Donaldson to Blue Jays, Lawrie/Barreto/others to Athletics

Post #1 » by **LittleOzzy** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:48 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/538524190408966144[/tweet]

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RINSE · Post #2 » by **RINSE** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:49 am

Is this real life?

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s e n s i · Post #3 » by **s e n s i** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:50 am

holy **** hell

Graham's Cracker · Post #4 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:51 am

Speechless

-MetA4- · Post #5 » by **-MetA4-** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:51 am

Barreto gone too

Rbk_3 · Post #6 » by **Rbk_3** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:51 am

Good riddance. I like this move.

RINSE · Post #7 » by **RINSE** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:51 am

Barretto too

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PJTucker · Post #8 » by **PJTucker** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:52 am

Holy crap! I think I really like this! Hate to see Lawrie go, but HOLY CRAP!

Post #9 » by **spykelee** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:53 am

Need time to process

tecumseh18 · Post #10 » by **tecumseh18** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:53 am

"Win now" has a cost. But wow.

Post #11 » by **Schad** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:54 am

Hate to see Barreto gone, but that's quite the win-now move. Three years of team control remaining on Donaldson, as well.

Post #12 » by **spykelee** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:54 am

Why does this have to happen during the raps game... ****

Graham's Cracker · Post #13 » by **Graham's Cracker** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:55 am

Sucks to see Barretto go. Tons of upside to this deal for the A's. Obviously Donaldson is a stud, and is pretty much everything you want from Brett, if he stayed healthy and played to his potential. I can live with Graveman going, although I'd prefer Nolin. Losing Barretto sucks though. Here's hoping that it's an error and it's actually Deiferson Barretto.

Edit: I guess we're giving them Nolin too. Looks like his all upside versus proven commodity.

azorian · Post #14 » by **azorian** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:57 am

What's the hype about Barretto? I don't remember anyone talking about him before. I wonder if lawrie was another bad character in the clubhouse?

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Post #15 » by **Geddy** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:57 am

The ladies at the game won't have anyone to scream at all game long now

BlueJayReyes · Post #16 » by **BlueJayReyes** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:58 am

Love this move!

Post #17 » by **Schad** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:59 am

azorian wrote:What's the hype about Barretto? I don't remember anyone talking about him before. I wonder if lawrie was another bad character in the clubhouse?

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Barreto's an 18 year old who just put up a .311/.384/.481 line in short-season A ball. Big time prospect if he can stick at a premium defensive position, likely center field. We always trade the ones I love the most.

Also Nolin, apparently. Don't mind that. If it's Lawrie, Barreto, Nolin and Graveman it's hard to be upset...Donaldson is a tad good.

distracted · Post #18 » by **distracted** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 2:59 am

Why would Beane do this deal? Am I missing something?

-MetA4- · Post #19 » by **-MetA4-** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:00 am

azorian wrote:What's the hype about Barretto? I don't remember anyone talking about him before

Seriously? He's been talked about ever since we signed him as a 16 year old. His upside is huge.

Still, I guess if you're committed to now (which we are), adding a guy averaging ~7 WAR the past two seasons is worth it.

Waylon Mercy · Post #20 » by **Waylon Mercy** » Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:00 am

I love this trade but now I'm starting to think Lawrie might be good if Billy Beane is trading for him