Mike Sweeney, July surprise of 2007?

by hedgehog on Dec 28, 2006 4:30 PM PST

How about it? I am just floating the idea out there. Sweeney has one year left on his hometown discount contract with the Royals, at 11 million per x5y. The 1B/DH position on the A's is jam packed already, but no one we have is a sure thing. Sweeney is. Check out his three year split from Dave Pinto's day-to-day database:
http://www.baseballmusings.com/cgi-bin/BatterSplits.py?StartDate=04%2F03%2F2004&EndDate=09%2F30% 2F2006&GameType=all&PlayedFor=0&PlayedVs=0&Park=0&PlayerID=634&BatterType=1

I had thought Sweeney was over the hill, but his numbers still looked fantastic for any A's fan. Sure, he may not hit .300 any more, but you can count on roughly 850 OPS from him. Now that Royals have a second 55 million dollar man in Gil Meche I am sure they are willing to shed a few millions here and there. The only thing is that the A's don't have much of a high minor farm talent for trades. Wait, I thought that's what the Royals were for having given us the likes of Damon and Dye. That could be another problem--I am sure the Berrora trade still stings.

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caused his back to seize up.

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by jeepers on Dec 28, 2006 4:48 PM PST reply actions

It caused my stomach to seize up

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by kaweahkaweah on Dec 28, 2006 5:37 PM PST up reply actions

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That was Sweeney's leg getting tangled up with kaweahkaweah's stomach, causing Bobby Crosby to go on the DL.

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by Nico on Dec 28, 2006 5:54 PM PST up reply actions

a sweeney trade...

is high risk low reward...if the royals are willing to part with him for nothing, which may be the case because alex gordon is ready to be the starting 3B, with Shealy and Teahan likely taking up the 1B and DH duties...Sweeney is very expendable so id consider it...however im not sure id want him in a trade, for injury concerns as well as being on the downslide of a career and expensive even with the royals possibly paying some of his contract

by AthleticsFanatic4ever on Dec 28, 2006 6:21 PM PST reply actions