Olney Says Willingham Definitely To Be Traded

Buster says that the A's are going to trade the Compliant Pig at some point. Hopefully last night's ginormous bomb helps that trade value.
The real question is: What do the A's get back in return? Assuming that he is not packaged with another player, let's throw out some names that we could expect and then reply by calling everyone else's trade proposals ridiculous and homerish.
My guess - straight up for Domonic Brown.
The link above is to the notes on mlbtraderumors.com - the original link is Insiders Only - http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=olney_buster&id=6775135

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Buster also says that the Diamondbacks might be interested in Ziegler

My guess is some sort of package for Brandon Allen or Paul Goldschmidt. If it was a 1 for 1 then maybe Ryan Wheeler?

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by A'sFanDFW on Jul 16, 2011 8:51 AM PDT reply actions

What Olney said was Josh would be traded at some point

He also said the Phillies were turning their attention away from adding a bat to adding relievers, specifically from the Padres.

by OaklandSi on Jul 16, 2011 10:04 AM PDT via mobile reply actions

There's always a possibility that Beane

Doesn’t get a trade offer to his liking for Willingham.

by OaklandSi on Jul 16, 2011 10:05 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions

Well, the A's have relievers, too.

by NateHST on Jul 16, 2011 11:53 AM PDT up reply actions

for some reason the Phillies are reportedly more interested in the Padres' relievers

of course that’s only what’s been reported.

by OaklandSi on Jul 16, 2011 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions

If the A's got Domonic Brown for Willingham

I would be quite pleased.

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by Rebuilding Season on Jul 16, 2011 11:39 AM PDT reply actions

Yeah, but that's not going to actually happen.

by NateHST on Jul 16, 2011 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions

Yes, that would be teh awesome.

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by iglew on Jul 19, 2011 4:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Does it benefit the A's to trade him, or get the draft picks assuming he ends up type A?

Every man for himself...

by MMunoz33 on Jul 17, 2011 5:13 PM PDT reply actions

He's more likely to end up Type A somewhere else

Better lineup=more RBI and not hitting half the time in Oakland can only be good for his numbers. The way I see it, he’s more valuable to another team than to us. They trade for him, get the draft picks, and make the playoffs. They give us something slightly more valuable than the two picks in return.

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by A'sFanDFW on Jul 17, 2011 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions