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Ryan Barnes
Also, LHP/Outfielder Jordan Schafer needs elbow surgery. Possibly Tommy John but could be “primary repair”
ck420
Angel Pegan
ZantiGM
might be interested in chris dickerson or kim from orioles?
A'sfaninUK
They need a guy who can spell Rajai in CF for decent amounts of time. Pagan is so that man but for whatever reason they aren’t interested in him, which sucks.
But yeah, no corner OF’s, they need athletes. I’d try and get Michael Taylor of the Nats for very little, as he can defend at least, and if they are going to be brutal in the corner OF spots, it would be nice to have a plus glove CF, even if he can’t hit well.
rycm131
Welp there goes his .224 4 homer season
A'sfaninUK
He had -0.3 fWAR last year, the A’s are literally better off without him.
rycm131
After further thought .224 was a bit generous. You are right.
Wolf Hoffmann
Thoughts and prayers
A'sfaninUK
Sign Angel Pagan NOW. He makes the team way more interesting and would be the best OF defender.
SimplyAmazin91
I was going to say Pagan seems like a perfect fit, not De Aza is enough to cut it.
SimplyAmazin91
Not sure*
SamFuldsFive
The A’s are going to be so bad.
A'sfaninUK
lol, because a bad player got hurt? His WAR was -0.3 last year, he’s no help.
coachbrad
With a $5 million price tag Pagan is not the answer. Literally anyone can play OF for a team that’s going to win 70 games. They should be looking to trade for some actual talent. Dodgers and Padres come to mind.
A'sfaninUK
I agree, there’s plenty of trade possibilities, my fave one I’ve seen floated around is Raimel Tapia for Liam Hendriks. But if the A’s are trying to hold onto prospect assets, Pagan, who had a 2.1 fWAR last year, is literally a 2.4 win improvement over Smolinski and the A’s owners have repeatedly said they aren’t bound by financial restrictions anymore (remember the A’s were runner up for Encarnacion at 2/50)..
coachbrad
That means that they have more money they want to spend wisely, not more money to continue to spend on a dumpster fire.
They need talent. Lots of it.
90 days of an effective looking Sonny Gray and he’s gone. They have a decent farm but they need to populate it with more blue chip pieces.
lesterdnightfly
Which shoulder? Throwing arm or fielding arm? Neither this story nor Susan Slusser’s specify. Would be good to know, as it may impact time on the DL and the type of recovery regimen.