James Shields trade: Insta-reactions from around the interwebs

From former ESPN Baseball Analyst and current Diamondbacks announcer Steve Berthiaume

Wow. Had this trade been announced Saturday, Andrew Friedman would have won the Heisman. #Rays #Royals

— Steve Berthiaume (@BertDbacks) December 10, 2012

David Price is understandably hoping this is all a nightmare

Guys guys guys there's been a huge misunderstanding...whenever we all wake up tomorrow Shields and WD40 will still be my teammates...

— David Price (@DAVIDprice14) December 10, 2012

Toby David reminds us of the human element in baseball

Shields has been with #Rays since he was 18. He almost 31 now. He's been thru the ups and downs. This is unfortunate side of baseball.

— Toby David (@TobyDavid) December 10, 2012

Comedian/Actor/Sportsradio guy Jay Mohr loves the deal

The Kansas City Royals just pulled off a straight bank robbery. Shields and Davis for Myers is INCREDIBLE for #royals fans.

— Jay Mohr (@jaymohr37) December 10, 2012

Former GM and current SiriusXM radio host Jim Bowden has already rendered his decision

Let's not sugar coat this deal...Rays win it with a first round knockout. No need to debate or discuss this one.

— JIM BOWDEN (@JimBowdenESPNxm) December 10, 2012

J.J. Cooper from Baseball America points out why the Royals had to do this deal

Love this trade for the Rays. Significant help for TB in 2013. For KC? Comes down to this, they haven't developed starting pitchers...so tonight they had to pay dearly to buy some that another team has developed.

— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) December 10, 2012

Dave Cameron of Fangraphs punches Royals fans in the babymakers

Odorizzi and Myers... This is why the last time the Royals won 90 games, Ken Griffey Jr was a rookie.

— David Cameron (@DCameronFG) December 10, 2012

Dodger blogger Mike Petriello weighs in as an innocent bystander

I might not believe this entirely, but you don't have to stretch TOO far to say this deal doesn't even help KC over next 2 yrs, much less 6

— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) December 10, 2012

Jonathan Bernhardt from SportsOnEarth offered his unique sense of humor

The Royals apparently think Wade Davis is a starter, but remember: the Royals also think Luke Hochevar is a starter.

— Jonathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) December 10, 2012

SI.com's Joe Sheehan observes the entire spectrum that reactions covered on Twitter

Loving the gap between MSM react and stathead react to Myers deal. "The Royals are for real now, gutsy move!" vs. "That was dumb."

— Joe Sheehan (@joe_sheehan) December 10, 2012

One industry source sent along a note:

holy cow...for 2013, I suppose it hurts the Rays, but wow, what a return

Another industry source sent this along:

WOW...****ing amazing. Nothing more dangerous than a GM trying to save his job

Royals fan extraordinaire @devil_fingers makes a strong point:

I hate this trade, too, but simply citing Shields' road ERA as if it means anything is, well, sabermetric Francoeurianism.

— MJK (@devil_fingers) December 10, 2012

Keith Law sees a clear winner:

One final thought before I sign off: Talked to a bunch of scouts/FO folks tonight. Every last one of them said the Rays came out way ahead.

— keithlaw (@keithlaw) December 10, 2012

Lastly, Rany Jazayerli, of RanyontheRoyals.com, had the first review of this trade up on the interwebs - faster than anyone else out there:

this sucks

Now that you've had time to think about this trade, what is your reaction?