Andy the Clown

No one has wanted him for a year. Why would anyone want him now, particularly when he just got expensive?

I didn't see that. Sorry.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChuckGarfien/sta...340460627243008

Let's call up Theo and see what he wants for Luis Valbuena.

Looks great! You need to flip Danks and Noesit, though. ; ) One more bullpen arm to replace Surkamp would be nice...

Can't believe this thread is only at 11 pages. This is a big f***ing deal y'all! Way to go RH!

As long as Viciedo isn't starting, I think we'll all be pleased.

If by "upside" you mean "cocaine", then yeah.

This guy thinks so

I mean, we have to be close to being done right? What do we have left in terms of spending money?

Are you sure? Not many go to Oakland and live to tell about it...

This is madness. Wait, what did we just get Robertson too? Hahn is burning the state of Arizona down to the ground!

Shark's a great pitcher, no doubt. Seems to be a nice fit for our roster, I just wish we had traded someone else for him.

I hope Johnson is that good. Sanchez as an everyday player would kill our offense.

You all know I love Semien, so I'm frustrated. Shark is a fine pitcher, but I'm frustrated that we gave up the one guy in our system with superlative pitch recognition skills. I understand why we did it, but consider this: We now have holes at: -2B (I don't believe in Sanchez...sorry) -3B -LF -Bullpen That's a lot of holes to fill for a team that is going all in. It doesn't seem like we're good enough to be trading a potentially good starting 2B for a one year rental. At least I'll get to see Beane use Semien at SS everyday like I was advocating we do...

He should send a Thanksgiving Bouquet to Jose for that deal.

I was looking at his overall numbers, not his splits against righties.

I'll play along: Eaton - L Semien - R Cabrera - S Abreu - R LaRoche - L A Garcia - R Gillespie - L Ramirez - R Flowers - R Semien moves from 2B to 3B when we face a lefty, with Sanchez coming off of the bench. There is absolutely no way to justify Sanchez playing everyday at this point. He doesn't do anything well. But then again, neither does Gillespie...

Jesus, some people are absurd. What is the point of a Shields to Sox hoax? Mods, feel free to blow this thread to heaven.

Ugh. Is this a fake account? That's what this old man gets for trying to read Twitter.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Ken_RosenthaIl/s...280650165125120 Interesting, my friends. Interesting.

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I'm thinking we are the last team McCarthy would join. He and KW dislike each other, no? I remember bad blood there.

Good post, good info. Thanks. I live in Texas and didn't see every game last year. Games that I did see I thought Semien was average in the field. Good to hear more detail on it. If we were to trade him instead of Sanchez, I think I'd be crying on my pillow for weeks...months...years.

That's not what his bat says. Unless you're thinking of a Tony Phillips type that plays everyday at a variety of places. His bat is too good to fix to the bench.