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Texas gets: Cliff Lee, Mark Lowe
M's get: Justin Smoak, Blake Beavan, Josh Lueke, and Matt Lawson.
I'm just going to copy and paste my thoughts on this from what I said to pottsie on facebook.
I LOVED watching Lee pitch, he seems like a great guy off the field too. it's hard not to like the guy, he's a professional in every sense of the word and I'm glad to see him go to a contender. That being said Smoak is going to be a stud, Ackley is going to be awesome, Triunfel is a year away, I really like Saunders and Moore has potential. Not to mention the young, proven talent we already have in Guti and Felix. Z is taking this organization in the right direction. He took 3 prospects in Aumont who's been demoted to single A and just looks to be getting worse, Gillies who will never be a starter in the majors if he ever gets there, and a minor league relief pitcher. And turned them into Justin Smoak, a switch hitting first baseman who will be a 35-40 homer threat and he's only 23, Beavan is 6'7" and will be a back of the rotation starter, I think Lueke will be in the bullpen coming out of spring training next year, it sounds like he's got pretty good stuff and he's not small either at 6'5"... I'm taller though
lol, the other guy is a throw in middle infielder, but he's a decent hitter considering the position he plays. The only thing we gave up is Mark Lowe who is on the DL and is coming back from disc surgery on his back, don't get me wrong though, I really like mark lowe and I was upset when I heard he was part of the deal but we won't see the fruits of this move until like 2012 anyway which is when he's a free agent.
M's get: Justin Smoak, Blake Beavan, Josh Lueke, and Matt Lawson.
I'm just going to copy and paste my thoughts on this from what I said to pottsie on facebook.
I LOVED watching Lee pitch, he seems like a great guy off the field too. it's hard not to like the guy, he's a professional in every sense of the word and I'm glad to see him go to a contender. That being said Smoak is going to be a stud, Ackley is going to be awesome, Triunfel is a year away, I really like Saunders and Moore has potential. Not to mention the young, proven talent we already have in Guti and Felix. Z is taking this organization in the right direction. He took 3 prospects in Aumont who's been demoted to single A and just looks to be getting worse, Gillies who will never be a starter in the majors if he ever gets there, and a minor league relief pitcher. And turned them into Justin Smoak, a switch hitting first baseman who will be a 35-40 homer threat and he's only 23, Beavan is 6'7" and will be a back of the rotation starter, I think Lueke will be in the bullpen coming out of spring training next year, it sounds like he's got pretty good stuff and he's not small either at 6'5"... I'm taller though
lol, the other guy is a throw in middle infielder, but he's a decent hitter considering the position he plays. The only thing we gave up is Mark Lowe who is on the DL and is coming back from disc surgery on his back, don't get me wrong though, I really like mark lowe and I was upset when I heard he was part of the deal but we won't see the fruits of this move until like 2012 anyway which is when he's a free agent.
