Langerhans Traded to Oakland

[DravenX]

The Braves' trade of Ryan Langerhans to Oakland appears to make Matt Diaz the club's primary left fielder.
For now. If Diaz doesn't start hitting .300 with decent power, it shouldn't be too difficult for the team to upgrade in a trade. Craig Wilson and Willie Harris also figure to see some time in left field.

I couldn't believe when I heard it on ESPN. I know he is struggling but it looked like he was coming out of it the past two games.

[love_that_reefer]

Langerhans has showed no promise of becoming an everyday player and has been just awful this season.

[fetters]

Langerhans might be the only guy having a worse year than Wilson Betemit

[DravenX]

Langerhans might be the only guy having a worse year than Wilson Betemit

I haven't been keeping up with Betemit but I like both of them. Everyone struggles now and than but hopefully it will be for the best.

[redsrbetter]

I went to the Rockies/Braves game last night and saw Langerhans for his final time as a Brave. Needless to say, I think this is a big move for the Braves even with just getting a PTBNL. It looks like Diaz is the better stick between the two and the Braves may be losing nothing here.

Maybe just a case of Franceour losing his good friend. Other than that, the Braves are going to be just fine.

Now it is just time to figure out what the A's are up to. They just traded for Denorfia a few days ago and he is out for the season. Now Langerhans? Not sure what Beane is doing here.

[Providence A's]

we have injures (Bradley, Kotsay, Swisher, and Kielty) for this year and free agents-to-be (Bradley and Stewart) for next year. Langerhans fills in now...Deno has a chance to make the team next year. We don't have any really good OFs in AAA. A few in AA and our better ones are in A ball...

[redsrbetter]

Ok, that sounds about right then. I thought Beane was just loading up to start retooling the team somehow. He gave us a pretty good reliever (Marcus McBeth) as one of the PTBNL for Deno. Plus we get cash and another PTBNL. I believe McBeth was the A's best relief prospect, so it was a good deal for both sides.

Good luck with Langerhans, because I think you are going to need it.

[ATLien]

I'm not exactly crying seeing him leave. Good guy, not a good player.

[DravenX]

He is a decent player. It is not an Andruw Jones type of player but still pretty decent. He defense is better than Diaz's even though Diaz has the better offense.

Willie Harris contracted was purchased by the Braves also. So look for Harris to get some time in LF. I didn't get to see him much during Spring Training.