DLD (3/18/08): Roster set for Japan
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 18, 2008 8:02 AM PDT
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The A's announced their travel list for Tokyo, and everyone remaining in camp, except nonroster outfielder Todd Linden and injured players Eric Chavez, Chad Gaudin, Carlos Gonzalez and Kiko Calero, will be on the plane.That means spots for extra outfielder Jeff Fiorentino, catcher Justin Knoedler, and infielders Brooks Conrad and Gregorio Petit. Three of those are likely to be left off the 28-man roster for the big-league games, assuming Chavez is not placed on the DL to start the season.With that in mind andeux offered this roster: Pitchers: Blanton, Harden, Duchscherer (inactive), Eveland (inactive), Street, Embree, Foulke, Casilla, Brown, DiNardo, Braden and Hernandez. Batters: Suzuki, Barton, Ellis, Crosby, Cust, Denorfia, Buck, M. Sweeney, Bowen, Brown, R. Sweeney, Murphy, Hannahan, Johnson, Petit (inactive), Fiorentino (inactive), Conrad, and Knoedler.
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You, sir, are a block-quoting GOD
"Evidently, a large number of people said, 'We really need more vermin at the ballpark, Artie.'" - Nick, 10/7/07
by doctorK on Mar 18, 2008 8:13 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
bug report
when I first opened the DLD today, the above block-quoting wasn't showing up, so I couldn't figure out your post, but now I can see it (and it is some fancy pants block-quoting.) So that's odd that the block quotes seem to not appear sometimes for some users.
"Don't be an ass!" --Bill King
Same experience here
on IE/XP.
There is an A in Whimsy.
by FreeSeatUpgrade on Mar 18, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Me... seven.
Safari on Leopard.
"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre
Gaudin
He pitched a nice two innings last game. I'm not to sure the A's would want to place him on the DL as there's still time for him to get 100% healthy for his April 12th start.
Gaudin
They can still put him on the DL and he would be eligible before the 12th
"just a beating heart ... plasma that we'll put into our uniform." - Billy Beane
by athleticsBB4life on Mar 18, 2008 8:23 AM PDT reply actions
In terms of Gaudin,
I think it might be a bit difficult to make the case that a player is "disabled" if he's pitching in spring games. It's not just an excuse to put an extra guy on the 25-man roster-- there has to be an actual medical reason for it.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
Apparently it's possible
according to MLB.com, so ignore the preceding post.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
I'm not sure they want to put R Sweeney
the bench. It's possible they'd prefer to have him play regularly. that would mean either making the club as a starter or starting in Sacramento.
I think Calero is a good candidate for the 60 day DL.
Non-A's scouts have been quoted as saying that Foulke doesn't look sharp. Whiel the a's have ssaid publicly that he looks like "the Foulke they know", if he's not sharp (in addition to not being able to pitch his fastball above the low 80's) he might not be a lock to make the club.
i don't see the purpose
of signing Foulke for any reason other than trying to flip him before the deadline for more prospects. Typical buy low sell high type of move. The only problem with this is that now he is going to eat up a roster spot that could be used by one of the younger guys to improve the team and//or gain valuable experience. I just don't see Foulke improving this team. At best, he could serve as a stop-gap. But is a stop-gap in the bullpen really needed at this time? Especially one that is so risky. Hopefully he can perform well enough to net the team some prospects at a later date. I, for one, am not so optimistic about this working out though.
"Put some ice on it. After that, there's nothing a few beers won't take care of. " -Pink
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 18, 2008 8:43 AM PDT up reply actions
nice
i was wondering why it was down earlier.
"Put some ice on it. After that, there's nothing a few beers won't take care of. " -Pink
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 18, 2008 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Wow. Minor League Ball looks even worse without widescreen.
The lengthy articles that Sickels puts out are WAY harder to read with the fixed width of the SB Nation template.
CLOCK-WERRKSSSS!!!!!! Cmon, fix it!
i don't need
a report or bar graphs to tell me that ESPN sucks. All i have to do is watch one episode of SportsCenter.
"Put some ice on it. After that, there's nothing a few beers won't take care of. " -Pink
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 18, 2008 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions
It was an amazing revolution
back in the early 1980s when SportsCenter first appeared. We were used to getting A's and Giants highlights on the 11 p.m. local news and then the other MLB scores were quickly read off graphics. Suddenly we had 20-25 minutes of MLB highlights covering most of the games each night on the late SportsCenter. It was a great show in the early years, but sometime in the 1990s it was decided that hard sports reporting wasn't exciting enough and it needed to be turned into an entertainment show. Of course the same thing has happened over at CNN's news operation.
