Injury Summary

by Steve in Napa on May 25, 2006 3:11 PM PDT

This is from SI.com. The A's are ranked first in injuries suffered but the summary is GREAT:

"The big problems: The A's have one of the deepest pitching staffs in baseball, and they've needed every inch of it to stay afloat in the middling American League West. Rich Harden, Joe Kennedy, Esteban Loaiza and Justin Duchscherer all are sitting on the disabled list right now. Closer Huston Street was nursing a muscle strain in his chest earlier this season, though he never made it to the DL. The A's have had some hurting hitters, too, including Milton Bradley, Frank Thomas and Eric Chavez.

How they've handled it: Brad Halsey and Kirk Saarloos have filled in as starters with less-than-mixed results (3-4 between them, with a combined 5.06 ERA). Still, it's a measure of the team's pitching depth that the staff still is ranked fourth in the AL with a 4.47 ERA. That has kept the A's around .500.

Bottom line: Most of the pitchers should be back by the end of June. In the AL West, that makes the A's huge favorites."

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Good summary

I still sense that something is not quite right with this team though and they will not take off like they did last year. The weak division may be their saving grace though.

Would AN posters rather have a crisp 93 win season without the playoffs or a choppy 83 win season and a backdoor division title(like San Diego last year)?

I would rather enjoy a summer of great baseball myself and choose the 93 win option.

by DKNJ on May 25, 2006 4:06 PM PDT reply actions

at any cost

I'll be pretty happy with any result that ends up with us in the playoffs. Although it would be nice to have a couple regulars healthy enough to play those games.

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by Furious George on May 25, 2006 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions