Almost complete A's would aquire a great all around catcher in jason kendall, who is a guy billy beanne (and myself as an a's fan) have long coveted.
The deal would be Kendall for Rhodes/Redman, Kendall makes 6 mill a year which is too much for the a's to take on so i would assume billy will get some cash in the deal as well.
hope it works out. he would fit in nicely batting in the 2 hole after kotsay and before chavez. and his defesnive skills would be a welcome to the "big 4"
Mustangs989 wrote:Interesting, I assume Blanton would move into the rotation if this happened?
ya I think the most liley canidate would be blanton to move into the 5th spot. Redman was bad last year and rhodes was horrible this is a great move by oakland.
Kendall's fantasy value would go down just a bit, he is usually good for 10-15 stolen bases.
I would project his numbers to stay about the same every were with a few less stolen bases.
Kendall is due to make
$10 million in 2005
$11 million in 2006
$13 million in 2007
and has a no trade clause. The Pirates are just as broke as Oakland, so I am curious as to how the are going to work this.
I'm not sure what he makes in 2008 but I believe he's signed through '08.
If this goes through it is a really curious trade unless it is a precursor to something else. I agree with Wv, I don't think PIT can afford to give OAK that much money so Beane is taking on a catcher that is entering the down swing of his career and has an enormous contract.
I don't know if it's a bad move but it's definitely not Oakland-like.
Maine has a good swing for a pitcher but on anything that moves, he has no chance. And if it's a fastball, it has to be up in the zone. Basically, the pitcher has to hit his bat. - Mike Pelfrey
You think Lehr will be given the setup role over Rincon, chinch? I haven't looked at all the stats, but I'm pretty sure Rincon was the best pitcher out of the pen this past season.
Baseballer02 wrote:You think Lehr will be given the setup role over Rincon, chinch? I haven't looked at all the stats, but I'm pretty sure Rincon was the best pitcher out of the pen this past season.
Look at Lehr's AAA #'s, he's pretty good and was groomed to be a closer, but now we got Huston Street to be the future in the pen
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