Roster finalized
So it looks like this:
25-Man Roster in Japan: Blanton, Harden, Dinardo, Braden, Street, Embree, Brown, Casilla, Hernandez, Foulke, Barton, Johnson, Sweeney, Ellis, Crosby, Murphy, Hannahan, Cust, Denorfia, Buck, Sweeney, Brown, Fiorentino, Suzuki, Bowen
On Roster, inactive against Boston Eveland, Duchscherer, Chavez (not making trip)
Making trip, not on roster Conrad, Petit, Knoedler
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
Let's sort through this (again)
C - Suzuki
1B - Barton
2B - Ellis
SS - Crosby
3B - Hannahan
LF - Cust
CF - R. Sweeney
RF - Buck
DH - M. Sweeney
4th OF - Denorfia
5th OF - Brown
IF - Murphy
1B - Johnson
C2 - Bowen
UTIL - Fiorentino
SP - Blanton
SP - Harden
SP - Duke (Inactive)
SP - Eveland (Inactive)
LHP - Braden
LHP - DiNardo
RHP - Hernandez
RHP - Brown
RHP - Casilla
LHP - Embree
RHP - Foulke
RHP - Street
What we see here is that Fiorentino and one of R. Sweeney/Denorfia will go to AAA when Eveland and Duke are activated on March 28th or so. Brown is all but assured to be the 4th OF. If Chavy gets activated before the American opener, I wouldn't be at all surpirsed to see DJ traded (in fact, I'd be surprised if it didn't happen.) Relegating Hannahan to backup status, with the bench consisting of Bowen, Brown, Murphy, and Hannahan.
Gaudin could start the season on the DL until the second week of April, at which point I would expect Braden to be sent down to set the rotation at: Harden, Blanton, Duke, Eveland, Gaudin.
Formerly known as hward86.
Is any sport sacred anymore.
From the, what in the hell do you need PED's to do that, category. Another world champion has tested positive for an EPO masking agent. Can you guess which sport?
BILLIARDS!!!!!!
Germany's first case of doping in billiards was announced Monday after national champion Axel Buescher tested positive for an EPO masking agent.
http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/7923510/German-billiards-champ-tests-positive-for-EPO-agent
on the a's site
it says that gonzalez isn't making the trip either.
"This guy threw at his own son in a father-son game." -Harry Doyle from Major League
by greenandgoldpolarbear on Mar 18, 2008 10:30 AM PDT reply actions
Keith Law...
says something positive about the A's? (Again, I like the guy alot, although many of you don't):
Dana Eveland continued his bid for a spot in the Oakland rotation with another strong outing, ripping through five innings against the Royals without giving up a run. His fastball was down a bit from his previous start, as he pitched mostly at 88 but threw some fastballs as low as 85 mph. But his secondary stuff was strong, including a curveball with good depth and a sharp slider that he used as his out pitch. Even more impressive was the presence of a clear pitching plan: get ahead with curveballs and fastballs, put hitters away with the slider, show the changeup to lefties and see if they'll chase it off the outside corner. Eveland reminds me a lot of Ted Lilly, with a little less fastball and an inferior changeup; both are lefties who reached the majors with shaky control and reputations as head cases, both feature four-pitch repertoires, and both have multiple weapons to get swings and misses. Lilly blossomed as a starter when he went to the big ballpark in Oakland and didn't have to worry about giving up fly balls. The same could be true for Eveland this year.
Then there's this towards the end:
Keith Foulke struggled to get through his one inning, with the same stuff he showed the other day. Mike Sweeney's comeback is also sputtering, as he doesn't have the bat speed to get around on average fastballs. He's had two hits in his last four games, one of which was a home run on an 85 mph fastball.
Formerly known as hward86.
More like damning with faint praise, if you ask me...
I really wonder where he gets this velocity info from. If it's just him sitting in the stands with a radar gun, I'm not convinced he's actually aiming it in the right spot.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
AAAAAAAIIIIIIIGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!
Forget that damn gnome. This is kreepy.
Of course, maybe this means Beane is one step closer to a robotic unicorn.
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
It's the comments that make the whole thing work
this is the type of thing people should be executed for. way to speed humanities demise douche bags!
stat-addled alien overlord
I thought Alan Sokal was what speeded humanities demise
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
and global warming is
speeding huge manatees' demise(s).
