A's Acquire DeJesus For Mazzaro, Marks

[Crazysilver03]

The A’s acquired David DeJesus from the Royals for right-hander Vin Mazzaro and left-hander Justin Marks, the teams announced today. Royals GM Dayton Moore says Mazzaro will join the team’s rotation and Marks will start the season at high Class A Wilmington.

Mazzaro, 24, posted a 4.27 ERA in 122 1/3 innings for the A's this year with 5.8 K/9 and 3.7 BB/9. He became expendable when Oakland won the bidding for Japanese right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma earlier in the week. If the A's reach a deal with Iwakuma, he'll join Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez and Dallas Braden in the team's rotation.

DeJesus batted .318/.384/.443 in 394 plate appearances this year, but he missed the final two months of the season because he required surgery on his right thumb. The 30-year-old, who has spent all of his eight-year career with the Royals, has experience in left, center and right. He joins Rajai Davis, Coco Crisp, Ryan Sweeney, Conor Jackson and Jack Cust in a crowded Oakland outfield that could clear up if Jackson and Cust are traded or non-tendered.

Marks, 22, posted a 4.87 ERA as a starter in the lower minors in 2010. The 2009 third rounder posted 9.5 K/9 and 3.4 BB/9 as he picked up his first significant experience as a pro.

DeJesus will earn $6MM in 2011 and qualify for free agency after the season. Mazzaro may qualify for arbitration as a Super Two next winter, but he cheap for now and won't hit free agency until after the 2015 campaign.

Ben Nicholson-Smith

Interesting trade. Not surprised this happened after they won the betting on Iwakuma.

[nevadaO]

Wow. I would have thought that Oakland could have gotten a lot more for Mazzaro then DeJesus.

[Arthur_Bryant]

Wow. I would have thought that Oakland could have gotten a lot more for Mazzaro then DeJesus.

One year of DeJesus.

[Tank]

Good trade for Kansas City.

[scOtt]

Good trade for Kansas City.

And what will they do with it? Spin it off into some other "good trade" in the future. They continue to be the most... sparkly... franchise in baseball. And they keep trading players, and acquiring players, and keep losing. Even in the weakest division in baseball.

Second division team. Major League teams' Minor leagues.

[NewMarketSean]

Very good trade for the Royals. DeJesus can't stay healthy.