Tommy La Stella traded to the A's for Franklin Barreto

[sammyscioscia]

It was still worth the gamble, he was a 50/50 play imo.  Either Barreto was injury prone or he wasn't.

[failos]

Just now, Taylor said:

Tommy La Stella has a .619 OPS so far this season.

What’s your point? Why did Eppler trade him for a perpetually injured MIF?

[failos]

Eppler has a hard-on for MIFers

[Stradling]

1 minute ago, failos said:

What’s your point? Why did Eppler trade him for a perpetually injured MIF?

Because it was the best offer he received for him. 

[failos]

Just now, Stradling said:

Because it was the best offer he received for him. 

How do you know that?

[Angels in 2030]

I’m not sure I understand the point - didn’t we fire Eppler already like months ago?

[Stradling]

11 minutes ago, failos said:

How do you know that?

Because I’m not an idiot.  If you were selling something would you try to sell for more or less?

[failos]

32 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Because I’m not an idiot.  If you were selling something would you try to sell for more or less?

Gotcha. So you don’t know, then.

To answer your question, I would sell for more, but I don’t know if Eppler was solely focused on acquiring an infielder or a pitcher. Obviously, he was seeking an infielder instead of a pitcher.

[Stradling]

17 minutes ago, failos said:

Gotcha. So you don’t know, then.

To answer your question, I would sell for more, but I don’t know if Eppler was solely focused on acquiring an infielder or a pitcher. Obviously, he was seeking an infielder instead of a pitcher.

No, that isn’t obvious. It’s obvious to him it was the best deal he could get. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Fourts said:

I’m not sure I understand the point - didn’t we fire Eppler already like months ago?

"Months ago? HA!"

- AO