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Red Sox Acquire Kason Gabbard
According to Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Rangers have traded left-hander Kason Gabbard to the Red Sox for cash considerations.
The Red Sox immediately assigned him to Triple-A Pawtucket. Gabbard, 27, was 2-3 last season with a 4.82 ERA in 12 starts for Texas. He was converted to a reliever this offseason but didn't make the big club out of spring training.
Interesting side note: Gabbard was a member of the Red Sox just a few years ago, but was traded in 2007 as part of a package for Eric Gagne. The other pieces in that deal? David Murphy and Engel Beltre.
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The Rangers should never trade pitching.
Posted by: melonis rex | April 23, 2009 at 02:45 PM
Are we sure it wasn't Darren O'Day they traded?
Posted by: unbiasedhomer | April 23, 2009 at 02:45 PM
I don't know, the last time Texas sent pitching to Boston, it worked out pretty well for the Rangers. (See Gagne, Eric.)
Posted by: William | April 23, 2009 at 02:46 PM
Didn't the Red Sox trade Kason to them in the first place?
Posted by: Wright50714 | April 23, 2009 at 02:50 PM
Back to the Sox he's going, eh.
Posted by: YankFan408 | April 23, 2009 at 02:50 PM
Well now we know why his jersey was selected to be worn by O'Day yesterday.
Posted by: Adam H. | April 23, 2009 at 03:04 PM
meh. probably has to do with hansack getting released. not really important, just funny and ironic i guess. wish we got beltre back instead...
Posted by: 04Forever | April 23, 2009 at 03:23 PM
I think this may partially be an IOU from the Wes Littleton deal in the offseason.
Kason Gabbard's coming back from elbow surgery and assuming he gets his stuff back most of the way, he could crack the team again down the line as a swingman/long-reliever.
Posted by: TNS | April 23, 2009 at 03:24 PM
still stunning that at the time of the first trade of Gabbard to Texas so many Red Sox fans were "we should have kept Gabbard and traded Lester, Gabbard is better"
Whoops.
It was fairly obvious who had more talent.
Sadly this is more of a human interest story that a worthwhile trade.
We will take the added pitching depth though. Another left hander won't hurt.
Posted by: quintjs | April 23, 2009 at 03:26 PM
I think this may partially be an IOU from the Wes Littleton deal in the offseason.
Kason Gabbard's coming back from elbow surgery and assuming he gets his stuff back most of the way, he could crack the team again down the line as a swingman/long-reliever.
Posted by: TNS | April 23, 2009 at 03:30 PM
I think this may partially be an IOU from the Wes Littleton deal in the offseason.
Kason Gabbard's coming back from elbow surgery and assuming he gets his stuff back most of the way, he could crack the team again down the line as a swingman/long-reliever.
Posted by: TNS | April 23, 2009 at 03:30 PM
As a rule the Rangers shouldn't let go of any useful pitchers.
Remember back in high school when a coach would make a player hold onto a football for the entire day to teach them not to fumble? Jon Daniels needs to do that with pitching.
Jon, here are some pitchers, do not let go of them. If you let go of them, we're gonna make you run laps.
Posted by: Gary | April 23, 2009 at 04:37 PM
"I think this may partially be an IOU from the Wes Littleton deal in the offseason."
Don't think so, I'm pretty sure the Sox gave the Rangers Beau Vaughn in the deal. Unless there was some clause in the deal where Littleton had to break camp with the Sox.
I'm a big fan of this deal... Granted the guy will never be a major league ace but he could very well be a nice back end starter. I'm surprised we got him without even giving up a B prospect.
Posted by: start_wearing_purple | April 23, 2009 at 05:02 PM
I always liked Gabbard and I'm happy to see him back in the orginization.
Posted by: Umair | April 23, 2009 at 05:25 PM
A "B prospect" for someone who was recently passed through waivers and any team could have had him for free? Are you high? Davern Hansack was immediately re-signed to another minor league deal after he was released. I doubt Gabbard will make it to anyones 25 man roster this summer let alone a nice back end starter. And anyone who said back in 07 that Lester should have been thrown in should have been slapped then and now.
Posted by: Andrew I | April 23, 2009 at 05:28 PM
A couple of things:
I believe Beau Vaughn was the last piece of the Teixeria to ATL trade. Not from the BoSox.
The Rangers are getting to where their useful pitchers are being promoted to AAA or MLB. The Rangers now have no use for someone like Gabbard. He was very much a John Koronka-type pitcher who had flashy stuff until batters figured him out.
I don't ever remember Lester even being mentioned in the Gagne deal. That would have been nice though..would have made the trade even more lopsided that it already was.
There was only an IOU to Texas should Littleton make the 25-man roster on Opening Day - not the other way around. Since that didn't happen, it didn't matter.
Posted by: mtex | April 23, 2009 at 05:48 PM
2 years ago when the Sox pitching was not as deep at the upper levels of the ML system and MLB roster, Gabbard was a big deal, now he is not and don't really see any benefit to having him, but then he is better than Davern Hansack they just waived anyway.
