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Oakland A's 2012 (1 Viewer)

Dr. Awesome

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Right now the offense has been the biggest surprise. I know it's Spring Training, the pitchers aren't in shape, or they're going against guys who will get sent down soon enough but I'll take the good news where I can get it. Fosse and other long time media guys have been talking about it as well. Will it carry over? Ehhh...

Cespedes has flashed some incredible potential and he's been really patient at the plate once he gets to two strikes. When he he's been on it's been tremendous. He's had some trouble with breaking pitches. A comparison to Cerrano is not unreasonable. Still, plenty of reasons to get excited.

For anyone picking Peacock to be a sleeper out of the gates I say no. He's probably not going to make the club. He has not looked great. He hasn't looked good. He's barely looked mediocre. Parker and Milone, otoh, are looking fantastic. I'm an unapologetic homer but I'll keep an eye on both of them as late round fliers. Bartolo and McCarthy are 2 other starters and as of now they've looked like the weak links. Ross looks to be the fifth starter.

Weeks, Reddick, and to Pennington to a lesser degree have been the most impressive bats thus far. Weeks is even showing a bit of power.

Everyone's welcome on this bandwagon. Lots of room to stretch out. I know we have a few Oakland fans who roll through once in a great while. :banned:

 
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ST stats put together from another board:

Cowgill: 39 abs, .436 ave, 1.130 ops, 6 xbhs (2 triples), 7/4 K/BB, 9 rbis, 7 runs, 4 SBs.Reddick: 36 abs, .361 ave, 1.017 ops, 2 HRs, 5 xbhs, 7/1 K/BB, 11 rbis, 9 runs.(Both are well earning of a spot on the roster.)Sogard: 41 abs, .366 ave, 1.011 ops, 2 HRs, 5 xbhs, 4/5 K/BB, 7 rbis, 13 runs; 86 innings fielding, 0 errors, perfect fielding%.Donaldson: 48 abs, .229 ave, .567 ops, 2 xbhs, 12/5 K/BB, 4 rbis, 3 runs; 109 innings fielding, 3 errors, .914 fielding%.(Offensively and defensively, Sogard is making a strong case to man 3B over JD.)Weeks: 36 abs, .389 ave, 1.117 ops, 3 HRs, 6 xbhs, 5/1 K/BB, 9 rbis, 7 runs.Pennington: 33 abs, .455 ave, 1.089 ops, 4 xbhs, 2/4 K/BB, 3 rbis, 6 runs.(our DP combo having a great spring hitting the ball.)Smith: 31 abs, .323 ave, .848 ops, 4 xbhs, 5/2 K/BB, 3 rbis, 6 runs.Gomes: 25 abs, .200 ave, .852 ops, HR, 4 xbhs, 5/7 K/BB, 2 rbis, 9 runs.(our DH platoon)Suzuki: 28 abs, .286 ave, .819 ops, HR, 3 xbhs, 5/3 K/BB, 3 rbis, 5 runs.Recker: 23 abs, .304 ave, .882 ops, HR, 3 xbhs, 6/2 K/BB, 3 rbis, 3 runs.(Our possible backstop duos.)Allen: 30 abs, .267 ave, .900 ops, 2 HRs, 5 xbhs, 4/2 K/BB, 12 rbis, 7 runs.Ka'aihue: 29 abs, .207 ave, .733 ops, 2 HRs, 4 xbhs, 8/2 K/BB, 4 rbis, 4 runs.(1B options, minus Barton)Milone: 12.2 IP, 4.97 era, 0.95 whip, 9/1 K/BBRoss: 10 IP, 0.90 era, 1.50 whip, 6/6 K/BBGodfrey: 9.2 IP, 6.52 era, 1.34 whip, 9/4 K/BBMcCarthy: 7.2 IP, 4.70 era, 1.17 whip, 5/1 K/BBColon: 6.2 IP, 5.40 era, 1.05 whip, 5/0 K/BB(what looks like our rotation)Schlichting: 9.1 IP, 2.89 era, 0.75 whip, 7/2 K/BBScribner: 9 IP, 2.00 era, 1.11 whip, 7/2 K/BBNorberto: 7.2 IP, 2.35 era, 1.04 whip, 10/2 K/BBCarignan: 6.1 IP, 2.84 era, 0.95 whip, 7/0 K/BBCook: 6 IP, 4.50 era, 0.67 whip, 5/2 K/BBBlevins: 5 IP, 5.40 era, 0.80 whip, 4/1 K/BBFDLS: 5.1 IP, 1.69 era, 1.50 whip, 4/3 K/BB(some surprises for the pen)Balfour: 5.2 IP, 7.94 era, 2.29 whip, 4/4 K/BBFuentes: 6 IP, 7.50 era, 1.50 whip, 4/3 K/BB
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Parker got sent down - his last start absolutely killed his otherwise solid spring and with it his chances of making the rotation.
 
