Here's a quick look at the early reactions around baseball to the Oakland Athletics trading Scott Kazmir to the Houston Astros for minor league catcher Jacob Nottingham and minor league pitcher Daniel Mengden.
Early hot takes
Microwave Hot Take: The Oakland-Houston Scott Kazmir Trade Is Great for Everyone (Michael Baumann, Grantland)
From Oakland GM Billy Beane's perspective, the A's off-loaded a free-agent-to-be and got two interesting prospects back. With Kazmir set to leave this offseason and the A's 11 games out of first place, his value to them was pretty much zero.