Open Thread: Spring Training Game 8
by Tyler Bleszinski on Mar 8, 2007 10:47 AM PST
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PrintThe A's send Danny Haren to the mound to face Vicente Padlla and the Texas Rangers. If the game was on TV, we'd be able to see Ron Washington managing a game. But alas, it's a meaningless spring training game so that will have to wait a bit longer.
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Padilla can be tough ..
I think he is the Rangers' best pitcher ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 10:43 AM PST reply actions
You're just jaded
from watching him pwn the A's last year :-)
by Tyler Bleszinski on Mar 8, 2007 10:53 AM PST reply actions
well there was an exception
he surrendered back to back to back HRs to chavy,thomas and bradley on april 15th
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
I think Padilla
Is most likely to go crazy at the buffet and end up like Colon.
Distinct possibility.
He has a rep for hitting the bottle too hard, too. As long as he doesn't hit anyone today (yet another facet of his reputation)...
gameday link
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2006/gd.html?2007_03_08_texmlb_oakmlb_1&brand=mlb
For spring training games in the future, just change the date and the three-letter team codes, which are listed in away/home order.
How is Wash doin?
Any idea of the Rangers win/losses in ST?
Anyone?
by curlichick on Mar 8, 2007 11:31 AM PST reply actions
no idea about cactus league record but ..
.. as we all know, ST performance doesn't mean squat .. {g} ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 11:52 AM PST up reply actions
I just hope ..
.. Wash doesn't have great success against US ..
.. Does anyone know if there is a link to cactus and grapefruit league records / stats ??
Sorry curlichick I know you wanted to see if Wash is doing well, me too ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 11:59 AM PST up reply actions
OOPs - broaklyn posted it ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:00 PM PST up reply actions
4-2
Only one game behind the Giants for first place! Oh, wouldn't it be great to see Wash win the Cactus Trophy (whatever that is) to kick off his career (before finishing 3rd or 4th in the AL West)?
cactus trophy...
That would be a bronze cactus? or??? :-)
by curlichick on Mar 8, 2007 12:03 PM PST up reply actions
Ugh, Michael Young is always good against the A's
Two on, 1 out. For Teix
But a snazzy DP ..
.. ends the threat ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Nicely done!
3-6-1 Double Play!
wash has brought A's baseball to texas
GIDP with RISP to end the top of the 1st
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:11 PM PST reply actions
{ggggg} .. :)
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:12 PM PST up reply actions
Multiple {g}'s mean, "Giggles" ..
.. in case anyone doesn't understand my cryptic shorthand .. {g} ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:14 PM PST up reply actions
Dan haren has shaved his beard off
that sucks
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:13 PM PST reply actions
lol, this isn't the NHL!
by OaktownRajah on Mar 8, 2007 12:13 PM PST up reply actions
Hmm... Ellie is batting first...
He has been struggling at the plate... but so was Mike Young.
leadoff walk
good
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:15 PM PST up reply actions
Piazza is DH
Nice to see that he is alrite.
YES ..
.. we've had enough injuries or rumors of injuries ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:16 PM PST up reply actions
OH THE TEASE
piazza isn't playing,there was a last minute change
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:18 PM PST up reply actions
scoot flies out 1 out
bradley at bat
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:16 PM PST reply actions
bradley single
chavez batting
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:17 PM PST reply actions
OOPs lineup change ..
.. Chavy rather than Piazza in the 4-spot ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:17 PM PST reply actions
Hmm, looks like Durazo is in.
Maybe piazza needs another day.
inning-ending DP ..
.. just like old times .. {g} ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:20 PM PST reply actions
DP with the basesloaded.
The season is closer than u think.
My favorite pirate ship is back!
.. {ggggg} ...
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:23 PM PST up reply actions
Unless it's focused on "nobody on" situations.
That's working great.
rangers score first ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:28 PM PST reply actions
1-0 rangers
:(
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:28 PM PST reply actions
nice play melhuse!
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:32 PM PST reply actions
rangers leave the bases loaded
melhuse throws a runner out trying to advance on a wild pitch
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:33 PM PST reply actions
ok ryan you're making the team
just relax now,bring those runners home
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:37 PM PST reply actions
fine,boca you do it
please
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:38 PM PST reply actions
boca gets a run in
with a groundout
1-1
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:41 PM PST reply actions
Is Piazza playing?
1-4-3 dp nice !!
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:49 PM PST reply actions
GIDP ends the teax' 3rd
nice
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:50 PM PST reply actions
.......and
the arizona sun
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
A's take the lead!
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:53 PM PST reply actions
{ggggg} ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 12:58 PM PST up reply actions
in buan's fantasy world
wash became A's manager and hired him as pitching coach
We also signed padilla in the offseason
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:00 PM PST up reply actions
Thus far, DJ is doing pretty bad
and Durazo is preforming.
Maybe we should go with Durazo at 1st Base. I mean, if he can put together even Hatteberg defense, then it may be well worth it.
More details, please
I can't listen to Gameday, but can follow the game here. Please give more details on what is happening.
How in the hell would a .300 hitter with 15HR,
and draw walks like Barton, have a hard time finding a job.
These two are a match made in heaven, Soccer
Heaven, because they don't know baseball.
by theblackpearl on Mar 8, 2007 1:05 PM PST up reply actions
You all listening to this BA guy?
Casey something?
He's ranking the A's prospects #s 10-1.
I missed 10-8, but now he's saying:
#7 Landon Powell
#6 Lansford
#5 Daric Barton
continued...
Did anyone catch 10-8?
10 was some young OF, Escalon, I think, 9 was
Sulentic, 8 was Cahill
by theblackpearl on Mar 8, 2007 1:07 PM PST up reply actions
I believe...
10 Sulentic
9 Cahill
8 Lansford
7 Powell
6 Lansford
5 Barton
4 Mitchell
if I remember correctly
.300 15HR bad for DH/1B?
oh wait "billy beane looks at the game differently"
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:05 PM PST reply actions
buck is doing well
LF-stewart
CF-bradley
RF-buck
1B-swisher
???
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:08 PM PST up reply actions
Could be
They might be able to do something like this;
C1 Kendall
1B Swisher
2B Ellis
3B Chavez
SS Crosby
LF Stewart
RF Buck
CF Bradley
DH Piazza
C2 Melhuse
SS Scutaro
OF Kielty
1B Johnson
That gives us 5 outfielders, counting Swisher, with Johnson ready to take 1st base if/when Swisher goes to the outfield. Kielty and Johnson can platoon as well when subbing.
This leaves Goleski off the roster, returned to the engines, and Perez is out of options (hell, he might even pass through waivers).
If/when Kotsay returns he could either be traded or Kielty or Stewart could be traded for the deadline.
He had 2 hits yesterday, and would have had
the tie scoring RBI
by theblackpearl on Mar 8, 2007 1:10 PM PST up reply actions
Those are
his only two of the spring.
2/18 with 6 K's and no BB's so far.
Beane (rightfully) doesn't pay much attention to spring training performances, but if Goleski continues to seem so overmatched against big league pitching I doubt that he'll make the team.
#4 jermaine mitchell
a little early to be so high on him i think
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:07 PM PST reply actions
we need all the releif we can get
a couple of injuries and we might need him
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
#3 suzuki ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 1:11 PM PST reply actions
#2 right-handed pitcher Marcos McWhat?
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 1:12 PM PST reply actions
McBeth?
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 1:12 PM PST up reply actions
marcus macbeth
personnal favorite of mine
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
thanks j-rod
.. no relation to the K-Rod I assume .. {g} ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 1:14 PM PST up reply actions
#2 marcus macbeth
why not
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:12 PM PST reply actions
#1 has to be buck right?
hopefully
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:14 PM PST reply actions
definetly
by pickinmachine on Mar 8, 2007 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
Travis Buck #1 ...
