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TheChanceyColborn
What a shame. I loved burns.
johnsilver
So did I and he still had upside also. Can run and play defense. Eibner is the opposite. Not to mention Burns was a fan favorite.
chuckymorris
He’s basically Jarrod Dyson 2.0
braves4life1
Good trade for all.
Ray Ray
He seems like a very KC type player.
Ryan Barnes
Solid move for the royals.
Matt Galvin
It’s just as swap trade because both can play CF. Could have gotten Hill or so on to.
WAH1447
This trade makes 0 sense. I don’t understand what goes through the A’s front office when they make trades. It’s absolutely terrible
amishthunderak
Does it have to do with service time, arbitration, options, etc.?
jhettich
Burns will be packaged with Miley/Kennedy
Francys01
Good trade for both teams.I have seen a few games of KC and Eibner has played well for Kansas City. However, Burns is a great outfielder, very talented.
ThePriceWasRight
this year it looks good. coming into the year would have been crazy. still nice buy low by kc.
zacharydmanprin
How so?
Drew3451
Good move for both sides
rugrat907
Once Burns loses a little of his speed, he’ll be out of the majors since his bat won’t play in a corner OF position. I’m willing to bet Eibner has a longer MLB career than Burns…
ThePriceWasRight
burns is 26. the speed is there for a little while.
1738hotlinebling
I dont undertsand this trade
Asfan27
All I want to know is why?
zacharydmanprin
Why, what?
max l
This looks like the deck hands re-arranging the chairs on the Titanic AFTER it has already struck the iceberg
twentyfivemanroster
I wonder if this mean that the Royals have a deal involving Dyson
A'sfaninUK
Burns got figured out this year after a nice 2015. KC hitting coaches have a lot of work to do with him. He also strangely is kind of a bad base stealer in that he doesn’t run often enough and only steals bags at a 78% clip. He’s a poor man’s Dyson (who has a career 85% SB). Burns will probably play out his days as a career 4th OF, Eibner is the more interesting player of the two, for sure, but has less of a sample to work with. Like those AAA numbers though.
ryanh48
Fair deal for both sides
halos101
seems like the a’s gave up on burns pretty quickly
zacharydmanprin
So, the A’s should stick with the below average defense, limited ability to get on base, poor base running, zero power and below average defense until Burns figures it out? Or should they flip him for a player with more years of control, better defense, decent OBP and good power for CFer?
ThePriceWasRight
funny how you forgot 2015 when he had 26 steals, a near 300 avg and was 5th in rookie of the year voting. kc will do what they did with dyson, flatten the swing out and tell him even or down is better for a guy with his speed.
sunset117
Burns does not have below average defense. He made some amazing plays … The rest are fair but he was amazing last year so the possibility is there, if he gets playing time or figures it out
Mop Ball
Power and speed in Eibner for just speed in Burns. Two additional option years versus none. Typical royals target. Doesn’t walk or strikeout much, so if Burns keeps hitting at his current pace then this is a real head scratcher for a KC team that needs offense.
ThePriceWasRight
yeah comparing the speed of these two makes a lot of sense.
worldchampskc
Not exactly sure why this trade was done. It seems like the Royals and A’s were just sitting there and decided “Eh, screw it, let’s just throw something together to make it look like we’re trying.”
sunset117
I liked burns. He was having a bad first half but the guys a solid talent and it sucks to see him go
warmachine76
Eibner has been and still is injury prone. Minors career littered with injuries and it didn’t take long for him to get hurt when The Royals called him up this season.
He’s fragile.
Plus all of his power numbers from the minors really didn’t translate to the big club. He’s looked lost at the plate the entire time to me.
Seems like a good guy though. A’s fans definitely do not need to worry about character. Hopefully he does well for you guys.
The trade does seem kind of like a lateral move though. Either The Royals think they can fix Burns or he is getting packaged in another deal.