A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros - RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion

Revering4Blue · 02-04-2013, 07:22 PM

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Athletics acquired SS Jed Lowrie and RHP Fernando Rodriguez from the Astros in exchange for 1B Chris Carter, RHP Brad Peacock and C Max Stassi.

Lowrie's power production could take a real hit playing half his games in O.co Coliseum, but this is a solid win-now move by the A's. Hiroyuki Nakajima is expected to remain the starter at shortstop, which means Lowrie should get most of his playing time at second base, but he's expected to see time at other infield spots, as well. Meanwhile, Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow has further stocked his farm system with some nice pieces. Feb 4 - 6:01 PM

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/4212/jed-lowrie

mth123 · 02-04-2013, 08:11 PM

Good deal for the Astros.

Wonderful Monds · 02-04-2013, 08:55 PM

Relegate the Astros. They aren't a major league franchise. If you can't be bothered to field a major league product, you shouldn't get to be a major league team.

OGB · 02-04-2013, 09:08 PM

I like the trade from the stros side, but when you consider how awful they were last year after they started disbanding that team, you have to think they might be historically bad this year.

Tornon · 02-04-2013, 09:11 PM

The Astros know what they're doing now.. they could be scary in a few years

Wonderful Monds · 02-04-2013, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Tornon

The Astros know what they're doing now.. they could be scary in a few years

I understand the argument to be made for this, but to me this sounds like last winter when there were those who said the Reds could learn from the Marlins or Pirates.

Bad teams should be looking to add talent to their roster, not ditch all of it for prospects. Certainly there are times when you want to fill out your system with talented prospects. But you can't trade ALL of your major league players for prospects.

blumj · 02-04-2013, 09:57 PM

Lowrie just can't stay on the field, he's down to 2 years left of team control having spent more of his career on the DL than on an active roster, they almost had to take the opportunity to get something decent for him, because they may not get another chance before he ends up back on the DL or hits free agency.

Tornon · 02-04-2013, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Wonderful Monds

I understand the argument to be made for this, but to me this sounds like last winter when there were those who said the Reds could learn from the Marlins or Pirates.

Bad teams should be looking to add talent to their roster, not ditch all of it for prospects. Certainly there are times when you want to fill out your system with talented prospects. But you can't trade ALL of your major league players for prospects.

I'm not sure if it would be feasible for them to be able to add enough major league talent to be competitive this year. If they had tried hard enough, they may have been able to get the right players to squeak out a mediocre team. I think they'd rather just trust in their scouting department.. possibly getting another #1 overall pick in next year's draft (we see what the Nationals did with that 5 years ago) and trusting their scouting department knows what it's doing while they wait for Carlos Correia to develop

M2 · 02-04-2013, 10:33 PM

Billy Beane knows better than to put all his eggs in the basket of a Japanese SS (because, as Rocket T. Squirrel reminds us, that trick never works).

Tom Servo · 02-04-2013, 10:49 PM

So I guess Oakland is really down on Jemile Weeks.

M2 · 02-04-2013, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Servo

So I guess Oakland is really down on Jemile Weeks.

I doubt this has anything to do with Weeks. Rotoworld's pulling the 2B speculation out of its butt. He could be SS or 3B just as easily.

Unassisted · 02-04-2013, 11:50 PM

One somewhat surprising aspect of this trade to me is that the Astros had sent Lowrie barnstorming around Texas on their version of a winter Caravan. (He made an appearance here in San Antonio about 10 days ago.) That gave me the impression that this was a guy they wanted fans to come to the Ballpark and see this season. Guess not.

PuffyPig · 02-04-2013, 11:58 PM

The moved Lowrie at the exact right time, IMO.

LexRedsFan · 02-05-2013, 12:59 AM

I was about to be happy that a hapless division opponent was getting more hapless, then I remembered.

Gonna be strange seeing them in the AL.

lollipopcurve · 02-05-2013, 07:24 AM

Lowrie's awful brittle, and the power he showed in Houston will obviously be defused some in Oakland. Not sure this trade will have much of an impact either way. One or two of the players may surprise, but unless Lowrie shines it's a depth move for both teams, IMO.

02-04-2013, 08:11 PM	#2
mth123 The Big Dog Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 12,678	Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros Good deal for the Astros. __________________ "All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it." --BABE RUTH Having better players makes "the right time" or "the big hit" happen a lot more often. PLUS PLUS

02-04-2013, 09:08 PM	#4
OGB Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 544	Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros I like the trade from the stros side, but when you consider how awful they were last year after they started disbanding that team, you have to think they might be historically bad this year. __________________ I may not be fast, but I sure am slow.

02-04-2013, 09:11 PM	#5
Tornon Who, What, Where, When? Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 4,531	Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros The Astros know what they're doing now.. they could be scary in a few years

02-04-2013, 09:57 PM	#7
blumj Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4,329	Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros Lowrie just can't stay on the field, he's down to 2 years left of team control having spent more of his career on the DL than on an active roster, they almost had to take the opportunity to get something decent for him, because they may not get another chance before he ends up back on the DL or hits free agency. __________________ "Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons

02-04-2013, 10:33 PM	#9
M2 Posting in Dynarama Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Boston Posts: 26,668	Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros Billy Beane knows better than to put all his eggs in the basket of a Japanese SS (because, as Rocket T. Squirrel reminds us, that trick never works). __________________ Baseball isn't a magic trick ... it doesn't get spoiled if you figure out how it works. - gonelong I'm witchcrafting everybody.

02-04-2013, 10:49 PM	#10
Tom Servo thirsty and miserable Join Date: May 2006 Location: NJ/NY Posts: 5,392	Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros So I guess Oakland is really down on Jemile Weeks. __________________ "Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."

02-04-2013, 11:50 PM	#12
Unassisted RZ Chamber of Commerce Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: San Antonio Posts: 13,222	Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros One somewhat surprising aspect of this trade to me is that the Astros had sent Lowrie barnstorming around Texas on their version of a winter Caravan. (He made an appearance here in San Antonio about 10 days ago.) That gave me the impression that this was a guy they wanted fans to come to the Ballpark and see this season. Guess not. __________________ /r/reds

02-04-2013, 11:58 PM	#13
PuffyPig Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,694	Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros The moved Lowrie at the exact right time, IMO.

02-05-2013, 12:59 AM	#14
LexRedsFan Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 364	Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros I was about to be happy that a hapless division opponent was getting more hapless, then I remembered. Gonna be strange seeing them in the AL.

02-05-2013, 07:24 AM	#15
lollipopcurve Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Shelburne Falls, MA Posts: 9,477	Re: A's acquire Jed Lowrie from Astros Lowrie's awful brittle, and the power he showed in Houston will obviously be defused some in Oakland. Not sure this trade will have much of an impact either way. One or two of the players may surprise, but unless Lowrie shines it's a depth move for both teams, IMO. __________________ "Baseball is a very, very complex business. It's more of a people business than most businesses." - Bob Castellini

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