So nice to have Barry dealing again. He had a monster week, good for #2 in the MLB. This was partly helped by his pitching twice this week, but he gets most of the credit for our performance in his games, as practically every hitter besides Melly and Elly were neutral or negative contributors.
Despite everything, our pitchers and Huff kept us in the running and we squeaked out a 4-3 record this last week.
A's This Season A's, This Week
OAK Nick Swisher 1.800 126 Barry Zito* 0.869 55
OAK Eric Chavez 1.165 128 Kiko Calero* 0.231 13
OAK Joe Kennedy* 0.801 60 J Duchscherer* 0.208 17
OAK J Duchscherer* 0.681 74 Huston Street* 0.155 11
OAK Barry Zito* 0.505 176 Adam Melhuse 0.11 12
OAK Kiko Calero* 0.423 53 Joe Kennedy* 0.104 16
OAK Milton Bradley 0.286 85 Mark Ellis 0.097 23
OAK Kirk Saarloos* 0.241 89 Jason Kendall 0.066 23
OAK Brad Halsey* 0.198 106 Kirk Saarloos* 0.058 25
OAK Jay Witasick* -0.001 25 Chad Gaudin* 0.000 24
OAK Ron J. Flores* -0.009 11 Antonio Perez 0.000 1
OAK Rich Harden* -0.029 123 Ron J. Flores* -0.009 11
OAK Antonio Perez -0.131 19 Dan Johnson -0.018 22
OAK Marco Scutaro -0.132 46 Nick Swisher -0.018 31
OAK Mark Ellis -0.135 107 Brad Halsey* -0.046 55
OAK Dan Johnson -0.139 94 Joe Blanton* -0.048 31
OAK Bobby Kielty -0.241 24 Mark Kotsay -0.053 29
OAK Mark Kotsay -0.292 129 Frank Thomas -0.186 23
OAK Huston Street* -0.302 45 Bobby Crosby -0.196 31
OAK Joe Blanton* -0.303 165 Bobby Kielty -0.211 20
OAK Chad Gaudin* -0.351 37 Marco Scutaro -0.272 8
OAK Dan Haren* -0.398 179 Eric Chavez -0.278 31
OAK Adam Melhuse -0.507 29 Dan Haren* -0.291 30
OAK Bobby Crosby -0.53 100 Jay Payton -0.298 27
OAK Frank Thomas -0.56 109
OAK Jay Payton -0.752 90
OAK Jason Kendall -0.778 101
OAK Esteban Loaiza* -0.991 95
MLB Season Leaders MLB Weekly Leaders
WXC Events WXC Events
STL Albert Pujols 3.432 138 PHI Aaron Rowand 0.989 25
NYM Duaner Sanchez* 2.208 76 OAK Barry Zito* 0.869 55
NYY Derek Jeter 1.823 138 PHI Chase Utley 0.83 28
OAK Nick Swisher 1.800 126 CHW Pablo Ozuna 0.786 14
NYY Jason Giambi 1.776 120 BOS Mike Lowell 0.781 26
TB Jonny J. Gomes 1.771 140 CLE C.C. Sabathia* 0.74 55
TB Ty Wigginton 1.757 126 SD Rob Bowen 0.685 15
COL Todd Helton 1.729 85 SD Chan Ho Park* 0.676 33
CHW Joe Crede 1.707 120 CHW Joe Crede 0.658 31
CHW Jim Thome 1.679 134 SD Josh Barfield 0.655 26
NYM Carlos Delgado 1.491 139 SF Jason Schmidt* 0.617 32
ARI Brandon Webb* 1.432 207 SD Trevor Hoffman* 0.598 13
STL Chr Carpenter* 1.41 194 LA Olmedo Saenz 0.597 11
CHW JA. Contreras* 1.379 176 DET Jer Bonderman* 0.581 58
CIN Todd Coffey* 1.36 71 COL Matt Holliday 0.572 28
SF Barry Bonds 1.353 94 LA No Garciaparra 0.562 34
NYM Tom Glavine* 1.351 185 NYM Duaner Sanchez* 0.56 15
PUJOLS 5.0 continues to lead the league, though this week he was merely average instead of historically awesome.
