Chad GAUDIN recalled from Sac; Kielty down

by Charlie Brown on Apr 21, 2006 5:12 PM PDT Comment 21 comments

Today the A's recalled Chad Gaudin from Sacramento where he was 2-0 0.52 in 17 innings so far this year. To make room for him on the 25 man roster, Kielty (Ronnie Mac) was sent to Sacramento for the second time this season. I have found no link yet, but substantiated a rumor of his being recalled with changes that have been made on the minor league baseball Sacramento roster already.

The A's are once again running short on relievers and needed an extra arm for tonights game with Huston Street unavailable until Saturday night at the earliest. Other players were equally capable of being sent down, but Kielty was the chosen one as he does have options available.

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If true...

then Good.

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 21, 2006 5:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Gaudin has been awesome

at Sacto. But he hasn't seemed to be able to carry over his success to the bigs yet. I wonder who the team would put out there to close tonight if the need arises. I'm guessing it has to be Kiko because Duke has got to be fatigued. That Shelton at-bat alone might've done him in for today.

by Tyler Bleszinski on Apr 21, 2006 5:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You mean Inge, right?

15 pitches -- a dinner for 3 at Francescos!

I miss Bill King :(

by gojohn10 on Apr 21, 2006 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, Inge

I guess I have Shelton on the brain.

by Tyler Bleszinski on Apr 21, 2006 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have shellfish on the brain

Tomorrow morning, SF Ferry Building Farmers market: Hog Island oysters on the half shell ...

Those people aren't drinking the Kool-Aid, they're sucking it from a spigot! @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 21, 2006 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Confirmed by Martie Lurie

I miss Bill King :(

by gojohn10 on Apr 21, 2006 5:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Quick, run to your radios

Lurie is about to interview Hudler!!!! </sarcasm>

I miss Bill King :(

by gojohn10 on Apr 21, 2006 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Uh, Hudler makes me run away from my radio

"I think the Coliseum is... comfy. Not state-of-the-art, not trendy, not chic, just comfy. It matches my wardrobe." - poppy

by McFood on Apr 21, 2006 6:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A's have officially announced it

by OaklandSi on Apr 21, 2006 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Pirates have Shelton on the brain.

Since they lost him in the rule 5 draft.

by breedingewoks on Apr 21, 2006 5:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Link

http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060421&content_id=1411860& ;vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

by LifeLongEastCoastAthleticsFan on Apr 21, 2006 9:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

good to see

charles thomas getting off to a good start, hopefully he carries it throughout the year.

so much on my mind, i just can't recline -respiration

by ucla kid on Apr 21, 2006 10:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah,,,he always had the plus d and speed

now he has the bat back. He really showed a lot of promise in 2004. I think he could be on the roster next year in lieu of JayPay

Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay.

by carp on Apr 22, 2006 7:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

3 Buck Chuck is a hack

He had a nice little run in Atlanta but he's 27 years old. At some point you just have to accept that he doesn't have what it takes.

Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Apr 22, 2006 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

He had a very fine offensive and defensive year

for Atlanta in 2004. Last year was terrible. This year he seems to be hitting well. My point is...I don't think he is uncut for the bigs. And if you disagree, I'd like to know why. Booby K had a really bad year in 2004, and Kendall in 2005. Why can't Chucky T. come back to 2004 form?

Two-thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third is covered by Kotsay.

by carp on Apr 23, 2006 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because Chuck's 2004 was a mirage

Chuck Thomas's offensive success is centered entirely around his batting average. On the surface his 2004 numbers look fine.

.288/.368/.445 7 HR 21/45 BB/K in 236 AB.

In reality he owed much of his success to luck and his spot in the batting order. His OBP percentage was boosted by two things, 9 HBP and 9 IBB. The 9 intentional walks came because he was batting 8th in Atlanta's line-up and the pitcher was on deck.

Thomas has never hit more than 11 HR in a season. He doesn't steal bases. He wasn't much of a hitter until 2003. He got hot in the 2nd half of 2003 while in AA and he carried that over into his AAA debut in 2004. He then went on to hit .342 in his first month in the Show, followed by a .265 August and a .211 September. That is not an encouraging trend.

If you combined his 2004 numbers you'd see he posted a 28/85 BB/K rate in 451 AB. That is simply an unacceptable ratio for a hitter with little power. If he's not hitting over .300 he's a drag on the offense.

He's supposed to be a great defensive outfielder, but that doesn't mean much to me if he's not playing CF. I look for offense first from the corner OF spots and Thomas does not provide anything close to an acceptable bat for those spots. The A's have Kotsay in CF (for now) and dumping him in favor of 2 Buck would be a downgrade both on offense and defense.

But other than that I see no reason why C. Thomas couldn't help the big league club.

Why yes. I am a ray of warm and fuzzy sunshine.

by grover on Apr 23, 2006 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes!

I've been advocated calling up three players (one instead of Scutaro, one instead of Kielty, and the other for Halsey). Those three were Robertson, Rheinecker, and Gaudin. It's too bad Rhino got traded but I'm 1/3; batting .333: better than any A can say.

I think Gaudin can compete with Meyer to replace Z next year. Hell, he can replace Loaiza this week!

"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." - Yogi Berra

by vignette17 on Apr 21, 2006 10:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Wouldn't it be so cool if...

the A's got really far ahead of the Angels in the game tomorrow and we got to watch Gaudin pitch for a few innings?

by IM4Oakgal on Apr 21, 2006 11:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

We're more likely to see him

if the Angels get far ahead ... which of course we don't want

by OaklandSi on Apr 22, 2006 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Gaudin

I'm pretty high on this guy. I think he's gonna turn out to be a huge steal. I wish we hadn't picked up Estaban, we'd still have a first round draft pick this year, 7 million dollars to spend somewhere else, and guys like Gaudin, Saarloos and Kennedy could duke it out for the 5 spot.

by pinkfloyd on Apr 22, 2006 9:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Meyer could get into that battle

And so could Dominguez, Rhino before he was traded, Halsey, and even Komine. It's great being so deep.

But there's another variable: who could we spend the 7 mil on? Last year was a weak FA crop. If we could save the money for offseason trades or for FAs this year, then it would be worth it (I think we should trade Loaiza this offseason and with the extra money, sign Doug Davis who is hopefully still a little under the radar because he plays for MIL; that is why I want Loaiza to do really well this year: increase his trade value.) The fact was we couldn't do much with the money this last year unless it was money that stopped the Zito/Kendall/Abreu/Lieberthal deal from happening which I doubt.

"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore." - Yogi Berra

by vignette17 on Apr 22, 2006 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs