The Kila Monster is Headed to Oakland

justinmandawg said:

Good, we need pitching.

How's this for a trade idea.

Royals trade Wil Myers and Billy Butler (or Melky)

for

James Shields

off season trade of course

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Jaypers said:

Wonder what AKA-Coastal thinks about this. Too bad we can't ask him.

I guess this means Chris Carter will be limited to DH duties.


Athletics Acquire Kila Ka'aihue
By Tim Dierkes [September 27 at 2:19pm CST]
The Athletics acquired first baseman Kila Ka'aihue from the Royals for minor league pitcher Ethan Hollingsworth, according to press releases from the teams. The A's recalled and transferred Joey Devine to the 60-day DL to open a spot on the 40-man roster for Ka'aihue.

Ka'aihue was designated for assignment by the Royals last Wednesday. The 27-year-old had a crack at the Royals' first base job coming into the season but was benched before the end of April. In four separate Triple-A stints, Ka'aihue has proven his ability to draw a walk in 15-20% of his plate appearances. His power has seemed to come and go, however.

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mjbuchanan80 said:

Gonna miss you Kila. You can now be added to my long list of AAAA players that didn't find success for the Royals...Ken Harvey, Brandon Berger, and Justin Huber welcome you to the club.

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Longoriafan3 said:

I could see us selling high on Shields.... did trading Garza really hurt us this year? Not at all, we replaced him with someone better (Hellickson). I honestly think Moore has better stuff than Shields so losing Big Game James wouldn't be that big in my opinion. I doubt he would be traded to an AL team unless the package was incredible like Myers, Christian Colon, and someone else. I don't really see any NL teams that fit however, maybe the Pirates?

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justinmandawg said:

Good, we need pitching.

How's this for a trade idea.

Royals trade Wil Myers and Billy Butler (or Melky)

for

James Shields

off season trade of course

Click to expand...

Jaypers said:

Wonder what AKA-Coastal thinks about this. Too bad we can't ask him.

I guess this means Chris Carter will be limited to DH duties.


Athletics Acquire Kila Ka'aihue
By Tim Dierkes [September 27 at 2:19pm CST]
The Athletics acquired first baseman Kila Ka'aihue from the Royals for minor league pitcher Ethan Hollingsworth, according to press releases from the teams. The A's recalled and transferred Joey Devine to the 60-day DL to open a spot on the 40-man roster for Ka'aihue.

Ka'aihue was designated for assignment by the Royals last Wednesday. The 27-year-old had a crack at the Royals' first base job coming into the season but was benched before the end of April. In four separate Triple-A stints, Ka'aihue has proven his ability to draw a walk in 15-20% of his plate appearances. His power has seemed to come and go, however.

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