A's trade for Willy Taveras, DFA Willy Taveras (and Dana Eveland)
by Adam J. Morris on Feb 1, 2010 1:15 PM CST
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Taveras was acquired as part of a deal that sent Aaron Miles to Cincinnati for salary purposes, along with Adam Rosales, who is apparently going to be the new Jamey Carroll for Oakland.
Taveras was a salary dump by Cincy, so he's been cut loose.
But of more interest to me is that Eveland has also been designated for assignment. Eveland had some decent surface numbers in 2008 that had some folks thinking he could be a quality starter, but he Billy Beane wasn't able to move him while he had value, and he cratered in 2009.
Interestingly, Eveland was part of the Dan Haren deal...and man, the A's got a lot for Haren. Even with Eveland gone, the A's got Aaron Cunningham, Greg Smith and Carlos Gonzalez (all since traded in bigger deals), first base prospect Chris Carter, and Brett Anderson.
Not bad.
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That's a troika of hate
"If this video was an ice cream flavor, it'd be pralines and dick." Clark
re: Matthew Wilder-Break My Stride, 4/17/09
I hate the Yankees
Josey Wales born on LSB July 18, 2006 Jumped the shark--That glorious day in 2008. RIP Josey Wales.
In the interest of quicker games Ron should just tell the ump he's pulling the Feliz card and the ump should rule the inning over.--Sherman McCoy on Sept. 4, 2009
Strange.
I really thought Beane was going for the ultimate team UZR when this deal went down.
Pro baseball has always been a dream, so this is pretty freakin’ cool out here. -- Tim Steggall, undrafted Rangers minor leaguer.
This deal
was probably at least as much about Rosales as Taveras.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 1, 2010 2:16 PM CST up reply actions
the A's must really like Rosales,
because Taveras’ 2010 salary is $4mil and Miles’ is $2.7mil.
by Randy Richardson on Feb 1, 2010 2:50 PM CST up reply actions
Yep
Basically, they bought Rosales for $1.3 million.
by Adam J. Morris on Feb 1, 2010 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
Rotoworld is not impressed:
Rosales, 26, projects as a solid bench player — at best. He batted .213 with four homers in 87 games during his rookie season, squandering his first extended trial in the majors. The A’s, evidently, wanted a utility player who could play shortstop, and the club felt that Rosales was a better fit than the jettisoned Miles.
And the dude looks English…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Not to suggest that Rosales is anything wonderful
but to use a bleh rookie season as evidence that a player isn’t good is kind of weak, even if they’re 25. He did hit .349/.408/.596 in his 30 AAA games, has a career .289/.364/.491 line, and offers something defensively. Ben Zobrist had about a 500 OPS at this point in his major league career.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 1, 2010 3:13 PM CST up reply actions
Ah, thanks for the backround
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Yeah he's probably not a great example
but a lot of guys hit poorly in a first partial season and then do fine.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 1, 2010 7:10 PM CST up reply actions
30 games in AAA
for a 26 year old isn’t too significant either.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
No, it's not
Again, wasn’t saying that he’s anything special. But for a guy who can play in the middle of the field, a career .289/.364/.491 line isn’t bad. Just saying that I wouldn’t assume that he can’t turn into a usable player for them just because he had a low batting average in a partial rookie season.
by Brett Perryman on Feb 2, 2010 10:15 AM CST up reply actions
Huh?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
A's gave up a lot to get those prospects
Haren outpeformed his contract by ~ eleventy billion dollars the past 2 years and probably will this year as well
Dude makes less than $7M this year.
I am glad the A's
don’t have Carlos Gonzalez. That man is going to be a very good player.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
Yep
they flipped street, gonzalez and smith to colorado for holliday whom they flipped for Wallace. Itll be interesting to see who is better in 3 yrs, Wallace or Gonzalez.
"JD gets complete blame or credit for what happens in 2010 and I think Nolan wants it that way. JD is paid to be a real GM and needs to start performing like one." - Josey Wales
The Rockies OF has a lot of talent
Gonzalez looked great last year … running all over LF
I don’t know what they’ll get from Wallace, but I don’t think Mr. Beane thought Carlos would come along like he did last year
OT - Old Dust Devils/Indians Game
I am having to do score a bunch of practice games for this stat stringer gig I got and ran across these plays in an old minor league game from 2005:
K. C. Herren singles on a ground ball to shortstop Pedro Strop.
With Steve Boggs batting, passed ball by Taylor Teagarden, Jason Van Kooten to 3rd.
John Mayberry grounds out, pitcher Andrew Kreidermacher to shortstop Pedro Strop to first baseman Michael Paulk.
A bunch of former prospects listed in the game, weird to see some of these names again. (Ben Crabtree, Joseph Kemp, Julio Santana, Juan Jiminez).
"Support the Dutch Oven"
Those are the ones, it was a tri-cities vs. spokane game...
Spokane lost 13-5; Attendance at the game was listed as 8
"Support the Dutch Oven"
They'd better not make the playoffs
Because they also just signed Gabe Goss, and watching him in the playoffs again would make Dirk’s head ’esplode.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"When you have a weapon on your shoulder like he has, you can be cool." RW on Perez
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Tevaras
Are we looking for another bench bat that can play the out field, or would we rather have someone who could also play first base? I think Murphy is in line to back up 1st base, so maybe bring Taveras in on a minor league deal to ST and let him battle for the bench spot as an outfielder, plus he adds ok D in the OF and good speed in pinch run situations.
PM Productions - Song of the Week - Clip of the Week
"Heres the thing... I made that tape special for today, my special Monday morning tape for you, SPECIAL!
Well it's fucking Monday afternoon you should get out of bed earlier!"
John Cusack and Jack Black, High Fidelity
by FormerLSBUser on Feb 1, 2010 2:33 PM CST reply actions
you think so?
Speed I would say Taveras is faster… Plus he has been a big leaguer, expierience on the bench would be good…
PM Productions - Song of the Week - Clip of the Week
"Heres the thing... I made that tape special for today, my special Monday morning tape for you, SPECIAL!
Well it's fucking Monday afternoon you should get out of bed earlier!"
John Cusack and Jack Black, High Fidelity
by FormerLSBUser on Feb 1, 2010 2:52 PM CST up reply actions
well,
like Adam says below, Taveras can’t hit at all, so he’s just a speed/glove guy. Gentry is younger and could fill the role just as a well – and he has options.
by Randy Richardson on Feb 1, 2010 3:06 PM CST up reply actions
ya
I wouldnt expect him to come in and mash in important situations, but I think he could provide a lot of resource as a bench player
PM Productions - Song of the Week - Clip of the Week
"Heres the thing... I made that tape special for today, my special Monday morning tape for you, SPECIAL!
Well it's fucking Monday afternoon you should get out of bed earlier!"
John Cusack and Jack Black, High Fidelity
by FormerLSBUser on Feb 1, 2010 3:00 PM CST up reply actions
You know what?
I bet ya Willy Terribleas lands here as our 25th man. Bet ya.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
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