Rumor going around that the Rays have been pushing hard to trade for Kurt Suzuki. Beane allegedly isn't interested in Wade Davis or Jeff Neimann as per one NL GM, those are the type of arms he generally trades away.

 
Season starts in less than 12 hours. Vegas has set the A's season win total at 71. The only teams with a lower total are the Astros, Mets, and Orioles.

 
The roster turnover in Oakland never seems to end. Suzuki and Pennington are the only players with any length of history with the club. If they can hang around .500, it'll be worthy of a Moneyball sequel.

 
Q: What is Cliff Pennington, Coco Crisp, Seth Smith, Yones Cespides?

A: 2-3-4-5 for your Oakland A's

I'm a Mariner fan and that's depressing

 
Opening lineups:

King Felix vs McCarthy

Figgins (3b)

Ackley (2b)

Ichiro (rf)

Smoak (1b)

Montero (dh)

Carp (lf)

Olivo ©

Saunders (cf)

Ryan (ss)

Weeks (2b)

Pennington (ss)

Crisp (lf)

Smith (dh)

Suzuki ©

Reddick (rf)

Cespedes (cf)

Allen (1b)

Sogard (3b)

About 3 hours to go. No sleep tonight! :confetti:

 
I stayed awake for this bull####? :bag: :hot:

Some notes from game 1:

Felix looks like Felix. Which is to say he looks fantastic.

Dustin Ackley might live up to his hype if this game is any indication.

Ichiro is still really fast. A couple hits were typical Ichiro infield choppers.

Oakland looks like Melvin is going to be much more aggressive on the bases. Steals, bunts, etc.

Cespedes looks like he did in ST - a poor man's Vladimir. Pedro Cerrano is a better description. Swing, swing, swing. If it's a breaking pitch it's a swing and a miss.

 
Why did the A's pull McCarthy? He was only at 85 pitches.

16/5 ground ball to fly ball ratio for him. That's pretty outstanding.

 
News headed in was that McCarthy was dealing with a fingernail issue. No need to push your ace through pain this early on. Got his quality start in.

McCarthy and King Felix both with lines fantasy ballers love and dread. Lots of innings, great ratios, no decision. McCarthy is Felix without K's, and one of the best values out there.

 
'Zeff said:
News headed in was that McCarthy was dealing with a fingernail issue. No need to push your ace through pain this early on. Got his quality start in.

McCarthy and King Felix both with lines fantasy ballers love and dread. Lots of innings, great ratios, no decision. McCarthy is Felix without K's, and one of the best values out there.
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I'm not sure what this means because they are very different pitchers. But I agree that McCarthy is pretty darn good. Since he changed his style, he's been pretty darn effective. I think he'll have a big year.

 
'whoknew said:
Why did the A's pull McCarthy? He was only at 85 pitches.16/5 ground ball to fly ball ratio for him. That's pretty outstanding.
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He could have gone longer but the bullpen is getting paid to play as well. No need to channel Dusty Baker. And Cook/Balfour/Fuentes did an excellent job. McCarty's sinker was really working well but there were several pitches he left up which I fear might have been hammered by a more competent offense.ETA - the fingernail issue is a good point zeff. I know he went to the salon recently and got it fixed but no need to press your luck.
 
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'whoknew said:
'Zeff said:
News headed in was that McCarthy was dealing with a fingernail issue. No need to push your ace through pain this early on. Got his quality start in.

McCarthy and King Felix both with lines fantasy ballers love and dread. Lots of innings, great ratios, no decision. McCarthy is Felix without K's, and one of the best values out there.
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I'm not sure what this means because they are very different pitchers. But I agree that McCarthy is pretty darn good. Since he changed his style, he's been pretty darn effective. I think he'll have a big year.
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Only speaking about their numerical contributions to your pitching staff, if you happen to be a fantasy baller. Both seem likely to me to be in the same ballpark in terms of ERA/WHIP, both should eat big innings and give you a ton of quality starts. And both will end up with outstandingly mediocre W/L records because of the teams they pitch for.But of course, KF will also punch out 200+.

 
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Rumor going around that the Rays have been pushing hard to trade for Kurt Suzuki. Beane allegedly isn't interested in Wade Davis or Jeff Neimann as per one NL GM, those are the type of arms he generally trades away.
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Not that Davis is a #1 starter, but it's crazy to me that the A's wouldn't want him.
 
'Premier said:
'Dr. Awesome said:
Rumor going around that the Rays have been pushing hard to trade for Kurt Suzuki. Beane allegedly isn't interested in Wade Davis or Jeff Neimann as per one NL GM, those are the type of arms he generally trades away.
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Not that Davis is a #1 starter, but it's crazy to me that the A's wouldn't want him.
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What's his contract situation? If it's not a guy who can be locked up cheap for the next several years Beane is going to have a limited interest. Also, while I know little about the Rays or Wade Davis, a quick glance at his numbers over at fangraphs indicate he's not so great. Oakland can find middle/end of rotation guys easily enough. Are the stats misleading or is he really just a guy?

