Snelling to Oakland?

by batura on May 2, 2007 7:52 PM PDT

According to Basedball Tonight, Snelling was traded by Washington for Oakland's Langerhans.

They also said Snelling "goes back to Oakland" and made some strange point about East Coast to West Coast and back again, but who knows what's going on.

It'll great to see him playing again in Seattle... too bad its for the wrong team.

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If this is true

I officially hate life.

by Rollo Tomasi on May 2, 2007 7:59 PM PDT reply actions

Its true

I just got confirmation from an Oakland fan I know. Announced by their Asst GM.

by bluemax on May 2, 2007 8:01 PM PDT reply actions

Three consective diaries on this! Nice!

by Slozbury Stouvre on May 2, 2007 8:11 PM PDT reply actions

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

With all this stress in my life right now, plus a lack of sleep, it was this that made me finally crack up laughing.

Way to go, Doyle

by Corco on May 2, 2007 8:12 PM PDT reply actions

Also FWIW

Piazaa got hurt during tonights A's game and is out 4-6 weeks.

by bluemax on May 2, 2007 8:13 PM PDT reply actions

So

does that make them better or worse.

by Edgar for Pres on May 2, 2007 8:29 PM PDT up reply actions

Heh, that's like one of my favorite jokes...

"He moved from Washington to Idaho, thereby raising the average IQ of both states."

Another visiting A's fan...

by Elvez on May 2, 2007 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Looks like they have his replacement

...

by Gomez on May 2, 2007 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions

doyle is ours

and you can't have him

by xbhaskarx on May 2, 2007 8:31 PM PDT reply actions

The way I look at it,

It sucks major balls for me as a person. But in reality the Nats fans and front office never really appreciated Doyle.

I know the A's will.

And that makes me happy.

by Corco on May 2, 2007 8:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Oakland was his destiny

I can't think of a better player that Beane would want right now that fits his style better.

by Edgar for Pres on May 2, 2007 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Even the injury-proneness fits!

by Jeff Sullivan on May 2, 2007 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Exactly!

Let us all hope Snelling prospers like the M's weren't going to allow him to do.

by mark s @ Lookout Landing on May 2, 2007 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions

I love how there are so many M's fans that thought it was the end of the world when we traded Snelling for Vidro. And still the first post says "I officially hate life." Come on Vidro is doing great and Snelling had potential but sometimes you have to move on.

by maxthedrummer on May 2, 2007 8:59 PM PDT reply actions

Go home and die.

by Fett42 on May 2, 2007 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Now now.

That's not nice.

by Jeff Sullivan on May 2, 2007 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions

I apologize.

Felix Depression.

by Fett42 on May 2, 2007 9:05 PM PDT up reply actions

Don't apologize

because I know you don't mean it. Plus he deserved it and somebody else was going to do it if you didn't.

by Edgar for Pres on May 2, 2007 9:08 PM PDT up reply actions

...true enough.

by Fett42 on May 2, 2007 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Noooo

How about he just write this down and wait for about 6 weeks and see how the two are doing.

Snelling might be the new DH in Oakland.

by mark s @ Lookout Landing on May 2, 2007 9:09 PM PDT up reply actions

I hope you die in an unpleasant accident

by Graham MacAree on May 2, 2007 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions

Now now, would Chris appreciate you saying

that?

Well......I guess he would since he's gone to the dark side now...but...uh....well....nevermind.

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 2, 2007 10:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Yoda says...

Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

Detect-O-Vision

Favor the Bold

by IcebreakerX on May 3, 2007 5:28 AM PDT up reply actions

So the better question is why?

Why did the Nationals agree to this?

by Edgar for Pres on May 2, 2007 9:11 PM PDT reply actions

Snelling's not much of a bench player, probably.

by Fett42 on May 2, 2007 9:12 PM PDT up reply actions

You mean he's too good to be on the bench?

by Edgar for Pres on May 2, 2007 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions

They have 5 outfielders

Snelling was the 5th or 6th outfielder they had on the team.

