Dan Meyer done for the season....again

by nodaclu on Jul 1, 2006 10:31 AM PDT

Well, for the second year in a row, Dan Meyer is hurt, and hurt badly enough that the A's plan to put him on the shelf for the rest of the season...

A blurb from today's Chronicle:

It appears that Sacramento left-hander Dan Meyer, acquired from Atlanta in the Tim Hudson deal after the 2004 season, won't pitch again this season because of continued shoulder trouble. Meyer is scheduled for a second opinion next week, according to assistant GM David Forst, and there are no plans for surgery right now.

Sad really. I feel badly for Meyer. It has to be incredibly frustrating not only for him, but especially for A's brass, as this really complicates the starting rotation picture in the years ahead, and basically means they traded Tim Hudson for Brad Halsey.

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Halsey

has been pretty good but he is no Hudson. reminds me of McGwire for T.J. Matthews. they should have let Hudson walk and got a draft pick for him.

Chicks love the long ball . . . too bad for the A's.

by micdog2001 on Jul 1, 2006 10:42 AM PDT reply actions

have you seen the way hudson's been pitching

this year? he's not doing so great.

"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat

by larrysgurl on Jul 1, 2006 11:07 AM PDT up reply actions

But thats just because he misses oakland

"They don't wanna get smacked upside the head with the Jesus Pan" - Poppy

by Amnesiac727 on Jul 1, 2006 11:13 AM PDT up reply actions

Is that what

they're calling the strike zone now?

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by Nico on Jul 1, 2006 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions

apparently cause hudson sure misses it.

"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat

by larrysgurl on Jul 1, 2006 11:24 AM PDT up reply actions

I miss Huddy....

Please Billy, find a way to bring him back. Buy low, he'll be back to the ace we knew!

by signmebilly on Jul 1, 2006 11:59 AM PDT up reply actions

it would take a lot to get him back from the

braves

"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat

by larrysgurl on Jul 1, 2006 12:05 PM PDT up reply actions

you think so?

with that contact, they might be willing to deal just to avoid 08 and 09:

06:$4M, 07:$6M, 08:$13M, 09:$13M, 10:$12M mutual option

(I know, I know. We can't afford that either. But Huddy is my favorite Athletic. I'll never forget that game against Tampa Bay which got us into the playoffs!)

by signmebilly on Jul 1, 2006 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions

why would they re-sign him only to trade him one

year into it? as a braves fan i'm not to happy with hudson right now but with smoltz at the end of his career they aren't going to trade hudson.

"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat

by larrysgurl on Jul 1, 2006 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions

The game you'll never forget

was against Texas, not Tampa Bay.

by RLangford on Jul 2, 2006 2:40 AM PDT up reply actions

The Hudson trade make the Mulder trade possible

And I think we are all glad to have Dan Haren, Kiko Calero and Daric Barton

A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz. --Humphrey Bogart

by West Bay A s Fan on Jul 1, 2006 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

That simply isn't true

That's a lie A's fans tell themselves for comfort.

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

by grover on Jul 1, 2006 2:05 PM PDT up reply actions

How did the Hudson trade

make the Mulder trade possible? Just curious.

"We've come a long way, and I'm not talking about Virginia Slims, either." - Art Howe

by EastCoastA on Jul 1, 2006 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions

The Cardinals were desperately

trying to acquire Charles Thomas from the Braves. When Thomas was dealt to Oakland, it broke Walt Jocketty's spirit so much that he made the Mulder deal without thinking.

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by Nico on Jul 1, 2006 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions

Let me elaborate

It snapped his spirit in half like an elephant stepping on a twig.

Now you understand?

by znk916 on Jul 1, 2006 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions

the A's had also dangled Huddy

to the Cards. The Cards balked at the asking price (Haren, Calero, Barton). But when Huddy went to the Braves and the A's repeated the offer to the Cards but with Mulder, they pulled the trigger.

anyway,that's the story I remember reading during the winter of 2004-05.

by OaklandSi on Jul 2, 2006 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions

<sigh>

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

by grover on Jul 1, 2006 12:07 PM PDT reply actions

Too bad

I feel sorry for the guy. Hindsight is 20/20, but the Orioles were willing to deal Erik Bedard and possibly Chris Ray for Hudson.

by pinkfloyd @ Athletics Nation on Jul 1, 2006 12:24 PM PDT reply actions

EXTRA, EXTRA!!

This is the biggest non-news on the year. Geez... why don't we save some of these injuries for next year?

"If you're surprised by getting the job done, that means you didn't expect it out of yourself." -Huston Street

by ohtobe21likehuston on Jul 1, 2006 12:49 PM PDT reply actions

i told you,

i told you, i told you.

sorry, but meyer sucks and billy got taken behind the workshed.

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by bigelephant on Jul 1, 2006 12:59 PM PDT reply actions

a healthy meyer does not suck. he was the braves

number one pitching prospect for a reason.

"I thought it was cute," Oakland's Nick Swisher said of Kotsay's blast with the petal-colored bat

by larrysgurl on Jul 1, 2006 1:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Who?

I never heard of this guy before. I never heard of this guy before. I never heard of this guy before.

by znk916 on Jul 1, 2006 2:22 PM PDT reply actions

Chuck

And I've never heard of Charles Thomas since.

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by Furious George on Jul 1, 2006 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Charles Thomas

.267, .316, .314 at AAA.
sigh....

"Mommy and Daddy are going to take a nap before the baseball game starts..."

by Athletics fan and runner on Jul 2, 2006 8:55 AM PDT reply actions

Dan Meyer

0-0, 0.00 ERA in 0 innings the rest of the season.

sigh...

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 Jul 2, 2006 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions