An SB Nation blog for Oakland Athletics fans 2012-02-17T17:43:15Z http://www.athleticsnation.com/rss/fanshots 2012-02-17T17:43:15Z 2012-02-17T17:43:15Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://tarptalkpodcast.wordpress.com">Tarp Talk&nbsp;Podcast</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>The newest episode of Tarp Talk went up a couple days ago. We talked about Cespedes, of course, and probably too much of Crisp.</p> <p>Hope you enjoy and happy listening!</p></div> http://www.athleticsnation.com/2012/2/17/2804951/tarp-talk-podcast mrbendy 2012-02-17T14:32:49Z 2012-02-17T14:32:49Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://throughthefencebaseball.com/why-billy-beane-signed-yoenis-cespedes/17515/">Why did Billy Bean sign&nbsp;Cespedes</a></h3> <div class="description"><p></p></div> http://www.athleticsnation.com/2012/2/17/2804532/why-did-billy-bean-sign-cespedes baseballfanatic 2012-02-16T16:44:17Z 2012-02-16T16:44:17Z <img alt="Oakcollage2" src="http://cdn3.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/240792/OakCollage2.jpg" /> <div class="source source-img"><p>First shot at an Oakland A's Collectibles collage. To view more A's collectibles, please search Oakland A's Collectibles on Facebook. You can also upload your own A's memorabilia images to share with fellow collectors. Enjoy!</p></div> http://www.athleticsnation.com/2012/2/16/2802453/first-shot-at-an-oakland-as-collectibles-collage-to-view-more-as RickeyHenderson35 2012-02-15T19:32:17Z 2012-02-15T19:32:17Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/offseason-notes-with-some-cespedes-projections/">Yoennis Cespedes Projections @&nbsp;FG</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>Now here are those projections, from most to least optimistic:</p> <p>CAIRO: .272/.318/.483, 3.5 WAR600</p> <p>Davenport: .260/.325/.458, 3.3 WAR600</p> <p>ZiPS: .265/.329/.418*, 3.2 WAR600</p> <p>OLIVER: .266/.308/.447, 2.6 WAR600</p> <p>*Slash-line is park adjusted.</p> <p>If he reaches the lowest of these projections the first year, this will be an excellent signing. If his first year approaches 3.5 WAR, this is an absolute steal. Thoughts?</p></div> http://www.athleticsnation.com/2012/2/15/2800422/yoennis-cespedes-projections-fg A'sFanDFW 2012-02-14T09:06:59Z 2012-02-14T09:06:59Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://athleticsfarm.com">Cespedes Signing - Bad News for Taylor, Carter &&nbsp;Cowgill</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>The Cespedes signing, along with the continued talk about Manny, is also interesting for what it says about how the A’s view other players on their roster. While the team seems willing to put plenty of faith in their young pitching prospects’ ability to step up and perform in the majors this season, they clearly seem reluctant to want to put much faith in most of their young hitting prospects at this point. </p></div> http://www.athleticsnation.com/2012/2/14/2797052/cespedes-signing-bad-news-for-taylor-carter-cowgill wcmori 2012-02-13T21:21:27Z 2012-02-13T21:21:27Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://cnnsi.com/2012/extramustard/hotclicks/02/10/oakand-as-pitchers-brandon-mccarthy-takes-ver-hot-clicks/index.html?eref=sihp&amp;sct=hp_bf1_a4">Brandon McCarthy Takes Over Hot&nbsp;Clicks</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>Our own "ace" starter shows off his wit...and his wife! on Sports Illustrated's Hot Clicks segment. Insights and opinions on Spring Training, Twitter, etc.</p></div> http://www.athleticsnation.com/2012/2/13/2796004/brandon-mccarthy-takes-over-hot-clicks PortlandPachyderm 2012-02-12T03:44:29Z 2012-02-12T03:44:29Z <h3 class="link-title"><a href="http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2012/index.jsp?c_id=oak#list=oak">John Mayo's A's top&nbsp;20</a></h3> <div class="description"><p>John Mayo just came out with his top 20 for the A's</p> <p>I like most of the selections, Alcantara's rating was a little aggressive, same with the Yordy Cabrera</p> <p>on the flip side, Milone's rating was a little conservative, also don't see how Vollmuth or Straily aren't on the list </p></div> http://www.athleticsnation.com/2012/2/11/2792808/john-mayos-as-top-20 guessatomo 2012-02-10T08:28:33Z 2012-02-10T08:28:33Z <h2><a href="http://www.athleticsnation.com/2012/2/10/2788941/has-as-to-sj-been-announced">has a's to sj been&nbsp;announced?</a></h2> <blockquote class="chat"> a friend said he heard it was a done deal but i don't see a story anywhere. was there an announcement today? </blockquote> <div class="source"><p><a href=""></a></p></div> http://www.athleticsnation.com/2012/2/10/2788941/has-as-to-sj-been-announced mendelbob