Latest A's movement news.

by OakLgb on Jul 5, 2005 1:44 PM PDT

According to ESPN, these are the latest A's movement news....

Yanks keeping tabs
<Jul. 2> Center fielder Mark Kotsay met with A's GM Billy Beane on Friday to discuss the possibility of a two-year contract extension and said "things are going in the right direction," the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "There's no rush and there's not a lot to say," said Kotsay, who wants roughly the same money he's currently earning ($7.025 million and a player option for 2006 at $7.05 million), along with a no-trade clause. The A's have rejected the no-trade clause, but could agree on a limited no-trade provision.
If an agreement can't be reached, the A's might trade Kotsay. According to the Journal News, the Yankees are monitoring the negotiations and have two scouts following the A's. Newsday reported that Beane recently spoke with Yankees GM Brian Cashman, but New York balked at Oakland's asking price for Kotsay - second baseman Robinson Cano and two former first-round picks, Class A right-hander Philip Hughes and Double-A third baseman Eric Duncan.

<Jun. 27> Peter Gammons reports that Billy Beane continues to tell teams he won't trade Zito during the season.
"Sometimes people don't believe me when I tell them I'm not trading Zito," Beane said.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, some inside the Phillies organization think that could change. If Zito is put on the trading block, Philly figures to make a bid for the left-hander with top prospect Ryan Howard being the centerpiece of any potential deal.

So basically nothing more than we already know.

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Goodness!

I thought this was going to be a diary about Ricardo Rincon's gastrointestinal issues.

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by salb918 on Jul 5, 2005 2:09 PM PDT reply actions

too many

burritos.
i know his pain.

i no longer listen to the trade talks. i'll pay attention to them after they happen. that being said, i think beane realizes kotsay's importance as a team leader. that hole can't be filled with stats or prospects.

i'm sorry everybody, but i think macha is a good manager.

by JMC @ Athletics Nation on Jul 5, 2005 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions

Agreed.

At some point there is so much information that you just say, "The hell with it, I'll wait until something actually happens before I worry about it."

As Tom Petty said, "Most things I worry about never happen anyway."

Fearing Mecir since 2000.

by salb918 on Jul 5, 2005 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Rincon

I think the problem is that SOMEONE did something to his chair...

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by Zonis on Jul 5, 2005 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions

i woulda

But that probably wouldnt have gone over well with everyone.

by OakLgb on Jul 5, 2005 2:22 PM PDT reply actions

The one interesting piece of information

Billy is asking for Cano, Hughes, and Duncan for Kotsay. It seems like if they trade Kotsay, it will be for a hefty brigade of prospects.

"Power is the great separator. You can manufacture your butt to one run, but after a while, luck is going to hurt you. " - Billy Beane

by Roscoe Parrish on Jul 5, 2005 6:25 PM PDT reply actions

proposed trade

yes, and presumably we'd package one of our current 2Bs in another trade almost immediately - perhaps pacakaged with Byrnes for a CF.

by matthias on Jul 5, 2005 8:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Why Cano?

Unless the A's are going to immediately ship him elsewhere including him in a Yankee deal makes no damn sense!

No way is Cano a significant upgrade over the half dozen options the A's already have, and why waste trade capital on a marginal upgrade? You'd have thought Beane would have learned about trading for marginal players in the Hudson deal.

by grover on Jul 5, 2005 10:26 PM PDT reply actions

Cano

Is easily an upgrade on any of our 3 mediocre second basemen. Not to mention alot younger..and with WAY more upside.

Every team needs a few guys with big f*ckin' stones who ain't afraid to flash 'em - Huddy

by FabulousG on Jul 5, 2005 10:44 PM PDT reply actions

we didn't get marginal players

for hudson, wait another year and lets talk then....i really believe the best is yet to come in the hudson trade...we are still not even through 1/2 a season and people want to throw the towel in on that trade, why? hudson was traded for prospects, not major leagues with experience. Everyone on here is so ready to give barton time to get to the big show but not meyers. why?

ohio roots

by nickatt7 on Jul 6, 2005 12:27 PM PDT reply actions