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Sean Gallagher PTBNL in Hairston trade with S.D.

(Nice little fan post for everyone to read) - Matt Buggenhagen


This according to A's Beat writer Susan Slusser  and reported on SB Athletics Nation. Gallaghar had a 1.74 ERA in 5 starts for AAA Sacramento, had bad (8+ERA) numbers in limited innings in the majors this year and was the main piece of the Rich Harden trade the A's made with the Cubs last year.

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Many A's fans are much less ecstatic about that Trade now that they know its Sean Gallagher and were hoping it would be just about anyone else in AAA. I think many S.D. fans are going to be encouraged now that it is. Gallagher is 23, throws around 95 and has a good curve.

All in all, the A's delt from a position of strength as Gallagher was at this time their 6-7th best starter and there system is stacked with arms in the lower minors.They seemed to buy hi on Hairston who is having his best year with 10HR and 29 RBI in 56 games. They also sold low on Gallagher who is on the D.L. (knee) and never seemed to get enough right in 29 games (23 starts) in  the majors as a young fireballer.

S.D. got a premier young prospect who probably will be starting by the end of the year along with two other live arms  who after being turned into relievers could have a shot with the club in a year or two. S.D. was 26th in Team E.R.A in the majors, at one of the Best Pitchers park in the majors.

The A's get a cheap Powerful CF under team control for 2 1/2 years to make up for losing Holiday soon, or by the end of the year, and need to make a few more deals like this to improve their offense from the bottom of the A.L. in almost every important category.

The A's also took away one of the best options for other teams to trade for instead of Matt Holiday by the deadline if they are looking for a OF with some power thus helping keep Holidays trade value up. 

The trade seems to help both teams, with the A's getting more out of it now with 2 1/2 years of +offense at a postion of need and the Pad's getting control of a pitcher who if he works out will be under team control till the end of 2013.

Poll
Now that you know the PTBNL is Gallagher who got the best of this trade?
Oakland- three minor leaguers for a cheap Starting CF for 2 1/2 years.
79 votes
San Deigo- Gallagher is going to be a stud.
131 votes

210 votes | Poll has closed

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With Oakland's pitching surplus, they (A's brass)

had to make a move for offense…

"Where's the beef?"

by MMunoz33 on Jul 13, 2009 10:45 AM EDT reply actions  

Yes I agree

Cheap center fielders and good young pitching are both hard to come by, but the A’s have had much more success with the pitching. I really don’t think this is a terrible deal for anybody. Webb and Italiano aren’t much more than spare parts in my eyes, and Gallagher plus for Hairston looks very fair to me.

by NateHST on Jul 13, 2009 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions  

A freakin HORRIBLE trade for the A's.

I think The Padres got a great one here from billy and his A’s….Hairston will regress to his means, and will struggle, meanwhile Sean Gallagher will flourish with The Pads. I know that they have a surplus of young starters, but that doesn’t mean you sell low on Gallagher and buy high on Hairston. That just doesn’t make sense. Hopefully Billy has a plan to trade Hairston for someone he likes, because right now….I dont see the point of this trade.
They have 4 young OFs all that will be competing for playing time before Hairston…..(Sweeney, Cunningham, Buck, Doolittle) Sweeney is the only CF there, and while he doesn’t have Hairstons speed, everything I have seen tells me Sweeney is the better defense CFer, speed or not. Sweeney gets better reads and has a knack for web jems. Even though Doolittle is 1b right now, it would be beneficial to put him in RF….

Ugh. I just hate this damn trade.

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 13, 2009 4:14 PM EDT reply actions  

I think it's close

The A’s tapped into their pitching depth and got a good OF and the Padres got a good young starter and 2 decent relievers

Grab Some Pine Meat!

by Gobroks on Jul 13, 2009 9:01 PM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Gallagher is a headcase

Maybe he will get right in San Diego but Oakland has gotten by far the better end of this deal wait till Gallagher gets rocked a few times and Padres fans will see the light.

by A'Seahawks_Warriors on Jul 13, 2009 10:46 PM EDT reply actions  

Padre Fans

are used to seeing Starting Pitchers get rocked, its what they do best as of late. The real question is will the Padres let him play in AAA for more seasoning or rush him into the lack luster rotation?

by C Los on Jul 14, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions  

I love the poll, no bias in the descriptions...lol

Cheap CF or Stud Pitcher? Gee I wonder who everyone will choose. BTW, don’t you have to earn the Stud title?

by Jessse on Jul 14, 2009 9:04 AM EDT reply actions  

Gallagher's is a head case

"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane

by athleticsBB4life on Jul 23, 2009 1:57 PM EDT reply actions  

Nope. The A's will rue the day

they let him go .. he’ll get his stuff together and make a contribution in a largely lost cause in San Diego, but he’s good enough to be on the starting rotation for them next year

Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..

coda

ELO, 1975

by cubnational on Jul 26, 2009 5:36 PM EDT reply actions  

Loved Gallagher in a Cubs uniform

http://irudey.mybrute.com/
Fun little Time waster!

by Rudey on Jul 30, 2009 11:25 PM EDT reply actions  

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