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Mike Sweeney, July surprise of 2007?

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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I think the act of posting this diary
caused his back to seize up.
"Look its either batman or batman and robin not robin w/o batman robin isn't sh@#."--cchefz71

by jeepers on Dec 28, 2006 4:48 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It caused my stomach to seize up
"[Frank's] a big battler. He's the mother of battleships."

-Nick Swisher

by kaweahkaweah on Dec 28, 2006 5:37 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OW!!!
That was Sweeney's leg getting tangled up with kaweahkaweah's stomach, causing Bobby Crosby to go on the DL.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Dec 28, 2006 5:54 PM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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 reply actions actions   0 recs

Sweeney can only play DH
and Piazza is now in that position.

by Zonis on Dec 28, 2006 9:11 PM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Sweeney and Larry Davis
A match made in HMO heaven.
This guy is dead! We'll list him as day-to-day for possible reincarnation.
A's Medical Staff, 2006

by grover on Dec 29, 2006 4:38 AM PST reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol
"We don't want haddock and chips, we want cod. In cod we trust." --Ghostigital, the pride of Iceland

by Cutthemullet on Dec 30, 2006 7:59 AM PST to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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