Which A's Non Roster Invitee will make the team in 09??
by Chochin925 on Jan 31, 2009 3:40 PM PST
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So which A's Non Roster Invitee will make the team in 09??The A's are stacked with with young talent but which ones will actually make the team??The list features 14 players from the A's Minor League system and they also invited two players from the mexican league.
Brett Anderson
Drew Bailey
Trevor Cahill
Kevin Cameron
Andrew Carignan
Brett Hunter
Jared Lansford
Arnold Leon
Vincent Mazzaro
Tyson Ross
James Simmons
Jerome Williams
Josh Donaldson
Joel Galarraga
Tagg Bozied
Adrian Cardenas
Chris Carter
Sean Doolittle
Jemile Weeks
Matt Carson
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From that list, the one with the best chance of making it would be Andrew Bailey as the 7th Man in the pen.
After that, probably one or two of Mazzaro, Simmons, Anderson and Cahill if they impress enough in ST to get the back end Rotation spots while their competition fails to.
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by Zonis on Jan 31, 2009 3:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
i would disagree
i agree it will be a reliever, and i think it’s cameron.
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by flipgatey3 on Feb 1, 2009 3:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If your talking about making the team to start the year...
I think Kevin Cameron has the best shot. Bailey, Carignan, and Lansford could be in the running to snag a bullpen spot if things break right.
by DiegoAsFan on Jan 31, 2009 4:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Agree about Cameron
I expect him to snag one of the last ’pen spots and be used like Mike Neu was a couple years back.
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by Helloooo 1st on Jan 31, 2009 5:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I vote for Brett Anderson. The team's one injury to a starter away from open tryouts,
and he can probably beat out Mazzaro and the Gio/Outman loser.
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by WaddellCanseco on Jan 31, 2009 4:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm with you on Anderson
If he looks terrific enough in spring training, I imagine the A’s will find a place for him.
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by Nico on Jan 31, 2009 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
For one thing, I don't think he throws enough innings to look as terrific as he'll need to
I think he’d pretty much have to throw 20 scoreless innings while striking out a batter per. I think it’s going to be virtually impossible for him (or Cahill) to make the team right away.
by thejd44 on Feb 1, 2009 1:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought so too, till I saw Geren's quote.
BTW I’m not saying it’s likely, just that it’s the most likely of any of the above guys.
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by WaddellCanseco on Feb 1, 2009 2:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Spring training is about process, not results
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by Nico on Feb 1, 2009 9:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you Tim McCarver
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Feb 2, 2009 6:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
actually, it's about how you look during the process
or some such nonsense
by scatterbrian on Feb 2, 2009 1:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
David Forst made a point
in this interview about a pitcher drafted last year by the name of Dan Thomas. They put him in the bullpen and he started pitching in the 96 mph range. Forst mentioned that he should move quickly through the system. So I think he might also be put up on that list, especially since the list doesn’t specify at what point of the 2009 season at player might make the club.
by OaklandSi on Jan 31, 2009 4:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The part about FDLS (or, more appropiately, his wife) having
twins and THEN quadruplets was really interesting. I just read that for the first time…it was awesome.
by ohmangoAs on Feb 1, 2009 3:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm looking forward to the octuplets, next.
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by Nico on Feb 1, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
thinking of non roster invitees
i’m still wondering where Jeremy Brown ended up and if he might come back.
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by closetasfan on Jan 31, 2009 5:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
he retired
I wonder if he got fed up with Baseball or what? Because he was only a bit away from being the A’s Backup Catcher.
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by Zonis on Jan 31, 2009 7:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He'd probably be better than Bowen
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by PaulThomas on Jan 31, 2009 8:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
he walked away for family reasons at the time
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by notsellingjeans on Feb 1, 2009 7:44 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
he's modeling
I think he;s a model for Levi’s or something
If you had a lineup of 9 Jack Custs who hit(Cust career average) .239 AVG, .382 OBP, and .475 SLG, then your team would score 6.12 runs per game-totalling to 991runs a season.The 08 rangers lead the majors in runs score with 901.
by 9Custs on Feb 1, 2009 12:42 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Jeremy or.....
What about Andrew Brown? Think he might be a non roster invite since being released? He seemed to show interest in remaining with the club.
by stever4a's on Feb 1, 2009 1:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If Brown was "invited", it would be for morale, not for playing
He can’t play for about a year, and the contract will come after rehab.
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by Zonis on Feb 1, 2009 2:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah hat sucked
kinda surprised me when they released him(tho i understand now) he was solid when healthy…
If you had a lineup of 9 Jack Custs who hit(Cust career average) .239 AVG, .382 OBP, and .475 SLG, then your team would score 6.12 runs per game-totalling to 991runs a season.The 08 rangers lead the majors in runs score with 901.
by 9Custs on Feb 1, 2009 12:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
A lot of these invites are pro forma
I think there are really two competitions going on here: Schroder, Bailey, Cameron, Carignan and Lansford (and Jeff Gray, I guess, assuming he can take time out for baseball from his busy schedule filming The Scrub Who Wouldn’t Die) for the last spot in the bullpen, and Galarraga and Bowen for backup catcher.