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 1:16 PM PST reply actions
buan is so funny with that whole 871 thing
NOT
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:17 PM PST reply actions
Okay so...
10 Matthew Sulentic
9 Richie Robnett
8 Trevor Cahill
7 Landon Powell
6 Jered Lansford
5 Daric Barton
4 Jermaine Mitchell
3 Kurt Suzuki
2 Marcus McBeth
1 Travis Buck
that is a pretty stupid order
who came up with this?
Baseball America's list
is here and looks nothing like that.
That's from Last December
We're listening to the BA guy on the Buancast atm.
what happened between december and march
to drop barton from 2 to 5?
Casey IS the guy who writes the A's notes
for Baseball America. He still works for BA. This was his list, not BA's list which relies on more input from Callis, Manuel et al.
I think one thing that might have dropped Barton was that even in winter ball where he did very well, he had almost no extra base hits.
and sulentic from 4 to 10
did he even play in the last couple months?
Sulentic
has a great ceiling and is miles away from it, considering that as another LF he has to hit the snot out of the ball to make it.
The top ten lists and top 100 list from BA is done by committee.
I think for the main BA contingent, they are not so sold on Lansford, Robnett, old reliever prospects, etc...
Casey Tefertiller
is his name. I don't know if he still writes for BA, but he apparently writes books about Wyatt Earp:
http://www.autographedtoyou.com/Case...
???
well,the guy USED to work for BA i think
i can understand why he wouldn't be working there anymore
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:28 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
That list is pretty stupid, and I'm sure BA is not too happy if this turd is going around intimating to people that he is representative of their opinions.
by BlameChannel53 on Mar 8, 2007 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
harsh
he does still write for BA
This was his list, and by showing all that love for Jermaine Mitchell, he did show some insight.
Look, much of what the rest of the BA guys write about our prospects comes from Casey first. What most of the rest of prospect people write about BA comes first from comments from BA.
At the time I wrote that comment
I didn't know that it was Casey that everyone was talking about. I actually
think Casey is a pretty bright guy, although I do still think his list is pretty
stupid. If he's doing it off his own subjective evaluation, however, I have
no problem with his rankings. My subjective rankings would probably be
pretty stupid looking as well, because I like a few of our guys a whole lot
more than objectively I should.
by BlameChannel53 on Mar 8, 2007 2:10 PM PST up reply actions
yep
there is a difference between the instituional or conservative outlook (what the general opinion would be through all of baseball), and our own personal take on it.
I cut Casey a lot of slack in part because he identified Ethier early on as being the most intriguing prospect from the 2003 draft. He was higher on Ethier and lower on everybody else than the consensus was at the time. He also tabbed McBeth as a viable conversion candidate way back then too.
My list would be different as well, but I have a California League centric point of view.
well said
by BlameChannel53 on Mar 8, 2007 3:00 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks Jakarta
for getting my back. I was trying to do everyone a favor by transcribing what I heard was a prospects report by a BA rep and I thought I was going to have murderous ANers showing up at my door for it. Maybe I should have known exactly who it was that was saying things that were apparently blasphemous before I typed the list.
If Buck's D really needs work
then I guess we won't be seeing him till later in the year.
In that case, it will probably look like;
1B Johnson
RF Swisher
CF Bradley
LF Stewart
C2 Melhuse
IF Scutaro
3B Perez
OF Kielty
and will anouncers please
stop butchering the pronounciation of "benoit"
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:21 PM PST reply actions
javier herrera was on steroids?
i didn't know that
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:23 PM PST reply actions
Indeed he was
Then Tommy John...
...who knows what will come of him?
