SB Nation User Blog: Gallagher's Watermelons

New Screen Name

Gallagher's Watermelons — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:42:29 -0000

Now that Gallagher's been traded, I'm changing my username to something with more staying power. The new username will be "Peaches", a joke aimed at Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear. Even though Napear will likely end up leaving Sacramento at some point, it won't be anytime soon, and the reference will still make sense, as no current Kings fan will ever forget who Grant Napear is. Anyway, I will be posting as Peaches as soon as my 24 hour waiting period is up. Thanks guys!

Just realized Player To Be Named Later is available, so I'm going to use that instead. Perfect for the A's, too.

Jay Bruce fractures wrist...Holliday?

Gallagher's Watermelons — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:57:38 -0000

LINK

The Reds are only 4 out in the Central and 5.5 out in the Wild Card...they already expressed a possible interest in Holliday. Could this be our trade partner? They match up with us VERY well positionally; Cincinnati is stacked on the left side of the infield prospect-wise with Todd Frazier, Chris Valaika, Neftali Soto, and Juan Francisco. I'd think any Holliday deal would have to start with Frazier. Thoughts?

Just wanted to point out that two of the three teams ahead of us in the AL West's managers used to...

Gallagher's Watermelons — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:57:51 -0000

Just wanted to point out that two of the three teams ahead of us in the AL West's managers used to be A's assistant coaches, and we got "Shouldn't Have a Job Bob" instead. How fitting...

Miguel Angel Sano and the A's

Gallagher's Watermelons — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:12:43 -0000

So I just found this article on mlbtraderumors.com about Miguel Angel Sano saying that Aroldis Chapman's availability might kill Sano's price tag. The Orioles are likely not going to be willing to pay much, and the Pirates might not be either. This could mean that instead of commanding Ynoa money, Sano might command even less than Wagner Mateo's $3.1 million. If that's true, I think this would be something the A's should jump on. If Beane considers Sano a first-round talent, sign him for $3 mil or whatever. Do you think it'd be prudent for the A's to try to jump in and sign Sano while other teams focus their money on Chapman? Also to be considered is the amount of money Max Stassi is asking for. If the A's had to choose one of the two, which one would you rather give money to, Stassi or Sano?

Poll

Sano, and possibly Stassi

I would sign Sano at the expense of Stassi

15 votes

I would sign Stassi at the expense of Sano

49 votes

I think we can and should sign both

78 votes

I don't think we should bother with Sano

15 votes

157 votes | Poll has closed

7/3 thru 7/5 Minor Athletics

Gallagher's Watermelons — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:12:11 -0000

Because AsYouWish is on vacation! Much respect, AsYouWish; this takes forever!

Sacramento River Cats

July 3 - Sacramento 3, Fresno 1

Tommy Everidge: 2/4, R, 2B

Daric Barton: 1/4, HR, 2 RBI

Dana Eveland: W, 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 4 K

Sam Demel: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

July 4 - Sacramento 14, Reno 12

Eric Patterson: 2/5, 2 R, 3B, BB, SB

Cliff Pennington: 2/4, R, HR, 5 RBI, BB

Barton: 2/4, 3 R, HR, RBI, BB

Jack Hannahan: 3/4, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, BB

The pitchers kinda sucked.

July 5 - Sacramento 13, Reno 8

Patterson: 4/6, 3 R, 2B, RBI, SB

Everidge: 2/5, 2 R, RBI

Chris Denorfia: 2/3, 3 R, RBI, 2 BB

Anthony Recker: 2/4, 2 R, 2 HR, 6 RBI, BB

Henry Rodriguez: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K...ouch.

Midland Rockhounds

July 3 - Midland 6, Arkansas 5

Adrian Cardenas: 2/4, R, RBI, 2 BB, CS

Chris Carter: 3/6, RBI, 3 K

Alex Valdez: 2/3, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 SB

Josh Donaldson: 1/3, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB

Travis Banwart: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

July 4 - Arkansas 8, Midland 3

Josh Horton: 2/5, R, 2B, RBI

Cardenas: 2/4, 2B, RBI, CS

Carter: 1/4

Valdez: 0/4

July 5 - Springfield 7, Midland 2

Cardenas: 1/3, BB

Carter: 0/3, BB

Donaldson: 0/3, R, BB

Valdez: 1/4

Arnold Leon: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Stockton Ports

July 3 - Stockton 6, San Jose 2

Jemile Weeks: 2/5, CS

Steven Kleen: 2/4, R

Grant Desme: 2/3, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 3 SB (27 total this year)

Frank Martinez: 1/3, R, HR, RBI, BB, SB

Ben Hornbeck: W, 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K

Mickey Storey: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

July 4 - Bakersfield 7, Stockton 2

Weeks: 0/5, 2 K

Kleen: 3/4, 2 R

Desme: 0/2, 2 BB

Martinez: 2/3, 2B, 2 RBI

Carlos Hernandez: L, 5.2 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 7 K (he's not doing so great in Stockton)