(Alternasnark: a play on "Sokal"-"So-Cal")
stat-addled alien overlord
That also reminds me of my
wife's comment upon reading this blog: "This should be called 'stuff humanities majors like'"
stat-addled alien overlord
Adam Sternbergh agrees
Though I despise Wes Anderson, I pretty much agree with this.
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
the uncanny
I find it impossible not to feel an emotional response when the guy kicks it, or when it's slipping on the ice and rights itself.
I wasn't thinking about anything. I'll have to try to do that more often. @('.')@
They need to give him a head so he can bite that bastard who kicks him.
"Mr. Boston Dynamics? Humane Society on line 2."
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 18, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions
When I viewed Sal's post this morning
(viewing it on a Mac with Safari) the quoted comment showed up in a blockquote. Now on a PC with IE, it doesn't.
I noticed this because when I read it this morning, I hadn't put my super-computer-glasses on, and I initially read the last of the quote as "douche bagel" instead of "douche bags!".
by Englishmajor on Mar 18, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions
I don't get it...
Why is that video "kreepy"? That's some pretty darn amazing technology there, IMHO.
the way it moves
it reminds me of one of those monsters in the silent hill games. crazy.
"Put some ice on it. After that, there's nothing a few beers won't take care of. " -Pink
by OrlandoAsFan on Mar 18, 2008 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
It's the new Mars 'Rover!'
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 18, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up reply actions
In other technology news, we've got a ways to go before ...
... posting nearly "live" shots to the Game Threads.
Here, for instance, is a Poppyshot from Saturday AM, as BoCro fungo'd for his nephews. It was sent from her phone to my email, by pony express, I guess. I will resist commenting on whether he laid-off the outside drops.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
Oh yeah? Well poppyshot bocro fungo to you too, bub.
way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@
All I got was a pic of her shoes!
(It looks like there are 6 or 7 kids out there. Are we sure those aren't his kids? Where are the puppies? I miss Sharon...)
I wonder who got the lousy t-shirt?
Maybe Sharon? (who?)
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 18, 2008 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Sharon's probably...
on AN 3.0, under some strange handle, waiting for us to look up the number of comments to figure her new name out.
On second thought, probably not.
"The hard... is what makes it great."
Wow, what a crappy picture!
Clearly my phoneycam is not built for zooming. And it looks like there are two ghosts by 2nd base... maybe they're the spiritual presences of other players that BoCro has killed while diving for grounders up the middle?
"If I have to be remembered because of *statistics*, then I did something wrong along the way." ~ Brett Favre
Some roster surprises
Devine down to AAA, Petit and Conrad making the trip to Japan.
Devine obviously has a future with the A's so the downgrade to AAA doesn't say much to me, but is there significance that Petit and Conrad are staying with the big league club for a while? Specifically Conrad, because my understanding is he had a pretty good spring. How long does Ellis stick around?
You know it's Baseball Season...
... When the tarps appear. The Oakland Coliseum is once again sporting its green vinyl covering. Mt. Davis never looked better.
Enjoy the game
But what have they done with Secs. 316-318?
That area corresponded very closely to the word "Oakland" in "Home of the Oakland Athletics". Does it now say "Home of the" on one side and "Athletics" on the other, and goshdarnit we just don't have room for "Oakland" anymore? Or have they moved the text around so "Oakland" still appears?
mccovey chronicles
Among players in their 20s, only one seems destined for an everyday role - and don't count on first baseman Daniel Ortmeier, 26. Because Ortmeier is hitting .167, the Giants are considering playing Aurilia at first base and moving Kevin Frandsen, 25, to third, where he has played in recent days after Ray Durham took control at second base.
Ortmeier's job isn't in jeopardy because he hit .262/.333/.430 in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League last season. Ortmeier's job isn't in jeopardy because his abysmal walk-to-strikeout ratio in the majors last season indicates that pitchers will quickly adjust to him. Ortmeier's job isn't in jeopardy because he's had about 30 or so games at first base in his career, and his offense isn't worth the defensive hit the team will take.
Ortmeier's job is in jeopardy because of 45 spring at-bats.
Think about that. After the equivalent of nine full regular-season games, the Giants said, wait, we can't start this guy! Gasp! Forget that spring stats are worthless; forget that players like Pedro Feliz, Todd Linden, and Lance Niekro tore up Scottsdale last spring. Forget that Brian Dallimore hit .500 in 2005 while Moises Alou hit .228. This time, they're worthy of determining starting spots.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
sabean article
lowell cohn of the press democrat now in the running for the bay area's worst sports columnist.