He wasn't on steroids
he tested positive for a substance on the banned substances list, but it was not steroids, supposedly. One thing I really hate about the testing policy in MLB and other sports is that they don't specify what substance was detected. All banned substances are not equal, and Herrera was unfairly implicated by that positive test. In the NFL, Castillo from the Chargers was accused of being a juicer prior to the draft because he tested positive for a perfectly legal non-steroid substance that was a banned substance. The Olympics has a better system, where they identify the substance.
by BlameChannel53 on Mar 8, 2007 1:30 PM PST up reply actions
i paid to listen to a baseball game
not an old western story
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:27 PM PST reply actions
Hee!
Wyatt Earp reincarnated as a Yankees prospect
:)
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 1:41 PM PST up reply actions
Could bocachica be the backup CF ?
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 1:30 PM PST reply actions
for i don't remember what reason
he can't play in the majors before may 1st
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
The cold beer guy is annoying.
6 bucks for a Miller Lite! Damn.
i find him funny
i might rather hear him than buan,even if that meant now knowing anything about what's going on
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 1:49 PM PST up reply actions
$6 bucks for a beer
I'd imagine that if the game lasted long enough, they'd get $100 for a bottle water.
got ken korach on there now ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 1:59 PM PST reply actions
Yeah
if only he coud do the play by play
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
buan's Outlook is still pinging in background ..
.. every-time ew email comes in ?? {g} ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:03 PM PST up reply actions
uh-oh game tied ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:06 PM PST reply actions
honestly,i forgot they were keeping score
3-3
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 2:07 PM PST reply actions
lol ken and buan
after that long CF discussion there was a nice long silence
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 2:09 PM PST reply actions
now we are behind ..
4-3 texas ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:09 PM PST reply actions
and further behind ..
6-3 rangers now ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:11 PM PST up reply actions
Dang, there is no end to this.
Enough of Arasomo already.
All of this is with 2 outs.
Blah
Cutroneo on there too now ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:12 PM PST reply actions
6-3
can't expect much from someone who wasn't good enough to be on the ranger pitching staff
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 2:13 PM PST reply actions
keep him in, coach
he's doin' great
perez looking good
he might actually be worth a roster spot
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 2:26 PM PST reply actions
Is it true
that he's hitting .300? Is that possible?
Our big guns are up ..
Antonio Perez, Charles Thomas .. they are doing OK, actually .. {g} ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:27 PM PST reply actions
thomas showing why
he's worth 2 bucks and not one
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 2:27 PM PST reply actions
6-5 ballgame now ..
.. and kielty sounds good ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:29 PM PST reply actions
bobbyC sounds encouraging too ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:30 PM PST up reply actions
=D
by BobbyCrosbysGirl on Mar 8, 2007 2:43 PM PST up reply actions
3-unassisted DP ends the inning
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:31 PM PST reply actions
Durazo has bad luck...
2 rally killing DPs.
7-5 rangers now .. boo!
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:38 PM PST reply actions
wtg Daric Barton with the DP!
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:40 PM PST reply actions
barton made a diving play?
cool!
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 2:40 PM PST reply actions
the amazing geloski
0-3 3Ks
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 2:49 PM PST reply actions
or is it goleski?
i never get it right
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
go go goleski
Now 2/21 with 8 Ks overall
oof
bottom of the 9th and ..
.. we're all gonna die! .. {g} ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:55 PM PST reply actions
WTG bocachica, base hit !!
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:59 PM PST reply actions
but alas the next guy pops out
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 2:59 PM PST up reply actions
a. perez pops out, down to our last out
game rests on Charles Thomas' shoulders ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
c. thomas double! still alive ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 3:03 PM PST reply actions
at least the angels lost today {g} ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 3:05 PM PST up reply actions
nice rbi double!
charles f. thomas.
I could definitely see starting him in CF
for a ST game or two...
come on murphy
if 2 buck chuck can do it,you can!
by J Rod @ Athletics Nation on Mar 8, 2007 3:05 PM PST reply actions
game over we lost ..
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 3:06 PM PST reply actions
Tomorrow the Giants and ..
.. A's Radio Network in the air .. go A's !!
by Randy Bell on Mar 8, 2007 3:19 PM PST reply actions
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