Trade: St. Louis - Oakland

[Providence A's]

St. Louis Trades:

C/1B Robert Kinchen - 5.0 spec - $300k

Salary Subtotal: $300k

Oakland Trades:

SP Steve "Sting" Borden - 5.0 spec - MLC

Salary Subtotal: $0

for the record, Kinchen is filled out...Sting is in AA with some development left and is his 4th best SP spec...5th if you count his 1st round pick Varga.

[bjd2933]

I like it... I've been struggling to get a catcher, and you gotta give a little to get a little... so I'm comfortable with my SP spects

[Providence A's]

I preferred to give up Ambort, but the opportunity to get a nice starter was too much to pass up. Ambort is under control for a couple more years before he walks due to playing time (he wouldn't talk last year because he was unhappy being a backup). I did get a ready catcher spec in the Butler deal in Raymond Adan. And hopefully Cobbs and/or McMichaels develop by the time Ambort and Molina are gone. Adan can hold it down until they are though.

[bjd2933]

Yeah, I wasn't giving up anything big for Ambort, but the opportunity to land a quality catcher for the next 5 or 6 years at last was too much to pass up...