Baltimore - Oakland

[Providence A's]

any prospects from Oakland interest you? I have 2B/SS 5.0 spec Noonan, MR 5.0 spec Silva, CL 5.0 spec Delaney, and a couple SP specs. The SP specs aren't spectacular, but Manhardt is 8,8,8,9.

I like Cust and Noonan.

Sound good?

rather than sending in PMs, I thought this would be easier.

Baltimore Trades:

CL Jim Hoey - 2.5 stars - $840k

Salary Subtotal: $840k

Oakland Trades:

DH Jack Cust - 2.5 stars - $2.25 mil
2B/SS Nick Noonan - 5.0 spec - MLC

Salary Subtotal: $2.25 mil

probably looks like I'm giving up too much, but the emergence of Kulbacki makes Cust expendable. I probably wasn't going to use him and I save some dough. Noonan is ****-blocked by Weeks, Casilla, and Pennington. And Nick, if this passes, don't worry...I'm not going to send any changes. Let Hoey sit in AAA to prevent him from reaching 172 service days to become a FA.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

pass. this is actually a very even trade to me

[Kingdom]

You're giving up a DH that'll strike out 160 plus times and is over his ratings plateau and a solid prospect, you're not really giving up that much at all. Pass on that note

[browntown653]

sure

[Providence A's]

You're giving up a DH that'll strike out 160 plus times and is over his ratings plateau and a solid prospect, you're not really giving up that much at all. Pass on that note

fair enough...Cust did have 3 very productive seasons in a row until Kulbacki replaced him. I wasn't sure how some people would view it. It's not like Hoey has lit the world on fire...his ratings are similar to Chris Ray, but he has performed better...not spectacular, but better. My bullpen was like a box of chocolates last season...wacky performances, DTD pitchers not pitching for months, and injuries...