A's trade Blanton to Phillies for minor leaguers

 
The Oakland Athletics traded away their second starting pitcher this month, dealing burly right-hander Joe Blanton to the Philadelphia Phillies for three minor leaguers on Thursday. [link]

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Phils reach agreement on Blanton - MLB

The Phillies have reached an agreement with the Oakland Athletics to acquire right-handed pitcher Joe Blanton . Blanton is 5-12 this season after going 14-10 with a 3.95 ERA last season. The Athletics get second baseman Adrian Cardenas, pitcher Josh ...
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Trade Analysis: Joe Blanton to the Phillies | Roto Reference

The Oakland Athletics made another surprising (well not so suprising considering that Moneyball was based on Billy Beane) trade sending Joe Blanton to the Philadelphia Phillies for second baseman Adrian Cardenas, pitcher Josh Outman and outfielder Matthew Spence who are all expected to go to the minor leagues for Oakland. See story for full Analysis . . .
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What They're Saying: Joe Blanton Trade

By now you've heard that the Phillies gave up three prospects for the A's Joe Blanton . Obviously this guy is an end of the rotation starter and not the horse we dearly coveted. But I think it's awfully obvious that Blanton is an improvement ...
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Phillies Acquire Blanton

The Phillies have acquired Joe Blanton from the A’s. You can cross Philly off the list of places Washburn or Bedard might end up. The M’s need to hurry up and dump Washburn before the few teams that might want him have moved on.
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A's trade Blanton to Philadelphia | OaklandAthletics.com: News

OAKLAND -- A's general manager Billy Beane made it clear that he was looking more toward the future than the present when he traded four of his top players for 13 prospects over the winter, and his commitment to the future was underscored last week ...
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