The team needs the loser of Outman/Gonzalez for long relief, so unless one of them really gets hammered or gets hurt, I don’t see the rest of the starters being in play. Donaldson/Carter/Cardenas/Doolittle/Weeks are just there for the experience and the early start of workouts. Carson and Bozied are emergency options at best. There are major battles for playing time in the infield and outfield but none of them involve non-roster players.
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by PaulThomas on Jan 31, 2009 8:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
This emergency option Tagged you
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by nevermoor on Jan 31, 2009 10:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm hoping for Jerome Williams
I know he hasn’t been good lately, but he was decent once upon a time, so I’m hoping he’ll find it again. Assuming he can pitch tolerably well, one advantage to putting him on the roster is if he ends up with the thankless role of long man and irregular starter, we don’t really care about it messing up his development as much as we would with one of the younger guys.
Also, it would be fun to have the all-Hawaiian battery again.
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by iglew on Feb 1, 2009 3:06 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone have any info about his health and a possible pitching session?
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by A'sfaninNC on Feb 2, 2009 11:19 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
maybe Simmons
I could see Simmons slipping past Gio and Outman into that 5th slot in the rotation. Given the hitting acquisitions, at the beginning of the season at least, I don’t expect any player on the roster to have a particularly long leash, and that wouldn’t really suit Gio, or most likely Outman as a starter either. With his command, Simmons is less risky than those two. The Coliseum is a very forgiving environment for a pitcher who throws strikes.
Mazzarro same thing, but I’d guess the A’s would be more hesitant to rush him.
by AgitationStation on Feb 1, 2009 6:02 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Simmons is "less risky" in the sense that his control is better than the other guys. He's more risky
in the sense that he has to be pinpoint perfect to be successful. To me that means he has very little margin for error and therefore more risky overall.
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by WaddellCanseco on Feb 2, 2009 6:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Or we trade
the Cubs for Rich Hill/Chad Gaudin…I hear they’re out of options. That probably doesn’t make sense in my garbled morning function mode, but it would add another high upside guy or two.
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by DyeLongJustice on Feb 1, 2009 10:13 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Chad Gaudin?
Never heard of him, but if he has upside then hey why not?
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by Nico on Feb 1, 2009 10:50 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mazzaro
I heard the A’s brass is calling him the dark horse in surprising everyone in spring training. Anderson and Cahill are better pitchers but will start in AAA and not be rushed.
by Arcman on Feb 1, 2009 10:16 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
He might, but that's not what Lockard is hearing.
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by WaddellCanseco on Feb 2, 2009 6:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Bailey and Williams
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by brenarlo on Feb 1, 2009 11:54 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Who are two pitchers who aren't good enough for the majors?
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by WaddellCanseco on Feb 2, 2009 6:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cahill and Anderson
but, I’d be okay with Carter or Doolittle, in place of one of ’em.
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by FoolshGame22 on Feb 1, 2009 9:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Straw poll:
Should I start flagging comments of this sort (obvious inanity designed purely to provoke angry responses from other ANers) as trolling?
I’m inclining toward “yes.”
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
by PaulThomas on Feb 2, 2009 1:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not seeing any angry responses other than yours
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Feb 2, 2009 6:31 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
True on this thread, which is pretty defunct
Not so true on other threads.
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
by PaulThomas on Feb 2, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ya I remember that
It's not the results, it's how you look going about those results -- Tim McCarver
by WaddellCanseco on Feb 2, 2009 12:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Can only straw men vote in a straw poll?
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by Nico on Feb 2, 2009 7:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What about our 50,000 dollar man ....
Ben Copeland he at least deserves to be on the poll .
Of the list though I will say Mazzaro or Simmons pitches themselves into the 5th spot
by Bud Light on Feb 2, 2009 8:25 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
He's on the 40-man roster
thus ineligible for the poll.
Many years from now, when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, "He should have passed the ball"
-- Al Stewart, "Football Hero"
by PaulThomas on Feb 2, 2009 10:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Chances for non-roster guys became slimmer
with the acquisition of the relief pitcher WUERTZ who was just acquired from the cubs.
He has no 2009 options remaining and must remain on the 25 man roster (not the 40 man roster). Another fine relief pitcher. That gives a pitching roster of 11 decent pitchers, assuming Gio Gonzalez needs more seasoning which is not necessarily a valid assumption. I am looking only at the 40 man roster.
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by Charlie Brown on Feb 2, 2009 1:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
yeah the bullpen is looking like it maybe set
rotation:
Duke
Gallagher
Evenland
Braden
Gonzalez/Outman
pen:
Wuertz
Casilla
Springer
Ziegler
Devine
blevins
loser of the Outman/Gonzalez battle (unless they decide to go with an 11 man staff in which case Outman or Gonzalez would probably end up in Sac’s rotation meaning Sac could have a rotation of Gonzalez or Outman, Cahill, Anderson, Mazzaro, and Simmons in the relatively early going – killer AAA rotation!)
by oakballnack on Feb 2, 2009 6:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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