Dan Johnson, Tampa Bay Ray

by monkeyball on Apr 18, 2008 10:57 AM PDT

Slusser reports on the Drumbeat that DJ and his agent confirm that he's been claimed by Tampa Bay. And nice snarky sign-off by Susan:

It remains surprising that the Giants apparently had no interest in Johnson.

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I lol'd at the first comment on drumbeat.

“It gets hot in tampa, be careful with the sunscreen.”

by mikev on Apr 18, 2008 11:02 AM PDT 0 recs

That would be much funnier

if Tampa didn’t play in a dome…

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Apr 18, 2008 11:21 AM PDT up 0 recs

Wasn't SunScreenGate an off-field incident?

by mikev on Apr 18, 2008 11:25 AM PDT up 0 recs

Cos he never has to walk outside?

by OldhamA on Apr 18, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

you would be wittier

if the Tampa Bay Rays played in Tampa & not St Pete

"I hurt people I'm a dick" Garry TA

by Crapper Jon on Apr 18, 2008 4:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think a new team and city will do him well

I think he will do better then alot of A’s fans think. Then A’s fans will bitch about him being released,lol.

by asfaninpismobeach on Apr 18, 2008 11:08 AM PDT 0 recs

Quite possible and would not surprise me either way.

but either way, I would also not be surprised if he hit for the cycle against us one game.

alaska A

by ak_A on Apr 18, 2008 2:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

DJ hitting a triple would take longer than the Padres-Rockies game

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 18, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

sure there's no indication the giants

ever showed interest in DJ, but the rays got to claim him before NL teams had a chance, right?
does slusser have more recent evidence that the giants were still not interested in DJ?

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

by xbhaskarx on Apr 18, 2008 11:11 AM PDT 0 recs

If they wanted him, they would have traded a low level prospect, is the theory she is going

on.

by theblackpearl on Apr 18, 2008 11:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

ah, i see. that makes sense.

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

by xbhaskarx on Apr 18, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up 0 recs

plus, she asked them several times, always got denials

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 18, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up 0 recs

Don't doubt it, but...

...”plausible deniability” is standard operating procedure in MLB when questions are asked about potential interest and roster moves.

"Rebuilding" is loser mentality.

by UncleLeo on Apr 18, 2008 10:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

Thing is, most of their best prospects

are low level prospects. The only 2 guys with any real value in the upper levels of their system are Schierholtz and Bowker.

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Apr 18, 2008 11:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

somethin' beats nothin'

I don’t think Beane was looking for any sort of prospect with “any real value” in exchange for DJ.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 18, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm not defending Sabean here

just saying that the Giants are in a position where a low level prospect could well be, and is likely, more valuable than an upper level prospect.

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Apr 18, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

Sometimes

nothin’s a pretty good hand.

Florida ain't no place for a self-respecting A's fan.

by Leopold Bloom on Apr 18, 2008 10:23 PM PDT up 0 recs

There are some pitchers lying around

Pat Misch, eg.

Not that the A’s need more generic arms, but whatever.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Apr 18, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

Ginats don't want A's ex-problem

Giants to me is in the same tough spot as the A’s were in before all their trades. Their major league team is not very good and going down hill, with not much help coming immediately from their farm system. The way to get out of it is trade and and all pieces of your ML team away to try to restock the farm system. If DJ is not good enough to be part of A’s future, then even though he’s an upgrade over what the Giants have now, he won’t be a viable piece for Giant’s future either. Why repaint the house now if you are going to have to rebuild very soon anyway?

by asfansince1989 on Apr 18, 2008 1:29 PM PDT up 0 recs

Well, almost every former Athletic seems to do real well when they go to the NL,

he could have a very good career over there. He has hit extremely well in interleague play, I believe, but am too lazy to look at stats to confirm.

by theblackpearl on Apr 18, 2008 1:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

he's not in the NL...

President of the Joey Devine fan club as of 1/15/08. Accepting applications for other positions. "He has no equivalent." -Paul DePodesta on Jeremy Brown

by flipgatey3 on Apr 18, 2008 6:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

Because, not every player on a good team needs to be a star

As long as a guy like Dan Johnson is cheap, he has value. He’s no worse than the Sean Casey’s, Doug Mientkiewicz’s of MLB. The money you are not paying DJ can be spent on someone else.

It’s when you have better options than DJ, that you dump him.

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Apr 18, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think

ortmeyeer got a game winning hit the day DJ was released. Sabean must have decided Ortmeyer was too good in the clutch to replace.

by Future Ed on Apr 18, 2008 12:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

If the Rays claimed Johnson

then it wouldn’t matter if the Giants were interested. The Rays have priority in the waiver claims. Hell, it might just say that DJ was claimed by the first team that could claim him.

A True American Hero

by Zonis on Apr 18, 2008 11:11 AM PDT 0 recs

very

good point.

by sf drift king on Apr 18, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up 0 recs

if they had any interest

they could have traded for him first for a bad of peanuts though

Let's have our Piazza and eat the Cust too - SPWC

by closetasfan on Apr 18, 2008 12:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

Best

For all parties involved. Good luck DJ…

by river_cat28 on Apr 18, 2008 11:22 AM PDT 0 recs

Best of luck to Dan!

