Oakland trades Hannahan to Seattle

by Matt Buggenhagen on Jul 11, 2009 7:00 PM EDT

Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Oakland Athletics acquired right-hander Justin Souza from theSeattle Mariners for infielder Jack Hannahan on Saturday.

Hannahan hit .193 with one homer and eight RBIs in 52 games with Oakland before being demoted to Triple-A Sacramento.

Souza, 6-6 with a 3.35 ERA in 20 games with Double-A West Tenn, will join the Athletics' Midland Double-A team

Oakland manager Bob Geren said Hannahan gave the Athletics everything he had and is happy the 29-year old will get another chance to play in the majors.

The A's reinstated Dallas Braden from the bereavement list to start Saturday night's game against Tampa Bay. To make room on the roster, reliever Jeff Gray was optioned to Sacramento.

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Meh trade.

Fills a hole defensively, can move to 2nd once Beltre’s healthy. His bat’s gonna be a drop from Beltre’s, but he’s better than the existing options at just about everything.

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by bdalebs on Jul 12, 2009 12:34 AM EDT reply actions

originally when he was traded from Detroit to the Athletics

he was a shortstop but didn’t have range. If they move him to 2nd, what will the Mariners do with Lopez?

No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded. - Yogi Berra

by trademan56 on Jul 12, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Bench?

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by bdalebs on Jul 12, 2009 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Definitely a better option then Woodward at 3B

but the sooner they get Beltre back, the better off Seattle will be.

by IceStormV1 on Jul 12, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I like Hannahan. He plays hard. Cant hit worth a shit, but he plays hard.

And he has a really good glove.

What you fail to understand in your joyless myopia is that baseball is the key to life-- the Rosetta Stone, if you will. If you just understood baseball better all your other questions your, your... the, uh... the aliens, the conspiracies they would all, in their way be answered by the baseball gods.

by winchester5 on Jul 12, 2009 1:36 AM EDT reply actions