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Originally Posted by cartman
The Orioles are trying to one up the Tigers. They traded their closer Jim Johnson to the A's for Jemile Weeks and a player to be named later.
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This was purely a cash dump, and frankly, while I really like Johnson, there were times last year when he was an absolute disaster in the 9th inning and cost the Orioles a lot of games. There has always been talk about converting him to a starter, as he is more of a pitch to contact pitcher with a lot of movement on his pitches. My initial thoughts were that the A's would probably make him a starter and he'll probably win about 15 games a year.
Bittersweet - always liked Johnson and Weeks seems marginal at best. But really, this was all about freeing up $10m.