Oakland grabs Breslow from waiver wire

by Hang Man on May 20, 2009 2:47 PM PDT

I was surprised this has not be posted yet. Oakland picked up left-handed Yale grad Craig Breslow of the waiver wire.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090520&content_id=4837230&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

Breslow was good last year posting a 1.63 era with Minn.

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Craig-Breslow.shtml

He got off to a poor start this year, 6.28 era in 14.1 innings, and was placed on the waiver wire. It seems many of the Minn fans are surprised by the move. Mark Ellis was placed on the 60-day DL.

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Susan Slusser has a post on the claim

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/athletics/detail?&entry_id=40411

In the blog she points out that “Lefties hit .191 against Breslow over his career.”

by Hang Man on May 20, 2009 2:57 PM PDT reply actions

MLB.com story

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by athleticsBB4life on May 20, 2009 2:59 PM PDT reply actions

it was posted in the DLD

also in the “roster moves” post

by OaklandSi on May 20, 2009 3:00 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah, but I'd rather have a newbie be helpful

by posting something potentially enlightening

than to just sit there and lurk.

Keep tryin’!

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by Gaijin_Suketto on May 20, 2009 3:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I am not saying not to post

…just pointing out that it has already been mentioned, since the poster expressed surprise that it “hadn’t been posted yet.”

by OaklandSi on May 20, 2009 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions

newbie?

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by xbhaskarx on May 20, 2009 4:56 PM PDT up reply actions