Jays get Josh Donaldson for Lawrie, Graveman, Nolin and Barreto

[Lawrie22]

@JimBowden_ESPN: #BlueJays not playing first Martin now Donaldson & off the record I’ve been told they can still afford Melky & he’s next on agenda #BlueJays

 

This is amazing but if the blue jays go out and resign melky also it would just not be fair!

Reyes

Cabrera

Bautista

Encarnacion

Donaldson

Martin

 

Is purely the best 1-6 in baseball.

[bill]

Thank God lawrie is gone way overrated player.

[GD]

Would rather Shields than Melky.

[fatcowxlive]

@JimBowden_ESPN: #BlueJays not playing first Martin now Donaldson & off the record I’ve been told they can still afford Melky & he’s next on agenda #BlueJays

 

This is amazing but if the blue jays go out and resign melky also it would just not be fair!

Reyes

Cabrera

Bautista

Encarnacion

Donaldson

Martin

 

Is purely the best 1-6 in baseball.

 

I don't want Melky. We could do better that someone with just one tool

[FireAlexAnthopoulos]

Who got the best 3B in the AL?

 

Not just the AL, the entire league!

[King]

God damn there are some f***ing retarded people on my twitter timeline

[Ziggyy108]

The same Beane who just panicked and traded Cespedes away for a Lester rental that didn't even give him the deep playoff run he was looking for?

 

Wow. You are f***ing delusional.

 

This was a great gamble for the A's. Lester was a top 5 pitcher in the entire game last year and was a huge reason they even made the playoffs. The Red Sox aren't going to get much for Cespedes. Beane has made some bad deals but this was not one.

[The Cats Ass]

Anyone think AA is done? Haha, we still need a LF, possibly a 2B, and pen. AA is all in folks. More to come.

 

We only need a LF the can hit RHP. Pen yes. 2B maybe. I think we should still get a starter. Like Shields

[Chappy]

Melky must be regretting his comments now, hahaha.

[Ziggyy108]

So many players on the A's I would have loved to see AA add to the deal haha but i'll take one the best 3rd basemen in the game.

[HERPDERP]

Brett Lawrie games missed due to injury: 185

Josh Donaldson games missed due to injury: 6

[43211234]

In honour of recent moves I propose a 24 hour ceasefire on AA and his culinary addictions.

 

The ninja is back.

[King]

Chris King tweeting that there may not be a hitter in the minor leagues with a better potential hit tool than Franklin Barreto

 

Well f*** that, we just got JOSH DONALDSON?

[Chappy]

We only need a LF the can hit RHP. Pen yes. 2B maybe. I think we should still get a starter. Like Shields

 

Shields would be incredible. Big game James FTW !!'

[Daniel Labude]

I love that we got Donaldson, but rather have kept Lawrie and traded someone else. Still in shock

[Ziggyy108]

We only need a LF the can hit RHP. Pen yes. 2B maybe. I think we should still get a starter. Like Shields

 

Yea no way can AA be done. This didn't really fill any holes ... It just gave us a big upgrade at 3B.

[fatcowxlive]

Chris King tweeting that there may not be a hitter in the minor leagues with a better potential hit tool than Franklin Barreto

 

Well f*** that, we just got JOSH DONALDSON?

 

He's trying to make the A's fans feel better

[burlingtonbandit]

haha apparently Shi Davidi told Eliotte Friedman on the way home from the PTS show that Barreto was going to be traded.

[Orgfiller]

Now for ultimate fappage, someone post the combined money that Bautista, Edwin, Martin and Donaldson will make next year. Or average, I don't care.

[fatcowxlive]

We only need a LF the can hit RHP. Pen yes. 2B maybe. I think we should still get a starter. Like Shields

 

The Winter Meetings are coming up so we are faaaaaaaaaaar from done

[KingKat]

I'm surprised Melky even came up in this thread. AA acquired to of the best all around contributors in baseball. Melky should be little more than afterthought.

[King]

I'm really suprised we got Donaldson without giving up any of the top pitching prospects. I like Nolin but they did this for Lawrie and Barreto. The more I look at it I wonder why they made this trade. I mean it could turn into gold or turn really bad. This is bold. Oakland isn't stupid though.

 

As might get decent value out of Graveman and Nolin but......... We got JOSH DONALDSON???????????????

[jaysguy44]

Would love Shields. He should be the main target not Melky.

 

Agreed

[King]

Now for ultimate fappage, someone post the combined money that Bautista, Edwin, Martin and Donaldson will make next year. Or average, I don't care.

 

I just came all over my keyboard

[bzapple]

Holy s***, what a trade. Will miss Lawrie but I love this.

[Ziggyy108]

My Maple Boner is hurting

[L54]

This proves one thing. Either AA was forced to go "all in" in 2012 to produce a winner, or he has learned how to efficiently acquire wins and talent.

 

Either way, who gives a f***.

 

Fap.

[TheHurl]

Boxy, does going to Oakland equal "falling short"?

 

As much as I think the players going to Oakland will all do better there than they did/or would do here (Lawrie can run as hard as he wants after balls now and he'll never make it all the way to the wall), it's tough to think that anything but good will happen for the Jays in this deal. Of course I've been in the "Donaldson can't be this good can he?" camp in all fantasy leagues. I'll await the Jays ruining him (this is much more of a hope than anything else). AA is having a good off season no doubt.

 

On a side note, I also never thought the Jays could trade Lawrie and the Jays fans be happy about it (although I await Matt Harvey and Jose Bautista's reactions).

[Ziggyy108]

Now for ultimate fappage, someone post the combined money that Bautista, Edwin, Martin and Donaldson will make next year. Or average, I don't care.

 

YES

 

THIS

 

This is why AA needs to go for f***ing broke. Get one of these Aces.

[bill]

Just the fact they got lawrie off the roster is a great thing.