Billy Beane continues to rebuild the Oakland Athletics as he traded away Nick Swisher today to the Chicago White Sox. In return, the Athletics will receive three minor league players from the White Sox.
Pitchers Gio Gonzalez, Fautino De Los Santos and outfielder Ryan Sweeney are all headed to the Athletics. Gonzalez is a pretty good pitcher who should be be up in the big leagues in a few years as long as he stays healthy. De Los Santos will be a littler farther away as he mostly pitched in class A last year before getting called up to double and posted a 9-7 combined record. Sweeny on the other hand I can see coming in and making the roster in 2008. He batted .270 with 10 home runs and 47 RBI in 105 games at Class AAA Charlotte in 2007 and has some major league experience as well.
