Angels acquire Conor Gillaspie

[HaloCory22]

Jon Morosi â€@jonmorosi  6m6 minutes ago

#Angels acquire Conor Gillaspie from #WhiteSox for cash.

 

[bloodbrother]

Offense is stacked now. WS favorites confirmed

[Richard]

The Piece

[HaloCory22]

He has a -1.0 WAR this season. Terrible defensive 3B. Uhhh why?

[Chuck]

Typical Stoneman signing. 

[2112]

He will fit right in.  This means Kyle will be sent down?  

[Second Base]

Callaspo 2.0!

[aznhockeyguy]

He had a solid season last year and is 26.  Wonder what the Angels gave up.

[2112]

Callaspo 2.0!

 

 

Would that be a bad thing? 

[Chimi]

You know they're high-fiving each other in the front office after this splash.

[nando714]

Print the playoff tickets

[DMVol]

I guess we're done...

[ettin]

DAA PEACE! (Yes I spelled it wrong)

[mulwin444]

Hopefully the cash involved was whatever Stoneman had in his pocket the time...

[Glen]

Read 'em and weep.

[DMVol]

I guess theoretically you could play him at 3b and maybe plug Kubitza in LF...DFA Joyce....kind of doubt it though....

Edited July 24, 2015 by DMVol

[bloodbrother]

1-3 in his career against Kazmir. Angels answering the Astros big move with one of their own

[NorCal Halo]

I'm hoping he is headed to Salt Lake to replace Kubitza.

[mtangelsfan]

who?

[Docwaukee]

The Great Gillaspie 

[laagamer]

I wanted a bench player. Guess I'll have to live with this guy. 

[Glen]

This move is the equivalent of getting butt-pats in the dugout after a sac fly moves the runner to 2b when the Angels are down by five.

[Chuck]

The Great Gillaspie 

 

Even though this guy isn't "The Piece" he's a hell of a lot better than what Kubitza and Featherweight will provide while Freese is out. We weren't going to trade for a big time 3B knowing Freese is out for 2-3 weeks. 

 

I'm down with this, but we need a productive LF NOW and I wouldn't be opposed to trading Cron away for Lind if that's the asking price. 

[Dave Saltzer]

ANGELS ACQUIRE INFIELDER CONOR GILLASPIE FROM WHITE SOX

 

               ANAHEIM, CA – The Angels Friday acquired INF Conor Gillaspie (gil-ESPY) from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for cash considerations.  In a corresponding move, the Club designated LHP Adam Wilk for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster.  Gillaspie is expected to join the team over the weekend.  Today’s announcements were made by General Manager Bill Stoneman.

 

Gillaspie, 28, has spent the 2015 campaign with the White Sox batting .237 (41/173) with 10 runs scored, 11 doubles, one triple, three home runs and 15 RBI in 58 games (52 starts – 50 as 3B).

The 6’-1”, 195-pound infielder is a career .258 (281/1089) hitter across six Major League seasons (293 games).  He has a batted .286 (545/1906) in 517 minor league games.  Gillaspie made his Major League debut as a pinch runner Sept. 9, 2008 with the San Francisco Giants.

 

The Omaha, NE native was originally selected as a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds (37^th overall) out of Wichita State University by the Giants in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft.  He was acquired by the White Sox on February 22, 2013 in exchange for pitcher Jeff Soptic.

[aznhockeyguy]

Not sure why people are ripping this trade.  Last season, he had .750 OPS and was a 1.6 WAR player, this year he's struggling but not like Joyce struggling and is still only 28 and the Angels didn't give up anything.

 

Oh by the way, by WAR, Gillaspie was a better player last season.  

 

Gillaspie: .282/.336/.416 2.8 oWAR/-1.2 dWAR 1.6 WAR

Freese:  .260/.321/.383 2.3 oWAR/-.9 dWAR 1.4 WAR 

 

Good trade IMO.

Edited July 24, 2015 by aznhockeyguy