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Guest 589
Aaron Cunningham (and Scott Hairston) was *not* a steep price to pay for Kouzmanoff. Especially when you consider the A’s OF and 3B situation. Neither one of those outfielders would have ever had a starting gig in Oakland again (unless injuries started to pile up). And the A’s desperately needed an everyday 3B — especially one who is a plus-defender, since defense and speed is their primary focus this year.
I’m sure Beane would have preferred to give them Travis Buck, instead of Cunningham. But Hoyer probably insisted on Cunningham. Which is totally fine. (At least he didn’t demand Ryan Sweeney and Gio Gonzalez, like Pittsburgh did for Andy LaRoche!)
Michael Taylor, Grant Desme and Ryan Sweeney appear to be the future of the A’s outfield, at the moment. And right now, they still have Coco Crisp, Rajai Davis, Travis Buck, Eric Patterson and prospects Sean Doolittle, Corey Brown and Shane Peterson. So even if Cunningham turns into an above-average major league outfielder, it’s very unlikely he’ll be missed.
UWBadgers
I agree, Cunningham is not that steep a price for Kouz. Cunningham, while he looks solid, really doesn’t have that much of an upside. He may turn into a league average outfielder for a couple years, but I don’t see many people projecting him much more than that, and I’ll take 3 years of a proven average 3b, than the upside of a average corner outfielder, especially in the A’s situation.
asfan2010
Add in Hairston was pretty useless, Beane is basically admitting a mistake in that deal. Though I doubt he loses sleep over trading italiano/webb with the A” reliever depth. Fair or not, gallagher fell out of favor. CUnningham was not going to pass up taylor and sweeney, plain and simple. If anything, it gives him a clearer path in SD
Guest 591
Another way we can look at it now, is that they essentially got Kouzmanoff and Sogard for Cunningham, Gallagher, Webb and Italiano. And I’ll take that deal any day of the week! Unneeded depth was turned into a solid everyday 3B — something the A’s haven’t had in quite a while.
I actually think they lucked out. Kouzmanoff, at the very least, should provide some stability until they can find someone better.
Dylan
I think this is an extremely boring offseason. Very few good players, maybe one great player if that’s how you think of Holliday…
CardinalsOwn
It has been sort of a boring offseason, But just stay on this site, And Watch a little MLB Network and it won’t be. ๐
CardinalsOwn
It has been sort of a boring offseason, But just stay on this site, And Watch a little MLB Network and it won’t be. ๐
markjsunz
Andre EIthier had a good year last season and he is in line for a raise thru arbitration. He hit 31 home runs, 106 Rbi and a.272 average
markjsunz
Andre EIthier had a good year last season and he is in line for a raise thru arbitration. He hit 31 home runs, 106 Rbi and a.272 average
wean02
This has been the most boring off-season in recent memory. Hopefully that means a busy trade deadline this summer.