Oh and Beane can sell refrigerators to Eskimos.

by mark s @ Lookout Landing on May 2, 2007 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions

Even though eskimos live in the cold!

by Fett42 on May 2, 2007 9:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Um

so since you have too many OF you trade one of them for another OF?

by Edgar for Pres on May 2, 2007 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah

The trade was for Ryan Langerhans.

by Gomez on May 2, 2007 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions

Gave in to the dark side he has.

New player picture this is:

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 2, 2007 9:22 PM PDT reply actions

Hey now...

Let's not diss the boy!

It's not like he had a no-trade clause in his contract.

He was stolen by the dark side.

STOLLLLLLLEEEEENNN!!!!!

This is a much better picture:

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 2, 2007 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Don't Tell Me To Go Die!

Who the hell do you think you are. Just saying what I think about the situation. Please tell me why Snelling is better than Vidro. Everyone says he COULD develop into a great hitter if he gets regular playing time and doesn't get hurt. I don't know about you but I'm fine with Vidro as our DH.

by maxthedrummer on May 2, 2007 9:22 PM PDT reply actions

Your about to see first hand why he is better

than Vidro.

Dear god he is gonna destroy us. You all know this right?

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 2, 2007 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions

It's gonna be like the Jered Weaver game

times 10.

by patsfan on May 2, 2007 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions

This guy has a rational point

but there aren't going to be anybody here who cares to debate it.

by Edgar for Pres on May 2, 2007 9:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Snelling makes people irrational.

And I think that's going to keep up until either Snelling washes out, or Vidro gets an extra-base hit.

by Jeff Sullivan on May 2, 2007 10:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Not completely rational...

Exhibit 1: Vidro is doing great

by david h on May 3, 2007 8:46 AM PDT up reply actions

Who the fuck do you think you are

It is 6:32 in the fucking morning, and I am about to take two exams that are harder than anything you will do in your entire life. I'm not about to take crap from people laughing at my affection for my favourite player.

Go die.

by Graham MacAree on May 2, 2007 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions

This is a hilarious twist of fate

the way having to walk home 5 miles in the snow after the entire transit system collapses is hilarious.

by Gomez on May 2, 2007 10:00 PM PDT reply actions

Also

I am happy for Doyle. The A's aren't gonna snow him the way the M's and Nats did. May he kick all sorts of ass with his new club.

by Gomez on May 2, 2007 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I logon for the first time in 4 days to read this

I hate baseball...

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on May 2, 2007 10:11 PM PDT reply actions

On the bright side, he's not an Angel or a Yankee.

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 2, 2007 10:13 PM PDT reply actions

On the bright side its not cancer or AIDS

its just herpes.

The poster formerly known as KnightofKingK

by Robert on May 2, 2007 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions

I'd rather see him with the A's

than the Nationals. He'll actually get to play and I'll get to watch him a lot more. Plus the A's are going to be garbage this year right? We don't have to worry about them right?

by Edgar for Pres on May 2, 2007 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions

July 26th

That is the date.

by Peen on May 2, 2007 10:15 PM PDT reply actions

Vidro doing great?

Maxthedrummer:

Yes, it was probably unfair for someone to tell you to go and die, but I'm willing to bet he didn't mean it literally.

But come on, man... you know that Doyle is going to get lots of love on this blog, especially judged against Vidro.

You're fine with Vidro being the DH. Okay, that's cool. You can have the opinion that he's "doing great," but take an honest look:

.315/.351/.393/.744 (Avg/On Base/SLG/OPS) He's got 28 singles, 1 (ONE!!!) double, zero triples, 2 (TWO!!??!!) HR...that's not "great." That's average. And then and then and then... he's doing it for $7.5 million ($6M paid for by your Seattle Mariners).

Sure, Doyle may never become the MLB DH that probably 90% of the people around here would like him to be. But he's an honest, hard-working player who has shown the potential to be solid. He's produced nearly as much as Vidro has this year, in 40 fewer at bats, for a fraction of the money.

