Hot Stove News: Boston Red Sox Acquire Andrew Bailey
by Brandon C. on Dec 28, 2011 6:17 PM EST
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PrintHappy Wednesday, everyone!
-The Boston Red Sox acquired Andrew Bailey and Ryan Sweeney from the Oakland Athletics for two lower level minor leaguers, Miles Head and Raul Alcantera, and Josh Reddick. This marks a big win for the Red Sox if you ask me, as the two prospects are essentially lottery picks, and Reddick for Sweeney isn't a big deal.
-Andrew Bailey explained his thoughts about the deal here.
-SB Nation New York looks at both the top 10 New York stories and top 10 Yankees stories.
-NYT profiled John Sterling, who sounds like a sad man. As Deadspin noted, this paragraph is especially depressing.
Within 90 minutes of the final out, Sterling is usually at home in his apartment in Edgewater, N.J., where he lives alone. In public, he always seems undeniably on display, a tall man stalking through hallways with a booming voice that precedes him. Late at night, he mixes a drink, revs up the DVR and reclines in the quiet of his living room to watch the soap operas he missed earlier in the day.
-Ken Rosenthal talked to Scott Boras about Edwin Jackson, and used the quotes to examine the free agency of Jackson.
-Bryan Hoch reports that the Yankees will wait to see what happens with Hiroyuki Nakajima before talking to Eric Chavez. I do not want Chavez back on a major league deal.
-Come back tomorrow for my interview with Jim Abbott!
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Why did the A's even make this deal?
They need outfield help so they lose one just to get another one. The two prospects are pretty much useless at the moment. The A’s could have gotten a better package of more useful players elsewhere. I’m seriously starting to wonder if Billy Beane is really that good of a GM.
He knows what he's doing
This particular move may be questionable, but you don’t get a team of that payroll into the playoffs multiple times by accident. I wouldn’t question his credibility based on this one move.
I’d be very pleased if he were the Yankee GM (though I’m fine with Cashman).
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yeah but what else has he done since the whole moneyball thing?
yeah he got them to the playoffs, but they haven’t really been close since then. I understand that he’s very limited in funding but after years of sucking and receiving high draft picks, they should have a slew of great talent, however now they’re selling off everyone before they even made a run for it. Beane seems like a great talent evaluator, but i just don’t know about everything else. I’m not even sure if the Gio move was a great move for them or just a stupid move by the Nats.
I am in with you on this.
I don’t think he is the type of GM he used to be. He used to be a great GM, but he is not adapting for everyone going in with the same approach he goes in with. He does have to deal with one of the smallest payrolls in baseball, which limits his assets in which he can keep good players in town for a long time.
Andrew Friedman also has to deal with one of the smallest payrolls in baseball
Yet he got his team to the WS even though they competed in baseballs toughest division. Beane wishes he couldve accomplished the stuff Friedman and the Rays group has. I dont recall the Rays making stupid deals like this Bailey one. The Red Sox continue to get lucky dealing with stupid GMs out in California.
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The Red Sox acquiring a post-Tommy John relief pitcher who has had arm injuries in both 2010 and 2011 and an outfielder for the bench is “getting lucky dealing with stupid GMs out in California?” They combined for 1.0 fWAR in 2011.
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by Lord Duggan on Dec 29, 2011 12:57 PM EST up reply actions
I still think the A's could have gotten more
I think if they didn’t give up Sweeney too then it would have been a better trade for them.
Maybe because Bailey has the mystical tag of being a closer some team would have overpaid further, but the Red Sox certainly did not make any serious upgrade, especially when you consider the year that Reddick had in 2011, the fact that he is under team control for another five years, and Bailey’s 3.62 FIP outside of Oakland.
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I suppose Reddick is better than I thought
The closer tag will always bring more in a trade and I think the A’s could have gotten more (or at least more major league ready) for just Bailey without Sweeney. GMs are obsessed with finding their Closer™. Injury and common sense be damned.
but, yeah, I’m not sure why they would make such a trade for a close when they have a perfectly fine one right now in their rotation and when they could sign a slew of reasonably priced short term pitchers who would be better than Bard and Aceves. For instance, instead of trading for Bailey why not sign Kuroda and move Bard back to the bullpen at least.
Still think Sox made a steal
I guess Im not as high on Reddick as you are. Bailey does always have injury concerns but his numbers vs the AL East are solid. Im hoping you are right about this deal.
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2006 they made the ALCS. I’m sure that was fun!
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by Brandon C. on Dec 29, 2011 1:27 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
hee hee
More importantly, no winning record since then, nor one on the horizon if their deals this offseason are any indicator. If you can’t win 82 games in the AL West over that period, you’re doing it wrong.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 29, 2011 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
They are supposedly worried about his arm.
That could factor in too.
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I just don't understand
Why tthe A’s are dealing all of their top players. It’s not like they’re on their contract years either.
Just last year all the baseball “experts” were expecting a great year froom them.
by Worl'Boss on Dec 28, 2011 8:20 PM EST via mobile reply actions
fire sale
They are saving money to pay the Giants and/or pay for their $500M stadium. Or, just good old fashioned low payroll fan lootery, like the Royals and Padres and….
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by natteringnabob on Dec 29, 2011 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
I'm still a bit bummed I won't get the usual amount of opportunities
to curse Papelbon’s existence next season. It was becoming a bit of a ritual for me.
he'll be in PHI
close enough to visit and boo when you feel the need. Although I bet Philly fans will be way ahead of you on that.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 29, 2011 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
Small sample sizes, but his stats at Fenway and Yankee Stadium are LOL worthy.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=bailean01&year=Career&t=p
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he's been hurt too
so if that means they end up with no closer, so much the better.
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by natteringnabob on Dec 29, 2011 11:42 AM EST up reply actions
Mark Melancon to the rescue!
You would think they’d be signing/trading for starters in order to move Bard back into the Bullpen… Kuroda and Oswalt would have been perfect for them. oh well.
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