Surprising the Rangers traded/released any pitching this year really. No one is out of that division with all the troubles Anaheim is having and they may have needed Gabbard down the road.
Posted by: johns | April 23, 2009 at 05:54 PM
"I believe Beau Vaughn was the last piece of the Teixeria to ATL trade. Not from the BoSox."
Beau Jones was the last piece of the Teixeira deal to Atlanta...the Rangers received Beau Vaughan from the Red Sox this offseason for Wes Littleton.
Posted by: JH32 | April 23, 2009 at 06:48 PM
i will make a case that this means more to me than any sox fan...
we were expecting our 3rd child (1st boy) and really liked the name kason after watching him pitch for boston..
we were devastated he was traded
i will sleep so much better tonight
ps i know this means squat to most, but i am bored with so sox game tonight
Posted by: UpstateNYSOXfan | April 23, 2009 at 08:31 PM
*no sox game
and yes we named him kason anyway
Posted by: UpstateNYSOXfan | April 23, 2009 at 08:32 PM
sorry,
not sure what happened to my first post so ignore both of these
Posted by: UpstateNYSOXfan | April 23, 2009 at 08:34 PM
It baffles me as to why the commissioners office allows these type of underhanded lowdown deals. There's luxury tax, but teams just take advantage of it by paying millions for talented young players in trades and in the draft. All of that money should count towards luxury tax.
Posted by: Grant77 | April 23, 2009 at 10:11 PM
I like this deal because it reminds everyone of the Gagne deal where Theo got taken to the cleaners.
In the grand scheme of things this trade has litte to no consequence although the Mets should send Theo a hooker and see if they can pry Gabbard away.
Posted by: cingular | April 23, 2009 at 10:50 PM
As much as Theo has made some good trades and deals, he has made some stinkers, (He only has to thank Carl Pavano's mother, for keeping him in the job, because he would had been run out of town if Pavano deal went through)
Gabbard is not a bad pitcher, he has the mechanics but when I saw him pitch at Safeco when he was with the Sox, he was hesitant. However big lefties should never be thrown in the dust bin. He could nudge Javy Lopez position in the bullpen as the lefty specialist.
Posted by: okojo | April 23, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Lester needed lots of TLC, as many pitchers, including the great Johan before they can show their potential.
Gabbard was a starting pitcher, He could be flipped to a team like the Angels, or to NL team like San Diego in a package for Peavy.
I also think Gabbard could be back in MLB if he performs well in AAA Pawtucket.
Posted by: okojo | April 23, 2009 at 11:06 PM
2 years ago, the Sox had the best bullpen in the Majors, and Beckett was second for Cy Young. They had Papelbon, Okajima had so many scoreless innings and something like a 0.59 or something ERA.
This is so interesting about Red Sox trades, they make a couple boneheaded trades, and then they make one brilliant deal, like getting Okajima for $1.5 million a year, which was up there with getting Ortiz off waivers.
Posted by: okojo | April 23, 2009 at 11:11 PM
"This is so interesting about Red Sox trades, they make a couple boneheaded trades, and then they make one brilliant deal, like getting Okajima for $1.5 million a year, which was up there with getting Ortiz off waivers."
Fans put ridiculous expectations on the shoulders of their FO. They expect them to never screw up, never trade good players away, and never sign bad players... all in an industry where uncertainty rules!
We have no metric to evaluate GMs against one another; there is no GM+ or something where we can set a baseline at 100 and go from there. The truth about the Red Sox FO is that the good moves they've made have far outweighed the bad. Some of that is just due to luck. If the Red Sox hadn't won in '04 or '07 what would we think of sending Nomar away or trading for WMP? With the tools we have at hand, however, it's pretty safe to say the Sox FO is among the best in the game.
Best, however, doesn't mean perfect.
Posted by: huzzah | April 24, 2009 at 09:30 AM
"He could nudge Javy Lopez position in the bullpen as the lefty specialist."
Lopez could be the one stuck standing up when musical chairs music ends and Smoltzie is activated from the DL list. He has already been give the "garbage time" label from the bullpen finally when he is called on.
Posted by: johns | April 24, 2009 at 10:29 AM
For those who think Gabbard has great mechanics, they should read this.
http://www.chrisoleary.com/projects/Baseball/Pitching/ThePitchingMechanic/2007/ThePitchingMechanic_200709.html
Gabbard shows borderline hyperabduction, which tends to put more stress on the shoulder and elbow.
Posted by: AA | April 24, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Gabbard isn't terribly good.
The big groundball rate is great, but it's never good when you walk 39 batters and strike out only 33 batters in 56 innings.
He's going to need to show much better command if he ever wants to be a decent MLB pitcher.
Posted by: scribbletone | April 24, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Gabbard has never been much of a strikeout pitcher. He is more of a crafty lefty.
Posted by: AA | April 24, 2009 at 04:07 PM