THAT'S why people love Doyle, are ambivalent about Vidro, and why you're doing to see all kinds of love for him, and that's why people care about him. Go Doyle.

Will D

by Will D on May 2, 2007 10:50 PM PDT reply actions

I'm not ambivalent about Vidro

Hate for the man flows forth from the innermost recesses of my soul.

by Graham MacAree on May 2, 2007 10:53 PM PDT up reply actions

Doyle!

by Graham MacAree on May 2, 2007 11:04 PM PDT reply actions

The main problem with this

is that we cannot cheer for Snelling to succeed anymore.

by Rollo Tomasi on May 2, 2007 11:10 PM PDT reply actions

Guess I'm weird

that I don't really care that much about Snelling anymore. It's like I don't want him to do well so that the Vidro trade looks better.

runs away from death wishes

by Mariner John on May 2, 2007 11:11 PM PDT reply actions

Meh

You've been posting for a while, it's hard for me to get that angry at you.

by Graham MacAree on May 2, 2007 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions

Because I'm a Grade A asshole, it's fun pissing

a large group of people who are irrationally acting and obsessing over something somewhat trivial.

That being said, down with Snelling. I hope your crippled, AAAA skillset, mendoza line hitting rear drags the A's down with you.

In the NL, you were a curiousity. In the AL West your the enemy. The opposition. One who stands in our way.

Snelling=Chavez=Kendall=Bradley=Blanton=Street=every other Athletic in my mind.

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 2, 2007 11:32 PM PDT reply actions

That's the problem

I have to hope for Snelling to fail now. I wanted him to succeed in Washington just to teach Bavasi a lesson.

by Rollo Tomasi on May 2, 2007 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions

Not true

I like Matsuzaka and Sizemore and Hafner, etc. When we play these guys, I hope that We beat Dice-K 1-0 (minmal damage to him, win for us ), or we beat the Indians 10-9

http://seattlesportsmaniac.blogspot.com

by LantermanC on May 3, 2007 7:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Matsuzaka is cool and all

but when we play him, I hope we crush him 83-0. Then he can go back to making the rest of the league look foolish.

Of course, if he is on your fantasy team, then yeah, 1-0.

by david h on May 3, 2007 8:48 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm with Goose

Snelling will now just a be a greasy porn star A that will get ownd by Felix.

by InSpokane on May 3, 2007 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Also, for those of you still obsessing over him

You do realize that him being an Athletic automatically increases his chance of injury. I'm putting down June 17th as the day he hits the DL.

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 2, 2007 11:36 PM PDT reply actions

... don't make me cry, Goose :(

by Graham MacAree on May 2, 2007 11:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Why June the 17th?

The A's are a team that traded for a guy on the DL. I expect Snelling to either be on the DL, or suffer a niggling injury that turns him into Jason Kendall, long before then.

visiting A's fan.

by rfloh @ Lookout Landing on May 3, 2007 6:53 AM PDT up reply actions

He probably has a hangnail right now,

and this will result in both arms requiring amputation by June 17th.

visiting A's fan

by Poppy on May 3, 2007 7:35 AM PDT up reply actions

it's been a crazy day for ex M's

Dobbs had a pinch-hit single off of Soriano in the braves/Phillies game.

All we needed was something from Joel or Franklin and the night would of been complete/

by MFAN on May 2, 2007 11:47 PM PDT reply actions

Wonderful

Snelling's gonna get injured for sure now.

by ThundaPC on May 3, 2007 12:00 AM PDT reply actions

Behold!

My master plan, coming to fruition. This 'Beane' fellow has proven highly co-operative in maximising the misery of you poor, misguided fools.

The pup that laughs when you're down on your luck.

by Scrappy the Scapegoat on May 3, 2007 4:03 AM PDT reply actions

Don't really get it

How was Snelling ever "snowed out" with the Ms? The Ms gave him every chance and when he was healthy, had him playing in the bigs. They even kept him on the 40-man when he was clearly hurt last season.

