D-Bags Making Moves

by jpleeg2 on Dec 14, 2007 3:31 PM PST

Dan Haren is now a D-Bag in a 6 for 2 trade with Oakland headlined by Carlos Gonzalez.

Jose Valverde is heading to Houston in a 3 for 1 trade headlined by Chad Qualls.

D-Bags rotation is getting stronger!!

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Trades

A's got Carlos Gonzalez, Brett Anderson, Dana Eveland, Greg Smith, Chris Carter, and Aaron Cunningham.

DBags got Chris Burke, Chad Qualls, and Juan Gutierrez for Valverde.

I don't really know anything about those 5 prospects they gave up but 5 for 1 is a large ratio they must have given up some pretty good players.

We won't have to deal with Valverde's stupid antics anymore who are they going to promote to closer? Qualls maybe?

You must defeat my dragon punch to stand a chance.

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Dec 14, 2007 3:41 PM PST reply actions

Ok

6:2 is the actual ratio. But still.

You must defeat my dragon punch to stand a chance.

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Dec 14, 2007 3:42 PM PST up reply actions

By the way....

Did I mention how nice it is to actually talk baseball again?

My 2 cents: The Mitchell Report is a complete joke!! 90% of the names listed are coming from 1 of 2 guys:
(1)A batboy turned clubhouse guy turned car wash owner, and
(2)A New York City cop turned bullpen catcher/BP pitcher turned strength & conditioning coach.

These guys have nothing to lose since they're both already gonna be serving time for distribution, and EVERYTHING to gain (ie book deals)

by jpleeg2 on Dec 14, 2007 3:44 PM PST reply actions

true

You must defeat my dragon punch to stand a chance.

by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Dec 14, 2007 3:53 PM PST up reply actions

Valverde

I don't get them trading Valverde for essentially used parts. Maybe they hated his act, too?

by Winfield's Ghost on Dec 14, 2007 4:13 PM PST reply actions

When I first saw the trade on ESPN...

I thought "Wait, wasn't Valverde the OCD guy that was AZ's closer?" He was pretty lights out, and just became the D'Backs saves leader. I don't get it....Qualls has 6 career saves while Valverde has 98....what gives? Did the D'Backs sign a closer that we missed?

I am going to miss how Valverde struck out Manny Alexander and started yelling at him, and Manny yelled back, and Steve Quis was like "Oh we have to keep an eye on this, these guys must have had a rivalry in the minors!" Just made me laugh.

...and we're STILL waiting for MATT HOLLIDAY to touch the plate.

by offspeedkills on Dec 14, 2007 6:21 PM PST up reply actions

Valverde

I think they were selling high...they could have got a tad bit more...but they were selling high. Josh Byrnes is a pretty smart GM.

by Drama on Dec 15, 2007 11:40 AM PST up reply actions

I think you're right. Valverde had a good year...

but he's likely due for a dip.

Plus, he's clearly a total headcase. I vote him most likely to get Lidged--someone is going to hit a monster homer off him in a big situation, and he will literally never recover.

by goose1 on Dec 15, 2007 5:39 PM PST up reply actions

Freekin unreal

Dan Haren is only SLIGHTLY worse than Johan Santana. This was a huge deal.

What is going on, usually the DBags just try to buy championships, now there GM is pulling in great trades......(of course with Beane involved this will probably go from a complete fleece in favor of the DBags, to a fair trade for both teams).

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. " ~Frank Sinatra

by Sammy G on Dec 14, 2007 4:20 PM PST reply actions