Josh Donaldson traded to Toronto

[bksballer89]

Oakland Athletics trade Josh Donaldson to Toronto Blue Jays - ESPN

 

[bksballer89]

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Not shocked. Surprised at how bad this looks, but not shocked Donaldson was moved.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Billy beane just dropped to terry Ryan level of competency.

 

[navamind]

What an awful trade.

 

[navamind]

Sox should have been in on him instead of Panda.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Sox should have been in on him instead of Panda.

Billy Beane may have just trolled every team with a hole at 3B.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Judging by the posts here, I'm vindicated in feeling fucking ecstatic about this, right?

 

[The Derski]

Not sure what the As are doing.

 

[molsaniceman]

Not sure what the As are doing.

rebuilding

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

rebuilding

But why Butler then?

 

[Mondo Jay]

A's trying to get Upton or Gattis now.

 

[calsnowskier]

But why Butler then?

So they can compete.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Kind of interesting how quickly this happened... last week Donaldson was poking A's ownership on twitter. Shark is up next. These moves scream rebuild while waving the white flag on 2015.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

I think the A's are just the first team to sense the ineveitable.

The reign of the Twins is soon upon us. Might as well get ahead on the rebuild!!

 

[podsox]

I think lawrie is better than Donaldson but sadly the guy is never healthy

 

[johnson]

Why would the A's rebuild? They have one of the best rotation in baseball and that alone puts you in the mix. It's not like the SF Giants have been some offensive juggernaut.

 

[Darkstone42]

If the Athletics shouldn't be competing for the playoffs right now, this would be a pretty good trade. A lot of talent coming back their way. But there's little reason for them to be in rebuilding mode right now.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Why would the A's rebuild? They have one of the best rotation in baseball and that alone puts you in the mix. It's not like the SF Giants have been some offensive juggernaut.

They were actually a pretty decent team on offense overall being 10th in wRC+. at 101 (yikes, 101 is good for 10th?) In fact, the position players, when you add defense, were consistently rated in the top 10 of fWAR. Oddly enough the pitching staff (both units having the same ranking) is ranked 28th, despite rating well in FIP and xFIP.

 

[navamind]

I think lawrie is better than Donaldson but sadly the guy is never healthy

Care to elaborate?