Lester to Oakland for Cespedes

[steveringo]

Wow.

Jon Lester & Johnny Gomes to A's for Yoenis Cespedes....

 

[hokiehi21]

HOLY SHIT

 

[steveringo]

Cespedis is owed $10.5m next year.

 

[WhiteMamba]

A's are all in.

Great move by Boston. They will probably get Lester back anyways and can sign Yoni also.

 

[WhiteMamba]

I knew it.

My buddy and I were talking about this last week. I thought it was unlikely but could happen . He was convinced it would happen.

 

[steveringo]

A's are all in.

Great move by Boston. They will probably get Lester back anyways and can sign Yoni also.

That would be very odd...

 

[element1286]

Good move for the Sox, don't like it for the A's.

 

[UK Cowboy]

Sox get a great young player, but WOW, good luck against the A's staff in the playoffs.....

 

[WhiteMamba]

That would be very odd...

Why would that be odd?

Please explain. Oakland sure in the hell isn't signing him. He is a rental player for Oakland and that is all.

 

[Lemon Harang Pie]

Great move by Boston.

I love their front office.

 

[Loneranger]

A's are all in.

Great move by Boston. They will probably get Lester back anyways and can sign Yoni also.

probably not a chance of getting Lester back. What happened here is exactly what I've been talking about for a couple days. The Red Sox put themselves into a position where they lost control of the discussions about Lester. They made a shit offer to him this Spring and pissed him off , they negotiated in the wide open for all to see and put themselves in a position where they couldn't hang on to him. Anyone who thinks this is a great deal for the Sox is nuts, they got robbed. Yesterday all the Sox fans here are talking about all the prospects it will take and all the ML talent that will come from a Lester trade. Take a look at what ya got for one of the best pitchers in the game. The practically gave away Lester and I'll bet my life he doesn't come back. THIS is a model case of how NOT to handle trade negotiations . The Sox handled this like they've never been here before and they look like amateurs right now.

 

[jeffro151]

Yeah, Boston wins this easily. Lester has already said he will pretty much resign with Boston.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Good move for the Sox, don't like it for the A's.

Sox get a great young player, but WOW, good luck against the A's staff in the playoffs.....

Oakland was in no way in the running for Yoni after 2015 anyways. If not at this deadline it was next.

Had to get something in return for him even if it was a rental pitcher.

Oakland A's are selling out for a WS this year. It is genius if the A's win it, if not it is a bitter pill to swallow.

Now. Oakland's playoff rotation is right, left, right, left.... Perfect.

Gray, Lester, Smardj, Kaz.... Or some combo of that.

 

[RaiderZar]

Good move for the Sox, don't like it for the A's.

Count me in here as well. FUCK BB!

 

[RaiderZar]

Oakland was in no way in the running for Yoni after 2015 anyways. If not at this deadline it was next.

Had to get something in return for him even if it was a rental pitcher.

Oakland A's are selling out for a WS this year. It is genius if the A's win it, if not it is a bitter pill to swallow.

Now. Oakland's playoff rotation is right, left, right, left.... Perfect.

Gray, Lester, Smardj, Kaz.... Or some combo of that.

We need to dump Hammel or send him to SAC to figure it out. We don't need another JJ.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Yeah, Boston wins this easily. Lester has already said he will pretty much resign with Boston.

If Oakland wins a WS the. The A's got what they wanted.

But yes, great move by Boston. Both guys are BoSox next season.

BB working it. Don't underestimate this move by Oakland.

 

[WhiteMamba]

We need to dump Hammel or send him to SAC to figure it out. We don't need another JJ.

Amen, Hammel.... He gone.

 

[WhiteMamba]

And thank goodness we got to keep both Milone and Pomeranz.

That makes me happy.

 

[Loneranger]

Why would that be odd?

Please explain. Oakland sure in the hell isn't signing him. He is a rental player for Oakland and that is all.

this has zero to do with Oakland and everything to do with Lester being pissed off the Sox tried to sign him for shit compared to what the market shows he's worth. The Sox tried all season to make up for treating the guy like a 6 game winner and kept increasing their shit offer. Lester never even answered them. Then the Sox shop the guy practically on EBAY and people think this guy is coming back ? There's no chance he's coming back and if anyone in Boston is planning on it they're gonna be disappointed. Lester hits the market this Fall and the money is gonna be coming his way. Top of the list will be the Yanks who have a 10x better chance of signing him than Boston. What this deal proved beyond a doubt is how bad of a situation Boston put themselves in with the way they handled this. The Sox ended up with about 10% of what everyone claimed they were gonna get for Lester. We're talking about Jon Lester for crissakes and look what they have to show for it.

 

[RaiderZar]

Gomes is not the LF answer. Who do we get? or LF by committee?