Know what trade today really annoys me? Tommy Milone for Sam Fuld. Definitely wouldn't mind having Milone and you'd think Aoki has a pretty comparable value to Fuld.
I heard Danny or someone on 810 say this day and they were wrong too.
Fuld>>>Aoki
Lol, Aoki sucks but you're severely overrating Fuld if you think his value is that much higher. He was DFA'd by Oakland earlier this season. Throw in a low level prospect and the value is equal.
Though Beane would probably convince Moore Milone was worth Gordon+Almonte
Look. You don't know baseball, but you seem like you may enjoy it. So I will help you out here:
1) Yoenis Cespedes is valuable, but nearly as valuable as many others think, I would rather have Alex Gordon.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/sam-fuld-and-completing-the-as/2) Fuld/Vogt/Gomes is a pretty great platoon advantage.
Vogt vs R: .365/.919 OPS
Gomes vs L: .302/.831 OPS
so they don't have Cespedes and his .303 OBP and .764 OPS out there, yes they are worse defensively but the offense is likely very close to Cespedes
but they also got back an elite defensive replacement in Sam Fuld to field in late innings for either guy or to add another lefty in the lineup if Vogt is DH'ing/RF or Catching.
3) Milone is ok and yes it looks bad to trade a useful player for a guy you DFA'd earlier, but
Milone asked for a trade after essentially losing his rotation spot.
Don't forgetthe overall picture is this:
OAK LosesProspects:
Addison Russell/SS/AA/2014 #7 BA Prospect
Billy McKinney/LHP/A+/2013 1st Rd Pick (HS)
Draft Pick
Major Leaguers:
Tommy Milone LHP (2018 FA)
Dan Straily RHP (2019 FA)
OAK GetsJeff Samardzija RHP (2016 FA)
Jason Hammel RHP (2015 FA)
Jon Lester LHP (2015 FA)
Jonny Gomes LF (2015 FA)
Sam Fuld (2015 FA)
So yeah, it was absolutely a "win now" trade. But Tommy Milone is your objection? Gmafb. They got something of value back that helps them now. He is absolutely more valuable than Almonte, especially to the A's given the context.