Brief focus on Duaner Sanchez, who every week has been the highest ranked player I have never heard of. I haven't seen him on Sportscenter, nor in any shoe commercials. Who the heck is this guy that Baby W considers the most valuable player in the league (excluding Pujols, who is clearly a time-traveller taking advantage of genetic superiority and advanced technologies) ?
SPLIT G IP H R HR BB SO W L Sv P/GS WHIP BAA ERA
Season 15 21.0 8 0 0 7 17 1 0 0 0.0 0.71 .121 0.00
Career 176 195.0 185 87 21 78 141 9 8 8 0.0 1.35 .254 3.74
He's an unsung setup guy for Billy Wagner who has pitched a tidy 21 scoreless innings, apparently in some pretty high leverage situations. So, is he a fluke or what? Is this some crazy crush that Baby W has developed, in the vein of "Joe Kennedy can do no wrong" no matter how nightmarish and twisted his appearances are?
And now in honor of the crazy ending of Saturday's game (which JJJsixsix has nicely dissected), I present:
Baby Winexp's Most Costly Errors of 2006, So Far
- Apr 11, 2006 . TEX v ANA . Bot 9 1 R: -1 B: 1 2 . P: Francisco Cordero . Adam Kennedy doubled to right, Erstad and Izturis scored on second baseman Jimenez's fielding error ( 1 , +0.61 )
- Apr 19, 2006. FLA v CIN . Bot 8 0 R: -3 B: 1 2 3 . P: Matt Herges . Felipe Lopez reached on an infield single, Hatteberg and Encarnacion scored, LaRue to third, Lopez to second on second baseman Uggla's throwing error ( 0.675* , +0.425 )
- May 06, 2006. TB v OAK . Bot 9 2 R: 0 B: 2 . P: Tyler Walker . Jason Kendall safe at first on Huff's fielding error, Payton scored ( 1 , +0.394 )
- May 05, 2006. HOU v COL . Bot 9 0 R: -1 B: 2 . P: Brad Lidge . Clint Barmes safe at first on third baseman Ensberg's throwing error, Hawpe scored, Barmes to second ( 0.792 , +0.38 )
- Apr 21, 2006. SF v COL . Top 5 1 R: -2 B: 1 2 3 . P: Jason Jennings . Lance Niekro singled to left, Vizquel, Bonds and Alou scored, Niekro to third on left fielder Holliday's throwing error ( 0.665 , +0.341 )
- May 06, 2006. ATL v NYM . Bot 7 1 R: -1 B: 1 2 . P: Tim Hudson . Jose B. Reyes singled to left center, Nady scored, Valentin to third, Reyes to second on left fielder Langerhans' throwing error ( 0.758 , +0.314 )
- Apr 29, 2006. TEX v CLE . Bot 6 1 R: -3 B: 1 2 . P: Kevin Millwood . Casey Blake doubled to center, Broussard and Vazquez scored, Blake to third on right fielder Jimenez's throwing error ( 0.485 , +0.288 )
- Apr 08, 2006. COL v SD . Bot 1 0 R: -7 B: 1 2 3 . P: Zach Day . Adrian Gonzalez singled to deep left, Roberts, Young and Giles scored, Gonzalez to second on left fielder Holliday's fielding error ( 0.281* , +0.281 )
- Apr 16, 2006. WAS v FLA . Top 9 1 R: -1 B: 3 . P: Matt Herges . Nick Johnson safe at first on shortstop Ramirez's throwing error, Soriano scored, Johnson to second ( 0.571 , +0.279 )
- May 01, 2006. WAS v NYM . Bot 9 1 R: 0 B: 1 2 . P: Gary Majewski . Paul Lo Duca reached on fielder's choice to pitcher, Chavez scored, Reyes to third on pitcher Majewski's throwing error ( 1 , +0.272 )