The candy and the baseball all night long: )

by Englishmajor on Apr 18, 2008 11:22 AM PDT 0 recs

Good luck DJ

Dan Johnson?

Dan Johnson.

May have to go ghostriding tonight in honor.

"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty

by 5Aces on Apr 18, 2008 11:26 AM PDT 0 recs

+1

"Huston, you're hot!'' said first baseman Dan Johnson, dressed as a bottle of mustard.

by Poppy on Apr 18, 2008 11:33 AM PDT up 0 recs

+5

President of the Joey Devine fan club as of 1/15/08. Accepting applications for other positions. "He has no equivalent." -Paul DePodesta on Jeremy Brown

by flipgatey3 on Apr 18, 2008 6:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

Good luck DJ!

I hope the crowd gives him a good ovation when he comes to town in May

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 18, 2008 11:33 AM PDT 0 recs

For what, exactly?

I mean, I’m not going to boo the guy or heckle him, but what did he do in Oakland to deserve an ovation?

by mikev on Apr 18, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up 0 recs

nothing.

unless fans want to give him a standing O for coming down with one freak injury after another.

i’m not blaming the guy, but -forget about double vision and whatever he came down with this spring- if he doesn’t get freaking vertigo in 2004 (when hatte was on fumes by the end of the season), the a’s make the playoffs.

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

by xbhaskarx on Apr 18, 2008 11:42 AM PDT up 0 recs

Are you blaming DJ for no playoffs in 2004

When the entire rotation decided to throw like 8 year olds for the final month of the season?

http://bocropleasestopswingingatbadpitches.blogspot.com/

by thejd44 on Apr 18, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

yes:

“i’m not blaming the guy“

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

by xbhaskarx on Apr 18, 2008 9:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

ovation as opposed to booing

there are a few former-A’s who should be booed. I don’t think DJ is one of them.

There's no crying in baseball!

by gigglingone on Apr 18, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

Silence is what we should greet him with.

by OldhamA on Apr 18, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

indifference

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

by xbhaskarx on Apr 18, 2008 9:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

Well, I guess you & I can give him a 2-person ovation.

"Huston, you're hot!'' said first baseman Dan Johnson, dressed as a bottle of mustard.

by Poppy on Apr 18, 2008 3:01 PM PDT up 0 recs

Well at least the Heckler will be rooting for him now,

until his first slump of course

by theblackpearl on Apr 18, 2008 11:37 AM PDT 0 recs

Does this mean the A's will not be moving to Fremont?

Mint Chocolate Chip

by Ice Cream on Apr 18, 2008 11:45 AM PDT 0 recs

So will DJ, now be Carlos Pena redux, go to

TB, and tear it up.

by theblackpearl on Apr 18, 2008 11:52 AM PDT 0 recs

Nah, 2 other teams didn't give up on him yet.

by mikev on Apr 18, 2008 11:56 AM PDT up 0 recs

I wonder where the Rays wil play him?

Maybe they’re going to move Johnny Gomes to the OF, and have DJ DH.

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Apr 18, 2008 11:59 AM PDT up 0 recs

Cliff Floyd is injured

DJ will, indeed, DH.

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 18, 2008 12:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

he should love that, i mean really what

an opportunity to make hay. we will see what DJ is made of.

alaska A

by ak_A on Apr 18, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

hay?

And what did we do once we discovered a rift in the fourth dimension? We launched a monkey into it. @('.')@

by monkeyball on Apr 18, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

Oh thats right. Farms? in Berkeley?

alaska A

by ak_A on Apr 18, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

DJ No Go to Giants

It is snarky, but I agree with Slusser. It is a mystery that the Giants had no interest in him. Aurelia is done.

by solotar on Apr 18, 2008 12:16 PM PDT 0 recs

I wish him well

by OaklandSi on Apr 18, 2008 12:18 PM PDT 0 recs

So long my Band Camp....

"Hasn’t the foggiest inclination toward winning ‘tall. Hates to win. Likes to be buggered."

by Jennifer on Apr 18, 2008 12:21 PM PDT 0 recs

good luck DJ

remember when i had such high hopes for you… forever “on the verge.” hopefully you find better luck in tampa.

"I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul." - Ichiro on Matsuzaka

by ConditionOakland on Apr 18, 2008 1:30 PM PDT 0 recs

Never understood how DJ got into the dog house

He started his 2nd year 0 for 31, then with the eye problem, then he turned out to be just an average player. Is that all there is that put him in the Doghouse in Oakland, not just not getting playing time, but becoming the goat for the Fremont deal?

Buck started 0 for 22 (IIRC), and we still love him right? What if he remain oft injured like his 1st year, and never turn into a good player, will he be our next DJ? I’d like to think not.

by asfansince1989 on Apr 18, 2008 1:34 PM PDT 0 recs