Daric Barton still sucks 2014 thread.

[RaiderZar]

Big Nate Freiman is getting hot in Sac he has 6 homers and 37 RBI, A's were rumored to be working a deal for Kyle Blanks of the Padres but it could just be smoke and no fire.

Moss showing he can hit against LHP pretty well here of late, no reason to have another left hand first baseman along with Moss on the roster.

Stephen Vogt is off the DL and playing in AAA were Vogt to come up Norris could DH on the days the A's want to rest him from catching.

So something could happen soon with regards to Barton, too many real options out there to keep a guy still hitting below .150

NO on Blanks. The guy can't hit his weight. Freiman is a much better option. I think with Jaso & Norris, we're set at C. I would like to see another option for 2nd. Sogie has the D, but he is destroying the Mendoza line. That said, any reason for Barton exit is fine with me.

 

[DonyellFreak]

I guess if we keep Nate in AAA past July 1st we get another year of team control so Blanks / Vogt etc might be a way to improve the roster without losing Nate sooner. All that said if Nate can help us win games let's just get him up here, we could use a right handed pinch hitter with some power and he fits the bill.

 

[RaiderZar]

OAKLAND -- The Athletics have acquired Kyle Blanks from the Padres in exchange for Minor League outfielder Jake Goebbert and a player to be named.

Blanks, a right-handed-hitting first baseman/outfielder, will join the A's in Cleveland on Friday and take the roster spot of first baseman Daric Barton, who has been designated for assignment.

With Barton out of the mix, after hitting just .158 in 30 games for Oakland, Blanks will presumably form a platoon with Brandon Moss at first base.

The A's have 10 days to trade, release or, like has happened multiple times before with him, pass Barton through waivers. He can decline a Minor League assignment, but has opted to remain with the organization before.
The 6-foot-6 Blanks was 2-for-10 with San Diego. He was promoted in early May after hitting nine homers with Triple-A El Paso, but he was optioned again this week to make room for Carlos Quentin.

Blanks, 27, was a 42nd-round pick in 2004 out of Yavapai College in Arizona. But he wasn't exactly a sleeper, as this was during the old Draft-and-follow days, which allowed a team to hold the exclusive rights to a player up until one week before the Draft the following year.

Blanks made his big league debut at 22, against Oakland on June 19, 2009. He got his first hit the following day. Blanks was a first baseman who was asked to play the outfield by the organization, and took to it far better than many thought.

In July 2009, a swarm of bees in left field at Petco Park -- near where Blanks was playing -- caused a 53-minute delay against the Astros. A month later, Blanks delighted the home crowd by chugging around the bases for an inside-the-park home run against the Cubs.

Blanks, not even with a year of service time, even had his own Bobble Head night at Petco Park in 2010.

But Blanks couldn't kick the injury bug with the Padres. He had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow in 2010. Blanks had season-ending surgery on his left shoulder in April 2012. He also had issues with a strained arch in his right foot and, last season, dealt with left Achilles tendinitis.

The most at-bats Blanks had in a big league season was in 2013, when he hit .243 with eight home runs and 35 RBIs in 308 plate appearances.

 

[DonyellFreak]

 

[RaiderZar]

^^^ How do you REALLY feel, Donyell?

 

[DonyellFreak]

A’s first baseman Daric Barton passed through waivers unclaimed after being designated for assignment and has decided to remain in the organization at Triple-A rather than become a free agent.

Daric Barton clears waivers, stays with A?s at Triple-A | HardballTalk

 

[DonyellFreak]

Blue Jays sign Daric Barton | HardballTalk



So happy we won't have to watch that asshole anymore.

 

[RaiderZar]