Just because Bavasi made a dumbass trade involving Chris doesn't mean the Ms mistreated him in anyway.

by Matthew on May 3, 2007 4:33 AM PDT reply actions

They -did- send him to DC

Doesn't the Geneva convention cover that?

by Graham MacAree on May 3, 2007 4:35 AM PDT up reply actions

Trades like this...

Are why the A's are in contention every year. I followed Snelling's trials and tribulations with the M's, along with Hargrove's inexplicable unwillingness to play him. From the limited action he saw against the Halos, Snelling struck me as Reggie Willits with less speed but more power (<-Which if you've been watching Willits lately is a scary concept). I couldn't believe it when he got traded to the Nats and the Mariners made Jose Guillen their starting LF. Now he's back in the division and likely to see major playing time with an A's team with half the starting lineup on the DL and many of those out for at least a month. It's nice that a player like Snelling will finally get the playing time he deserves, though.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on May 3, 2007 8:20 AM PDT reply actions

Guillen

He is the starting RF, but yeah.

Go Doyle. Get some playing time.

Hello, 911? It's Quagmire. Yeah, it's caught in the window this time

by Ben in Va on May 3, 2007 8:39 AM PDT up reply actions

That makes sense...

For some reason I thought Ibanez was still the right fielder, but Guillen's probably got a better arm.

*Visiting Angels fan* Never give up, never surrender!

by TheOptimist on May 3, 2007 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions

Raul was LF last year too

His arm's actually great for a left fielder. It's a pity he moves around like he has lead boots on though.

by Graham MacAree on May 3, 2007 11:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Jack Cust to Oakland

too

by david h on May 3, 2007 11:28 AM PDT reply actions

Well, so much, then.

For Snelling's consistent playing time. I'm not saying he won't work his way into the lineup, but it's not going to be as easy as it first appeared.

Beane's throwing spaghetti up on the wall to see what sticks. And he's getting it at BigLots for $.25 a box, instead of buying it from the Old Spaghetti Factory's store*.

Shows you how truly thin the A's system is, though, that they just can't pull a random minor leaguer out of their system to fill those gaps...

*none of the OSF's I've been to actually have stores that sell spaghetti.

Pray for Felix. Pray for the M's!

by PositivePaul on May 3, 2007 11:45 AM PDT up reply actions

that sucks

I jsut picked up Snelling for my Fantasy team.

by InSpokane on May 3, 2007 11:58 AM PDT up reply actions

Meh, Snelling hasn't been worth much in

fantasy baseball.

Yeah the OBP is nice, but it's pretty much cancelled out by the rest of his crappy stats.

No sir, I don't like it. ~Mr.Horse

by Goose on May 3, 2007 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions

My league

uses OBP and SLG instead of AVE and RBI (plus the typical R/HR/SB), so Snelling would have some value as a 3rd 4th outfielder

by david h on May 3, 2007 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions

I've had him all year

and the only problem was he didn't get starts. We use OBP and TB, plus R/RBI/SB, so he's a decent player for me.

Marinerds - a different daily dose of baseblog.

by Deanna on May 3, 2007 12:53 PM PDT up reply actions

we

Use OPB/RBI/R also

It was the play PA's I'm worried about.

by InSpokane on May 3, 2007 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Cust is a AAAA guy with a good bat

Worst case scenario is that he takes some of those DH ABs. Snelling will still be in the OF rotation and likely will still get some DH time anyway.

by Gomez on May 3, 2007 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions

It should be interesting

to see how Oakland works their lineup...

Milton Bradley is due of the DL on the 8th... Swisher was back in the lineup yesterday when Piazza went down.... Dan Johnson is playing pretty well at first right now...

So that means there will be an outfield rotation of Stewart, Swisher, Bradley, Buck, Snelling... with the DH spot open to any of them plus Cust

by MfaninAlaska on May 3, 2007 1:14 PM PDT reply actions

What it all means...

Well it's become clear to me now. This Langerhans-flipped-for-Snelling deal is an elaborate Billy Beane ploy to trade Snelling back to Seattle for King Felix.

by Will D on May 4, 2007 3:44 AM PDT up reply actions