Thousands of times, Sabean has stood on dugout steps sizing up his team in the spring. He wears a beard that has gone white and he speaks softly and he is decisive and an aura of strength wafts off him. He keeps things to himself as strong people do, and he is a man who is ahead of the game -- if he played chess, he'd plan seven moves in advance.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Apparently Cohn doesn't know what desperation wafts like.
Then again, Sabean probably smells younger than 3/4 of his infield.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 18, 2008 2:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Somehow the thing about the beard
is reminiscent of Cryptonomicon... although Neal Stephenson was making fun of postmodernists, not sportswriters.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
I'm no good at chess myself
but I sure wish I could play poker for money against Sabean, or better yet a game requiring trading ability like Advanced Civilization. No one will understand this reference, but he's the kind of guy who would trade three Cloth for his fourth Gold and an Ochre. Unfortunately, it's the fans who get hit by the calamities.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
i'd love to play fantasy baseball against sabean.
i think my ability to differentiate between good and bad baseball players could be an advantage.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
I'l actually like to invite Sabean to join my OOTP league.
It would be fun to kick a real GM's ass at fake onilne baseball.
I get the reference
I used to play regular Civ way back before Adv Civ came out.
I don't hate Civ, but if I've got a whole afternoon free to play board games with three or four friends, there are many many more I'd prefer.
formerly known as mdl
To each his own
There's a reason why there are hundreds of games out there. Heck, even I would probably not want to undertake a Civ game more than a couple times a year at most.
It just struck me as a game Sabean would be particularly bad at.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
If Sabean played chess...
he'd sacrifice his knight to get Michael Tucker.
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
If Sabean played Chess ...
... he'd just listen to "One Night in Bangkok" over and over again.
way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@
If Sabean played chess ...
... he'd trade his copy of Nathan for a chance to open with the Polish Gambit.
way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@
You are wrong
He is in jeopardy, because he is young.
If Sabean played chess
he'd fianchetto his rooks.
by green star oakland on Mar 18, 2008 2:23 PM PDT reply actions
BP on spring training stats
The lists above serve to illustrated just one of the problems, the sample size issue. If Victor Diaz can pop six homers in two weeks, or Ruben Gotay can hit .436, or Sergio Mitre can post a sub-1.00 ERA, then how seriously can you take 50 at-bats or 15 innings? That’s what the exhibition season is: small samples blown up to have meaning because they’re ripped completely out of context. A player’s performance in the tiny sample sizes of March is no more significant than it would be in a tiny sample size of June (or, as above, May 17 through June 5 of 2007; thanks to William Burke for the help), but because the industry has it in their heads that March is meaningful, these numbers, these performances, are treated as important.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
yeah, but ...
... with the preceding responses (which cued Keri's snarky Emil question), I think Forst just handed MLBPA a collusion-suit subpoena invitation.
way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@
"On the record, this team has committed to young players"?
Granted I haven't started law school yet, but that's nothing like a statement of collusion.
You can't infer collusion (without actual documents proving it) unless there's no other reasonable explanation for a team's behavior. Even if it's a bad reason. There's no way on earth anyone will ever be able to prove that about Bonds, given the unbelievable number of bad reasons not to sign him. (Team chemistry, etc etc.)
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
I was thinking of the preceding exchange
Keri: Is there just an industry-wide philosophy that says, "Wink, wink, we're not going to do this"?
Forst: You expect me to answer this on the record? [laughs]
That's not even a standard nondenial-denial. It's not even a nondenial. And it's a pretty clear statement that Forst knows something about Keri's hypothesis that he's unwilling to disseminate.
way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@
Only if your simian conspirometer is reading high.
It reads to me like, "That question is so loaded that any answer I might give has potential legal/labor ramifications. Pass."
stat-addled alien overlord
I have it permanently calibrated several SDs above the industry standard
Obviously, I'm not saying this is prima facie evidence -- more that Forst has a lousy poker face (and probably feels too comfortable with Keri to maintain it).
Of course, given Bonds' unique history with the MLBPA (especially regarding his opting out of the royalties deal), it's probably just as unlikely that he gets any union support as it is that any MLB team signs him.
way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@
Or maybe not...
The lack of offers to Barry Bonds will be examined by the baseball players' association as part of its annual review of the free-agent market.
stat-addled alien overlord
this is great news
if teams really didn't sign bonds because of pressure from the commissioner's office, now the a's should sign him as a favor to selig.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Though I agree with you
that it's unfair to interpret a non-response as a tacit admission, I don't see why Forst couldn't have simply answered "No" in this case.