July 5 - Stockton 5, Bakersfield 1

Weeks: 0/5, K

Kleen: 1/3, 2 R, 2B, BB - Kleen is hitting .450/.500/.750 in Stockton so far

Desme: 1/5, R, 2B

Yusuf Carter: 1/2, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB

Tyson Ross: W, 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

Storey: SV, 0.1 IP, 1 K

Kane County Cougars

July 3 - Peoria 7, Kane County 1

David Thomas: 1/2, 2B

Dusty Coleman: 0/4, 2 K

Jason Christian: 1/4

July 4 - Clinton 5, Kane County 0

Christian: 0/4, 2 K

Josh Barfield: 1/3, BB

Leonardo Gil: 2/2 (Kane County debut)

Shawn Haviland: L, 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 5 K

July 5 - Kane County 8, Clinton 2

Michael Spina: 1/4, 2 R, BB

Christian: 1/4, R, BB, SB

Barfield: 1/4, R, 2B, BB

Dusty Napoleon: 3/3, R, 2 BB

Kenny Smalley: W, 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

Brett Hunter: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K

Vancouver Canadians

July 3 - Salem-Keizer 7, Vancouver 4

Michael Gilmartin: 2/3, R, 2 BB

Nino Leyja: 2/5, R

Rashun Dixon: 1/5, R

Anthony Aliotti: 2/5, 2 RBI

Myrio Richard: 2/3, BB

Julio Ramos: 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

July 4 - Vancouver 5, Spokane 3

Gilmartin: 1/5, 2B, 2 RBI

Leyja: 0/5, 3 K

Kent Walton: 2/5, 2B

Wilfredo Sosa: 2/3, R, 2B, 2 RBI, BB

Chad Lee: W, 6 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K

July 5 - Spokane 4, Vancouver 0

Ryne Jernigan: 1/4, 2B

Leyja: 0/3, BB

Dixon: 1/3, BB

There you have it. That took forever.

Maybe we should've signed Crede...

Gallagher's Watermelons — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:10:33 -0000

Maybe we should've signed Crede...

Joe Crede has a great defensive rating this year on top of actually being able to make contact with a baseball. Too bad we had to sign Nomar instead.

A request, AN, from me to you

Gallagher's Watermelons — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:42:02 -0000

I also post on two other SB Nation sites: Fear The Fin and Sactown Royalty. On both of these sites, FanShots worthy of making the front page are added to the front page. However, on this site that doesn't seem to be the case. I can't remember ever seeing a FanShot on the front page. What this seems to cause is people who have very little to say in a post to make a full FanPost instead of confining their small amount of material to a FanShot. The A's just traded for Scott Hairston, and you'd never know it by the front page because it's buried in a FanShot. Anyway, I would like to recommend that AthleticsNation begin publishing worthy FanShots to the front page. What do you think?

Poll

Should worthy FanShots be posted on the front page of AthleticsNation?

Yes

45 votes

No

10 votes

55 votes | Poll has closed

A's Draft Link Dump

Gallagher's Watermelons — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:46:33 -0000

There seems to be almost no information posted on Justin Marks, so I'll focus on him. I'm sure everyone has plenty of Grant Green links to dump in here. Here's some Justin Marks info!

http://thebaseballcube.com/players/M/Justin-Marks.shtml

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20090609&content_id=5238364&vkey=pr_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090529/COLUMNISTS01/905290456/1005

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090519/SPORTS02/905190431/1002/SPORTS/Cool+on+the+mound

http://natnotes.com/2009/06/09/oakland-athletics-second-round-pick-justin-marks-lhp-louisville/

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/MLB_Draft/entry/view/25016/2009_that_was_a_very_good_year_for_lefties

The Heckler

Gallagher's Watermelons — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:56:41 -0000

For those of you that sit in the bleachers in left field, you no doubt noticed the heckler in the upper left-field bleachers wearing the Dodgers hat and poncho and shouting different sorts of "Pie" jokes at Felix Pie, followed by many Rockies references for Matt Holliday. That's my friend Derek; today was his bachelor party, and it was a blast. We got to meet a couple A's fans from the downstairs bleachers, too. Anyway, I guess I should've posted something before we went to the game so maybe I could've met some of you guys, but I completely whiffed it. Ah well. Anyway, I'm sure you saw me at some point; I was the big guy with the button-up striped shirt sitting near the crazy dude with the Dodgers gear. :)

Anderson and Cahill to get last two spots in rotation?

Gallagher's Watermelons — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:21:10 -0000

Anderson and Cahill to get last two spots in rotation?

• It looks like, with Justin Duchscherer undergoing elbow surgery, Brett Anderson and Trevor Cahill will get the last two spots in Oakland's rotation. According to a person familiar with the pitchers, what sets Anderson and Cahill apart from fellow prospect Vin Mazzaro is a weapon to escape trouble. Cahill has a power sinker that can get a double play, and Anderson knows how to "go soft" with off-speed stuff. But Mazzaro "geeks up" - overthrows - with men on base.