BREAKING NEWS: Phillies Acquire Blanton
According to Ken Rosenthal, the Phillies have acquired Joe Blanton from the A's for Josh Outman, Adrian Cardenas, and Matt Spencer. "Outman, 23, was 5-4 with one save and a 3.20 ERA in 33 games (5 starts) for Double-A Reading. Cardenas, 20, was hitting .309 in 67 games for Single-A Clearwater. Spencer, 22, was hitting .249 with six home runs and 41 RBIs in 84 games for Clearwater." The A's were considered to be in contention at this point -- but after trading their two best players, I expect the read
Joe BlantonPhoto: Icon SMI The Philadelphia Phillies acquire Joe Blanton from the Athletics for three minor leaguers: The Athletics get second baseman Adrian Cardenas, pitcher Josh Outman and outfielder Matthew Spencer, all minor leaguers. I'm not a big Blanton... read
Breaking News: Phillies Acquire Joe Blanton Posted by Tim Malcolm, Thu, July 17, 2008 07:25 PM The Phillies have traded infielder Adrian Cardenas, pitcher Josh Outman and outfielder Matt Spencer to the Oakland Athletics for pitcher Joe Blanton. The right-hander is 5-12 with a 4.96 ERA this season. More on the deal later, including analysis. Posted in Posts | Share This read
Blanton to Phillies by John Perrotto The Phillies, according to industry sources, have acquired right-hander Joe Blanton from the Athletics in a trade for a package of three prospects: left-hander Josh Outman, second baseman Adrian Cardenas and outfielder Matthew Spencer. Outman is playing at Class AA Reading while Cardenas and Spencer are at high Class A Clearwater. Blanton is the second starting pitcher traded by the Athletics in the last two weeks as right-hander Rich Harden was s read
In my view, and this is my freaking blog, Adrian Cardenas is a big price to pay for a below-average pitcher for 2008. A 77 ERA+ for 2008, 106 for 2007 (100 is average), and has been horrible in the past month. But hey, let’s not jump to conclusions…I read some prescient advice on backshegoes.com: Let’s not be too harsh. He’s only allowed 23 ER in his last 27 IP. Say bye-bye to the rotation Adam Eaton. We now have our horse! read
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