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Loading ...A’s Offseason 40-man Roster Projections: notsellingjeans™ Edition (Athletics Nation: Front Page Posts)
Posted October 8, 2008 at 9:00 amIs good hitting contagious?
More to the point: Do hitters perform better when they are surrounded by other patient, proficient hitters?
Now if you’ve already decided where you stand on that question, you have probably also decided what you think the A’s should do this winter.
Billy Beane has already mentioned an interest in finding out how much better Jack Cust could be with some …
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Monday Midnight Minors Musings: Wrapping up the minor league season - edition (Athletics Nation: Front Page Posts)
Posted August 24, 2008 at 11:30 pmWell, it seems like my duties of monitoring the minors have officially been usurped by user asyouwish33 who has been publishing daily updates of the minor league teams using some fancy-pantsy box score widgets. He/she obviously has better tech skills than I do and has more time on his/her hands to issue a new report nearly every day, so for daily updates and more …
Tags: Bullpen, Henry Rodriguez, Mariners, Rangers, Richie Robnett, Vancouver Canadians (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Staturday: Today’s Number is… 40 (Athletics Nation: Front Page Posts)
Posted July 26, 2008 at 8:53 amSo I was halfway through a story when I saw yet another question regarding the 40-man roster in 2009. This was a topic I was going to address once Beane finished dealing (which was the nature of the earlier story) come July 31st but as there seems to be continued confusion on the topic, I’ll dive in now.
This is based on what we know about …
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Posted June 2, 2008 at 12:01 amWell, I can’t say Billy Beane is boring or predictable. Having placed roughly 20% of the 25 man roster on the DL in the past 36 hours, Beane decides to DFA 2B Kevin Melilo and P Lenny DiNardo while he’s redecorating. It kinda feels like 2002 again, only without the losing record and the close quarters hot-tubbing pictures. I’d pat myself on the back because I’ve been saying we’d …
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