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andrey
With Jarrod Parker and AJ Griffin returning from injury and Drew Pomeranz and Jesse Chavez available to go back to the rotation, trading Samardzija is a possibility.
Beane may end up with better prospects than he gave up. He has shown an ability to identify and acquire good young players in the minor leagues. He is better at that than drafting his own.
vtadave
I don’t think a year of Samardzija is going to net a prospect better than Addison Russell.
Snoochies8
Yeah not a chance it will, top 100 probably, maybe even top 50, but not a Russell type prospect
andrey
Samardzija has already been traded for a top 50 prospect, Russell. So to say he can’t be traded for a top prospect is logically incorrect.
Also, It is one year plus the qualifying offer(1st round draft pick), if he is moved in the offseason.
The bigger mistake you are making is thinking that only top 50 prospects are valuable. Beane has repeatedly traded veterans for young players, those young players become veterans and he trades them for more young players.
The young players he acquires don’t have to be top prospects. Sometimes they are former top prospects like Drew Pomeranz or players not highly thought of by other teams. He has proven it over and over again.
DarthMurph
He didn’t actually say any of the things you accuse him of being “logically incorrect” about.
Snoochies8
Uh..what?
Snoochies8
Parker and Griffin probably won’t be ready until mid-season or so (12-18 month recovery time and then rehab stints and normal tightness that goes on too that push back the timetable)
I doubt Parker will be able to stay in the rotation after two Tommy Johns though.
Snoochies8
The only teams that may have a 3B need this winter and have the prospects to not get their GM laughed off the phone right away are Boston (Betts, Cecchini, Owens, etc) and LA (Seager, Urias, Pederson, etc).
Boston was semi-restructuring and they probably wouldn’t want to have to send out that type of prospect package. LAD have been trying to keep their farm system intact for a while now and probably wouldn’t wanna pay that much in prospects either.
Oakland, meanwhile, still has a chance to compete next year and should hang onto Donaldson and Samardzija
vtadave
Yeah Dodgers need a shortstop, not a third baseman. They have Uribe who just hit well over .300 and has an excellent glove. Plus they have Alex Guerrero who can probably slot there along with Justin Turner.
sunshipballoons
The Giants have a need a third, but probably don’t have the chips to get Donaldson. As I noted above, I think Lowrie as a FA to the Giants to play 3B is reasonably likely.
sunshipballoons
Samardzija seems sure to go.
I think the obvious landing spot for Lowrie is with the Giants as a third baseman.
Dan Bowen
He has no arm. 3B is scary. I would take him back on Oakland as a 2B.
sunshipballoons
Yeah, not an ideal solution, but the Giants aren’t likely to pay Sandoval $100 million or whatever huge amount Headley is going to get. I mean, maybe they go with Duval, but I don’t think so. Lowrie is the closest thing to a MLB hitter available at 3B after Sandvoal and Headley.
DarthMurph
Jed Lowrie seems like the perfect candidate to completely fall apart when he gets his payday. He’s not very good and loves the DL. One of my least favorite Sox players in recent memory.
Rally Weimaraner
The A’s played badly down the stretch but trading Donaldson seems like a drastic move for a team that has made three consecutive postseason appearances
Dan Bowen
Donaldson is a top 10 WAR player who is cost-controlled for the next 4 seasons. There is no way he is getting traded. He is the type of player Beane would trade for.
rundmc1981
I think he was top-3 WAR this year (reg season). Why would anyone consider trading him, even if he were making Ryan Howard-money? Folks, he’s worth it.
I wish he were a Brave, but I love to see him flourish.
sunshipballoons
Because, if the A’s were paying Donaldson Ryan Howard money, the rest of the roster would have to be guys on minimum contracts.
rundmc1981
Good thing you got Beane that can extract value from minimum contracts to make up for an overpay – like we could ever live in a world where Beane would pay Donaldson Ryan Howard-money.
DippityDoo
Yeah Lowrie gets a qualifying offer and Epstein contacts me to help him with the Cubs rebuild with a sweet parking spot, and I get to suit up on Sundays.
start_wearing_purple
The truth is the Cespedes/Lester trade hurt the A’s in the short run. They lost their best and most feared hitter. It was a great calculated move in acquiring a quality postseason pitcher but their lineup lost the only player pitchers feared. Getting rid of Donaldson, their best hitter, seems to make no sense.
Snoochies8
He wasn’t their best nor their most feared this year or last year, that either went to Brandon Moss or Josh Donaldson (more likely Donaldson)
Biggest name hitter? Sure, the average fan probably knows about Cespedes more than Donaldson or Moss
start_wearing_purple
Actually I was going off of an article where the Athletics players were saying Cespedes was their most feared hitter. Most feared hitter isn’t always the best.
MadmanTX 2
Hinch’s best quality is being a “yes man” for the front office of the Astros, followed closely by being another caretaker manager during a now-extended rebuilding process. In 2-3 years, Hinch will get canned and replaced by a “seasoned” manager.
rccb
there is basically no reason to think this hiring is about anything other than maximizing on-field success. and seasoned managers seem to have a pretty tough time landing jobs these days
sascoach2003
Will be real interested to see/know who Hinch brings in as his bench coach. That’s usually a pretty good sign of if a manager “gets it or not”? Some of the best managers use their bench coaches A LOT. Torre and Girardi with Zimmer, Maddon with Martinez.
tigerfan1968
don’t be nice just say a qualifying offer for Lowrie is laughable. Lowrie himself should have been laughing at that one.
Shoeless Joe's Diploma
So M. Young, now strolling the clubhouse back slap’n instead of J. Daniels. Umm, smart move, but will it last? Mikey is not much of a “yes man”, but may very well be a good “eyes & ears” guy, while he learns some new ropes of field mgr & front office guru, under J.D.- just might work. He’s always been a baseball multi-tasker.