There have been an awful lot of comings and goings in the A’s system over the past week or so. Lefty Hideki Okajima's promotion to the A’s bullpen and perennial prospect Michael Taylor's return to the River Cats is just the tip of the iceberg.
It came down to Mike "Moose Tacos" Moustakas against Ryan Cook with runners at 2B and 3B with 2 out in the 9th, and of course the count had to go full. Moustakas bounced to 2B and the A's were back over .500.
Barry Zito was compared to Bill "Spaceman" Lee, it took a lot of money to sign Mark McGwire because his dad was a dentist, Eric Chavez was only a fair student in high school ... and other insights gleaned from old scouting reports.
There have been an awful lot of comings and goings in the A’s system over the past week or so. Lefty Hideki Okajima's promotion to the A’s bullpen and perennial prospect Michael Taylor's return to the River Cats is just the tip of the iceberg.
It came down to Mike "Moose Tacos" Moustakas against Ryan Cook with runners at 2B and 3B with 2 out in the 9th, and of course the count had to go full. Moustakas bounced to 2B and the A's were back over .500.
Barry Zito was compared to Bill "Spaceman" Lee, it took a lot of money to sign Mark McGwire because his dad was a dentist, Eric Chavez was only a fair student in high school ... and other insights gleaned from old scouting reports.
Short answer: No. But remember in 2001 when the A's tanked out of the gate with Johnny Damon in LF and Terrence Long in CF, and then finally, in May, switched them -- and the team just took off and never looked back?
Why hello there, Miss .500. Don't you look particularly fetching tonight. We certainly have missed you. It wasn't as pretty and flashy as last night's start, but Tommy Milone's gritty, gutsy and...
Stuff Fangraphs A's page Lone Star Ball Probable Pitchers Do Your Homework! Score Your Last GOG - #14 Royal Pains The Questions 1. Series Outcome, 3 Games. [3 points] 2. SLuGging. As...
Alex Hall goes on the Phil Naessens Show to talk A's baseball, including the starting rotation, Jesse Chavez, Jed Lowrie, and Adam Rosales.
In keeping with new tradition, I had some questions for the guys from Royals Review. Jeff Zimmerman was kind enough to provide me with some answers about the Royals before they visit the Coliseum starting today.
Short trip for Barton.Short trip for Barton, as scarcely 8 games later, Daric is DFA'd for the second time by the A's.
From 95.7 The Game: The A's have announced that SP Brett Anderson has been diagnosed with a navicular stress fracture of his right foot. He will be reevaluated in FOUR weeks. Your reaction? O...
A mini bullpen shakeup has been announced for the A's
As the first openly homosexual baseball player, Oakland-born Glenn Burke was about 35 years ahead of the times.
The SB Nation team provides an update on the performance issues around the network.
Brandon Moss was an unknown last year, and many called him a fluke. Here, we take a look at his plate discipline stats in order to see how his approach has changed since last year (if at all).
What kind of pitching have the A's faced during their recent cold streak? I take a look at it in this article.
In a recent post on The Hardball Times, a Mets fan author discusses whether Moneyball really has changed, as many have claimed. While that would be a fun topic to discuss, what I'm more interested...
With the Texas Rangers coming to town for a 3-game series, I asked Adam J Morris of Lone Star Ball three burning questions about the team's new cast of characters. Four. Four questions. Here is what he had to say!
ok, so just a tentative "board" for targets 1) Chris Anderson: Was a top 10 guy at one point, just needs to not be overworked like he was at Jacksonville (according to Keith Law, who even said...
Over the past week or two, some of the A's top prospects have really been on the rise. Choice and Gray have been coming into their own at Sacramento. And members of last year's draft class like Russell, Robertson and Olson have been heating up too.
With six weeks of baseball in the books, we've had time to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the roster. Mid-May is a good time to start tweaking things on the margins, by removing under-performing players in favor of more promising ones.
The 2013 season has been, to this point, a remarkable referendum on the belief that a team can parlay success out of big spending.
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