Bradley.
Langerhans, 27, was off to a 2 for 41 start this year. The trade should leave Matt Diaz and Craig Wilson with some extra playing time for Atlanta. It could also make Scott Thorman a full-timer.
Langerhans posted an excellent 13.7% walk rate last year, but he's still well below average offensively for a left fielder. His defense is his main asset. The Indians had expressed interest in Langerhans in the past.
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Wilson hasn't played in the OF this season at all. I read somewhere that he has a bum throwing shoulder. So I think Wilson and Thorman will continue to platoon at first base. Matt Diaz will platoon in LF with a kid named Brandon Jones, until Jones shines and takes over starting job there.
Great move for the Braves. Langerhans is an excellent defender, but the Braves have good OF depth in the minors, including Jones, who is also a good fielder and can probably hit better than Langerhans.
Posted by: jsizzle | April 29, 2007 at 07:34 PM
Call up Brandon Jones. Just think about it, the Braves will have:
A. Jones
B. Jones
C. Jones
Sweet!
Posted by: ZachAttack | April 29, 2007 at 08:17 PM
Bad trade for Atlanta. They should have demanded Dan Haren and Huston Street, plus cash.
Posted by: Land-Man | April 29, 2007 at 09:52 PM
Haha.
Posted by: Laputian | April 29, 2007 at 10:59 PM
I wonder if the Langer-Hands will travel to Oakland.
Posted by: beeniez | April 30, 2007 at 12:15 AM
Looks like Willie Harris is being called up. Willie is a super utility player wit exp. in all 3 outfield positions and second and third base time. My bet (and DOB's) is Harris will platoon with Diaz in LF.
As for what the braves will be getting in return look for a minor league starter with high up side and ML little exp or a Vet who has been effective before.
BTW, Wilson has such a bad arm that the throw from LF to 3rd is near impossible for him at times. We won't see him out there unless Cox has no other options.
Posted by: Torchy | April 30, 2007 at 12:28 AM
langerhans can hit, dunno what is wrong with him now but hopefully a change in scenery will give him a jumpstart. hate to see him go cuz hes such a good guy but that's baseball.
Posted by: coastal387 | April 30, 2007 at 01:00 AM
Ah, I remember back in the day when Braves fans assured us this guy would be a world-burner. And Kyle Davies would have a Cy Young Award by now. But then again, I've never seen fans less objective about their prospects than Braves fans.
Posted by: DentalPlan | April 30, 2007 at 05:25 AM
No one ever expected him to be a top notch hitter, but after his rookie season we thought .270 with double-digit homers was reasonable and great defense.
As for Davies, he was headed towards being a top of the rotation starter, but that groin injury has messed with his mechanics and his mental approach a lot.
Posted by: was385 | April 30, 2007 at 07:37 AM
We don't know what Oakland is giving up but with these two trades Beane should get credit for being a step ahead of the game yet again.
Langerhans is probably better as backup/4th OF/defensive replacement, but has considerable value there because he's a decent hitter too. Denorfia can be a very good OF with good OBP and some power and speed.
Posted by: bobo | April 30, 2007 at 11:29 AM
anyone know if he has any value in an AL only league right now?
Posted by: thenerbster | April 30, 2007 at 10:06 PM