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Just read an interesting story on the Donaldon trade on Bleacher Report.

This is not a rumor. AA has confirmed it all.

Oakland wanted Lawrie included because they needed a replacement for Donaldson. They had to have Lawrie for that reason. However, the key piece they wanted was not Lawrie.... It was Kendall Graveman. ------------------

Jays did not hesitate to include Lawrie in the trade, even though they preferred he be the future 2B..... The guy the hesitated to include was Kendall Graveman.-------------------

The Jays scouts had Graveman as one of the best makeups for a prospect pitcher they'd seen in a very long time. Jays planned on putting Graveman in the rotation after they dealt Happ out.-----------------

Graveman was considered an older prospect. He came from being and after though to dominate out of nowhere..... Kinda like Matt Boyd this season.---------------

What do you all have to say about this?

He was projected as a backend starter and that's what he has been this year.

Barring a minor miracle, both he and Matt Boyd will both be fringe starters for the rest of their careers. I'm not too worried.

is he better than hutch?

I'm assuming you got the ' Jays hesitated to put Graveman in the deal' from the article Steve Simmons wrote. Simmons talks out of his a**. He doesn't have sources on anything. He also wrote a story about Kessel going to the buy a hotdog from the same vendor everyday during the season ( piece came out after he was traded). Multiple people came out and proved the entire story was bull****. Don't take anything he says seriously, hes a joke.

EastBayBoy wrote:I'm assuming you got the ' Jays hesitated to put Graveman in the deal' from the article Steve Simmons wrote. Simmons talks out of his a**. He doesn't have sources on anything. He also wrote a story about Kessel going to the buy a hotdog from the same vendor everyday during the season ( piece came out after he was traded). Multiple people came out and proved the entire story was bull****. Don't take anything he says seriously, hes a joke.

I think the Bleacher Report either stole Simmons' story or linked to it. But there are quotes from AA in there.

kayliecee wrote:

EastBayBoy wrote:I'm assuming you got the ' Jays hesitated to put Graveman in the deal' from the article Steve Simmons wrote. Simmons talks out of his a**. He doesn't have sources on anything. He also wrote a story about Kessel going to the buy a hotdog from the same vendor everyday during the season ( piece came out after he was traded). Multiple people came out and proved the entire story was bull****. Don't take anything he says seriously, hes a joke.

I think the Bleacher Report either stole Simmons' story or linked to it. But there are quotes from AA in there.

This is the article I was referring to.

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/08/11/how-the-blue-jays-finally-convinced-the-athletics-to-trade-josh-donaldson

Either way, Simmons is still a trash writer, who pulls **** out of his a** and calls it fact.

From what the article was saying i got the impression that Billy Beane thought he was getting away with highway robbery.

After the Jays reluctantly "kinda" finally agreed to meet their price, he went on a mission to sell the deal to AA. Like a good Used car salesman selling to a new buyer.