Swisher to DL, Clark called up

The A's have placed Swisher on the 15 day DL with an AC Joint Sprain and have called up IF/OF Jermaine Clark from the Rivercats.

Well what does a guy like Watson have to do to get called up? He is second among the Rivercats in OBP(.377) while Clark has an OBP of .354; here are Watson and Clark's respective career minor league numbers:

Games	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	BB:K
850	2966	.290	.384	.415	.799	.9
575	2087	.305	.378	.461	.839	.9

The problem here is that Clark makes the already muddled infielding situation a bit more complex as he will almost certainly see some time in the infield. This is the main problem with this callup; as Watson would be play RF and possibly 1ST, there is no interference in getting the three infielders ab's so they can up their trade value, especially Ginter. There are rumors that he may be traded but the problem there is that at his current value, you are only going to get perceived value based on past performance. And seeing as how Clark does not need to build trade value, having him in the infield does not make any sense at all.

UPDATE: Here is EIO's well-written take on the dumb move.