Swisherrrr to the White Sox

[Kingdom_of_Zito]

For Gio Gonzalez, Ryan Sweeney, and a guy I don't know of.

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ESPN - Rebuilding A's continue dealing -- Swisher to White Sox - MLB

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics made their second major trade in three weeks, sending outfielder and fan favorite Nick Swisher to the Chicago White Sox for three minor leaguers on Thursday. The A's -- who dealt ace Dan Haren to Arizona on Dec. 14 -- received left-hander Gio Gonzalez, right-hander Fautino De Los Santos and outfielder Ryan Sweeney.

[mntwinsfan]

I hate this deal. Swisher in the AL Central will make things interesting. Nice job Twins not making an offer for Nick.. Al Central will be the best divison in baseball in 2008.

[Providence A's]

All 3 prospects look solid...I like it at first glance.

[realmofotalk]

I thought Billy Beane loves Nick Swisher. What went wrong?

[Providence A's]

we're "rebuilding" toward the new stadium...2010/2011

[mntwinsfan]

Swisher should have been the player to rebuild around, correct??? Who else is on there way out of Oakland?

[Providence A's]

You don't rebuild around guys that are already into arbitration (they signed him through his arbitration). They're rebuilding through the farm system with guys that should be ready before the stadium opens. They're not trying to win now, but in 2 - 3 years.

[love_that_reefer]

You have to put some kind of product on the field in order to keep interest for a new stadium. Swisher in Chicago should hit a ton of homers and help them out offensively but rotoworld.com is reporting they might use him in CF. Quentin, Swisher and Dye make for a extremely slow OF. The A's get some good pieces for the future and Beane knows what he is doing.

[A'sDiehard]

Originally Posted by love_that_reefer You have to put some kind of product on the field in order to keep interest for a new stadium

Exactly. I don't like any of this. I understand what Prov is saying but I don't like any of it.

Nick was a favorite of mine as well as many other fans. That and the new stadium is far from a done deal with CA $14 billion in the red which WILL trickle down to the local level in the form of massive budget cuts. I worked for the city of Fremont and I know they are still hurting from the dotcom meltdown.

[A'sDiehard]

Welp looks like we're going to need tarps for the second deck as well this year.

[Providence A's]

Originally Posted by A'sDiehard Exactly. I don't like any of this. I understand what Prov is saying but I don't like any of it. Nick was a favorite of mine as well as many other fans. That and the new stadium is far from a done deal with CA $14 billion in the red which WILL trickle down to the local level in the form of massive budget cuts. I worked for the city of Fremont and I know they are still hurting from the dotcom meltdown.

The Official Site of The Oakland Athletics: Ballpark: A's New Ballpark: Cisco Field - Frequently Asked Questions

How will Cisco Field be financed? The anticipated funding for the ballpark will be a combination of private equity and the application of the value of land use entitlements that will be generated by the activities of the ballpark and the adjacent ballpark village developments. The public assistance sought will be in the form of processing the development activity in the most efficient manner possible, the agreement that benefits generated solely by the development will in part or in total be used to facilitate the development program in a manner that will not impose on General Fund or Bonding issues on local government and other aspects of public-private cooperation that will stand the test of public acceptance.

It seems it won't be the standard public assistance type deal though...private money and no reliance of bonds and the like.

As far as the deal, the more I read about it, the more I like it. Swisher may potentially hit a lot of bombs in Chicago, but I've never really been impressed with him. He won't hit for a high average, strikes out a lot, and just seems to try and hit homers all the time...I think we got a steal here. From what I've seen not only are the two pitchers the best from the White Sox, but they are two of the best pitching prospects in MLB. Gio projects to be a #2 type pitcher and the other guy's ceiling is even higher.

I look forward to Blanton and Street being dealt for more prospects.

[missionhockey21]

De Los Santos is the key here, if he is for real (if last year was for real), this puts Oakland in the position to be gearing up again in the next year or two with the prospects they'll have AA and AAA.

[rockin500]

i like from the A's perspective. i would dislike from the white sox perspective.