 
'Dr. Awesome said:
'Premier said:
'Dr. Awesome said:
Rumor going around that the Rays have been pushing hard to trade for Kurt Suzuki. Beane allegedly isn't interested in Wade Davis or Jeff Neimann as per one NL GM, those are the type of arms he generally trades away.
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Not that Davis is a #1 starter, but it's crazy to me that the A's wouldn't want him.
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What's his contract situation? If it's not a guy who can be locked up cheap for the next several years Beane is going to have a limited interest. Also, while I know little about the Rays or Wade Davis, a quick glance at his numbers over at fangraphs indicate he's not so great. Oakland can find middle/end of rotation guys easily enough. Are the stats misleading or is he really just a guy?
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He's signed pretty cheaply for the next 6 years. Rays bought out his arb rights last year. He was a very highly thought of prospect coming up. Hasn't been tremendous the past two years, but I think he still has a lot of upside.

 
'Premier said:
'Dr. Awesome said:
'Premier said:
'Dr. Awesome said:
Rumor going around that the Rays have been pushing hard to trade for Kurt Suzuki. Beane allegedly isn't interested in Wade Davis or Jeff Neimann as per one NL GM, those are the type of arms he generally trades away.
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Not that Davis is a #1 starter, but it's crazy to me that the A's wouldn't want him.
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What's his contract situation? If it's not a guy who can be locked up cheap for the next several years Beane is going to have a limited interest. Also, while I know little about the Rays or Wade Davis, a quick glance at his numbers over at fangraphs indicate he's not so great. Oakland can find middle/end of rotation guys easily enough. Are the stats misleading or is he really just a guy?
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He's signed pretty cheaply for the next 6 years. Rays bought out his arb rights last year. He was a very highly thought of prospect coming up. Hasn't been tremendous the past two years, but I think he still has a lot of upside.
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Thanks for the insight. :thumbup: Aside from the cost (Beane loves cost controlled guys like Scioscia loves his crappy catchers) it does sound like Davis is the type Beane would trade. Aka the Trevor Cahill treatment. I can see why - if the rumors are true - Beane is holding out for something else.

 
This game made me happy. Bartolo was extremely aggressive. We'll see how it works against other teams but 86 pitchers over 8 innings is impressive. He was very sharp. Cespedes looked like more of the same - swing, swing, swing. But a slider didn't slide and he launched it for his first home run.

So happy they won and Japan is now behind them. I look forward to a normal sleeping pattern.

Tied for 1st! :pickle:

 
'Dr. Awesome said:
'Premier said:
'Dr. Awesome said:
Rumor going around that the Rays have been pushing hard to trade for Kurt Suzuki. Beane allegedly isn't interested in Wade Davis or Jeff Neimann as per one NL GM, those are the type of arms he generally trades away.
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Not that Davis is a #1 starter, but it's crazy to me that the A's wouldn't want him.
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What's his contract situation? If it's not a guy who can be locked up cheap for the next several years Beane is going to have a limited interest. Also, while I know little about the Rays or Wade Davis, a quick glance at his numbers over at fangraphs indicate he's not so great. Oakland can find middle/end of rotation guys easily enough. Are the stats misleading or is he really just a guy?
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The A's have an army of young middle end rotation arms, do they really need more? It'd be one thing if Wade had shown some things that he was going to continue to improve but he looks like he's plateau'd
 
460ish feet for Cespedes. Some base hits by Seattle that found the right spots but that was one of the biggest homers I've ever seen at the colosseum. It almost made it to Mount Davis! :excited:

Tomorrow they face King Felix. Hate this damned schedule. They face Felix 3 out of the first 8 games. That's bull####.

 
Tough loss tonight. Cespedes misplayed a ball in the 4th that led to a 6 run inning. They probably wouldn't have scored any if he caught it.

He did launch another HR though.

 
They don't have too much pitching and have no offensive fire power but dang, these fellas sure can GLOVE!

 
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Encouriging Brett Anderson news

From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum Anderson is doing well in his recovery – he’s on track to be back roughly one year after his July 14 procedure. Ton Tuesday, Anderson threw his first full bullpen session, 45 pitches, using all his stuff (fastball, curveball, slider) and at the full distance. Catchers had been moving up in front of the plate to catch his breaking stuff before today. Anderson – soaked after throwing in the rain -told me his fastball is coming out of his hand better than it has in the past year and a half, with very good life. He’s trying to temper his optimism, but he feels great, and that’s the main thing. He’s now at the point where he’s thinking about the quality of his pitches and his command, which is a good sign that he is feeling great physically, but he also has to keep reminding himself that the quality of his stuff isn’t all that important at this point. so.
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Great work by the offense to sit there and let Broxton implode. Truly a masterful performance even the Tigers would be hard pressed to match.

 
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