Farhan Zaidi On Swisher Trade Premium Story

A top-20 pitching prospect in baseball?
A top-20 pitching prospect in baseball?
By Melissa Lockard
Senior Editor
Date: Jan 4, 2008

On Thursday, the Oakland A’s made their second blockbuster trade of the off-season, sending OF Nick Swisher to the Chicago White Sox for minor league prospects Gio Gonzalez, Fautino De Los Santos and Ryan Sweeney. We caught-up with A’s Baseball Operations Analyst Farhan Zaidi to find out how the A’s agreed on this deal and the organization’s assessment of the three players they got in return.

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