And really, there's no plausible on-field reason to sign Mike Sweeney or Emil Brown (even taking defense into account) instead of Bonds. There are plenty of non-baseball reasons, of course - most notably money and "character" - and it will be tough to prove that the teams didn't all come to their decisions independently.
Question for anyone who cares to answer - what's the smallest contract that you think Bonds would accept at this point, given that he apparently has no other offers on the table?
"Tomorrow it may rain." - Leo Durocher
I'd be surprised if he took <$10M
Less than that, and I think he just sits out a year/forever. The only thing he really has to play for is his own pride/satisfaction, and it might be more prideful/satisfying to kiss off any lowball offers.
way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@
Agreed
There's a reason why people "refuse to comment" on stories when it would seem to be in their interests to say something, or when it makes them look guilty to do so.
We might be able to infer collusion from Forst's comments (or we might not-- I'm not seeing it, myself, just a lot of teams acting stupid) but his putative collusion suit got bubkus out of that interview from a legal standpoint.
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
I think Billy taught him that "step outside the question" deflecting technique.
He uses it all the time on various sensitive topics, like Mitchell. It don't mean a thing, cuz it ain't got no zing. I'd hate to rest my collusion case on that. I think we may have "conscious parallelism" at work here, at best, and that's not illegal in the States.
Or maybe he taught Billy, since I hear Forst is "really" running the show.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 18, 2008 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
again, I'm not arguing that Forst's statement proves anything
Just that it seemed an unwisely glib and open-ended response that might lead anglers to cast their lines in his pool to ascertain its ichthyoid population..
way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@
Yeah, I know; unwise -- Billy can woodshed him on the plane. Do 747s still come with woodsheds?
Ich bin ein colluder!
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 18, 2008 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Isn't there a small matter of $8.5 million difference between the two?
How much is that, per base?
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Mar 18, 2008 9:21 PM PDT up reply actions
A's looking for infielders
We feel there are some infielders out there that we can target, too. [Mark] Ellis is on the last year of his deal, Eric [Chavez] and Bobby [Crosby] are both coming off injuries, so we'd want to address our depth in that spot if the opportunity arose.
Of course, following the Xbhaskarx Theorem, this must mean that the A's are not looking for infielders ...
way to speed humanities demise douche bags! @('.')@
That's terrible news.
Given how I spent most of my younger years, it's only right to invoke the name of one of my favorite books: Childhood's End.
stat-addled alien overlord
Article on ESPN about Giants abysmal offense...
says last year it was worst in MLB in OPS, now take away Bonds, Klesko, and Feliz and it drops to .672.
Another reminder of how lucky we are to have Beane instead of Sabian.
http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=MLB30qsf
Good one on Cust too!
http://sports.espn.go.com/fantasy/baseball/flb/story?page=MLB30qoak
Fantasy expert has no idea about real baseball
Baseball players make outs, lots of them. In fact, making outs only seven out of 10 times is a good thing. Fantasy owners shouldn't care if those outs are large men flailing wildly at curveballs in the dirt or puny little shortstops grounding out to second base.
Uh...making outs seven times out of ten is actually a very bad thing.
stat-addled alien overlord
Come on...
"Making outs only six point four out of 10 times" has so much less of a ring to it...
Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.
I was going for the whole bases-of-love- connection...
...didn't work, I guess.
stat-addled alien overlord
i think "zing!" gave it away for most of us...
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
the article has been corrected
Now it says “In fact, making outs only six out of 10 times is a good thing.”
(emphasis mine)
Totally off the subject
But i really hate the Angels and their fans.
http://www.halosheaven.com/2008/3/19/306744/wednesday-game-thread#comments
"Put some ice on it. After that, there's nothing a few beers won't take care of. " -Pink
ken rosenthal
All quiet on the Joe Blanton front. The pitcher the A's wanted from the Reds in a Blanton package was none other right-hander Johnny Cueto, who appears destined for a spot in manager Dusty Baker's rotation. The A's, meanwhile, remain interested in Red Sox center fielder Coco Crisp, envisioning him batting leadoff and becoming productive again at age 28. However, the A's will not break up their emerging young core program to acquire one player
Speaking of the A's, their Class AAA rotation will feature lefties Gio Gonzalez, Greg Smith, Dallas Braden and Dan Meyer, but their rotation at Class A Stockton should be even more impressive. That group will include righty Trevor Cahill, the team's top pick in 2006; righty Henry Rodriguez, who throws 96 to 100 mph; righty Fautino De Los Santos, who came with Gonzalez in the Nick Swisher trade; and lefty Brett Anderson, who, like Smith, arrived in the Dan Haren trade ...
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
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