Phillies acquire starter Blanton from A's

Phillies acquire starter Blanton from A's

The Phillies have reached an agreement with the Oakland Athletics to acquire right-handed pitcher Joe Blanton.

Blanton is 5-12 this year, after going 14-10 with a 3.95 ERA last season.

The Athletics get second baseman Adrian Cardenas, pitcher Josh Outman and outfielder Matthew Spencer, all minor leaguers.

The Phillies have been looking for a starting pitcher, in an effort to plug holes at the back end of their rotation.

A's general manager Billy Beane swapped Blanton a week after sending Rich Harden to the Chicago Cubs -- and that's with his team very much in contention in the AL West, six games behind the first-place Los Angeles Angels.

I'm not too excited about this trade.

Wow, the A's have traded away like 24 of the guys that were on last year's opening day 25 man roster.

Just sad and pathetic.

He's fat.

Nothing like Cole Hamels.

(cough) ungrateful.

Nah, I'm just kind of ticked off.

(surprise, surprise)

What aggravates me more about this is the A's, what the heck are they doing.
First Harden, now Blanton.
They already lost Haren before the season even started.
I'm having trouble understanding their logic.

They know better than me I know that much, but still.

Okay, that's enough -ing for now.

Well I understand you know.
They have ok hitters, Cust, Hannahan, Gonzalez I think it is. They are pretty ok batting anyways is my point.
Their pitching is totally screwed.

I know.