SB Nation User Blog: Spidz34

3b of the future?

Spidz34 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:37:54 -0000

A former top prospect who has just been replaced by Gordon Beckham. I think he'd be relatively cheap, hes 26, and he did flash his potential a couple years ago. In 07 he hit 22 bombs in 100 games, or 373 abs, and last year was held to just 14 games. He's stumbled out of the box this year and obviously hasn't lived up to his own hype which is why I think he'd be a perfect fit.

I've read a little about his defense and all I can find is that hes a little above average. Would you sacrifice the D for a potential .275 20 3rd baseman? I think its worth the risk.

I have no idea what it would take to get him from the sox, but it doesn't look like much. I understand he isnt a great player but he's better then what we have and seems like a realistic oppurtunity for us. It can't get any worse....

He's only 26 and as we've seen sometimes the development takes a little longer. Pena, Ludwick, Cruz.

I say give it a shot, 3rd base is the weakest postion on the roster and in the lower levels of the organization. The A's don't have to give up any elite talents and have a chance to upgrade a poor postiton. If he hits .235 and 12 bombs its an upgrade.

Am I the only one who thinks

Spidz34 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:41:59 -0000

That Jason Taylor would be an incredible pick up for the Colts?

I don't know what the asking price but if it's a 2nd round pick I think we should do it.

Remember what the Giants just did with 3 excellent pass rushers. And of course the depth any team could use. A combo of Freeny, Mathis, and Taylor just sounds phenomenal.

I'm sure this has been said before on this site and I'm not trying to beat a dead horse but i was interested what others thought.

Gammons on offseason trades

Spidz34 — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:32:12 -0000

from Gammons' blog on espn.com

'By the way, as of Saturday morning, the A's were tied with the Angels for the best record in the American League and had the best run differential at plus-28 (the White Sox were plus-27). For those who thought Beane quit by trading Dan Haren at his peak value period, Dana Eveland and Greg Smith are 5-1, Brett Anderson is 3-1, 2.66 in the Cal League, Chris Carter has six homers and Carlos Gonzalez has a .930 OPS in the Pacific Coast League. Then they have Gio Gonzalez, with a 2.50 ERA in the Pacific Coast League, Joey Devine hasn't allowed a run and is up to 96-97 mph, and soon they will be fast-tracking RHPs Henry Rodriguez and former North Carolina closer Andrew Carignan, both of whom are already in Double-A. Remember, when Beane traded Haren, Nick Swisher and Mark Kotsay, he said, "To rebuild, we don't just need good players; we need a lot of good players." He got them.'

Link: http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=gammons_peter

So far so good!! And last I checked the Big League club is pretty solid. Futures looking bright

What do we know about....

Spidz34 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:02:10 -0000

Henry Rodriguez?? Who is he and was he part of one of our recent trades??

I was reading through Peter Gammons blog and came across this.

heres the link to the blog

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=3284876&name=gammons_peter

and heres an exert from it

"From one scout in Arizona: "The best young pitcher I've seen in two years out here is Oakland's Henry Rodriguez. He throws 98 with a devastating breaking ball." The 21-year old Venezuelan won't open the season with Oakland, but he will get there in a hurry if he stays healthy."

Thats some pretty high praise. The A's are my favorite team and I follow them religiously but I've never heard if this kid. Always good to hear we got guys like this in the future

A's opening in Japan then....

Spidz34 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:40:15 -0000

Coming back and playing 3 exhibition games vs SF??

Does that seem odd to anyone else

I guess thats good because a healthy Harden will get an extra meaningful start in the regular season and give us a slim chance to start the season on the right foot.

But as we all know Healthy and Harden are words that we don't hear to often.

Anyways... Go A's and stay healthy

Billy Beane KNBR interview

Spidz34 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:52:50 -0000

I haven't seen it posted anywhere on here but it took place on Tuesday during the Razor and Mr.T show. It's kind of repetitive but it's nice to hear our GM talking about the A's on the Giants network.

Towards the end theres some funny talk about the Angels.

Heres the link

http://media.knbr.com/knbr/0115beane.mp3

A's/Twins/Mets Blockbuster worthy of own thread

Spidz34 — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:32:09 -0000

Here's the source

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/

Minnesota has initiated talks for a three-way blockbuster with the Twins and A's. Here's how it would go down:

Mets send Jose Reyes, Kevin Mulvey, and Hector Pellot to A's
A's send Bobby Crosby and Dan Johnson to Mets
A's send Dan Haren to Twins
Twins send Johan Santana to Mets

Mets get Johan Santana, Bobby Crosby and Dan Johnson
A's get Jose Reyes and Kevin Mulvey
Twins get Dan Haren and Hector Pellot

The source says Haren is exactly the type of player the Twins want for Santana, a cheap frontline starter. It's known the Mets would hate to deal Reyes but they would get some value beyond Santana. Billy Beane is happy because he gets Reyes for one more year than he had Haren plus longtime favorite Mulvey. And, he's out of Crosby's contract.

Only thing that seems odd to me it's essentially a Haren/Santana swap. I have to think the Twins would need another player of impact in order to pull the trigger. Reyes would help us in a variety of ways... Kick starting our offense, solid SS, and the lack of speed we've lacked for so long. Of course I'd love to see Reyes as an A, he'd sell some tix.

Update from the site

Santana/Reyes/Haren Blockbuster Quashed

UPDATE, 12-5-07 at 5:45pm: Billy Beane, who rarely comments on trade rumors, actually went out of his way to call mine below a "total fabrication." I guess I should be proud, right? It sounds like I was the victim of an elaborate hoax/impersonated sportswriter. If so I apologize - not sure why someone would go to such lengths, but lesson learned. Well it was fun

DJ next??

Spidz34 — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:21:13 -0000

I've been hearing a lot about how Swisher is a far superior 1st baseman then JD latley and also noticed he has been playing 1st base instead of Dj the past couple games. Anyways, Dj is involved in trade rumors to the Twins and Yanks. I'm sure he'd love being in Minnesota.

here's the ESPN insider in rumor central on the topic

'A' trade consideration
Jul 15 - The A's first baseman has had his name linked in trade rumors with Minnesota and the Yankees, reports the Contra Costa Times.
If Johnson were traded, it could clear a path for hot prospect Daric Barton, who has been tearing up Triple-A pitching this season, hitting .323. And Johnson, 27, who's hitting .256 with 10 homers and 37 HRs, would provide a team with a left-handed power bat.

I wouldn't mind trading him... Also, how clever is ESPN, "'A' trade consideration" haha, god, it's so clever and witty. (sarcasm)

See ya DJ, i say it happens soon but thats not really going out on a limb

Harden Update

Spidz34 — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:48:57 -0000

The A's will re-evaluate their No. 1 starter during Monday's off day, though he doesn't think the injury will keep him out. "It's not too serious," he said. "I'm not concerned." Consider him a big injury risk for the upcoming scoring period. The A's could choose to be very cautious with their young ace.

Source is Cbssports.com

2 questions for fellow ANers

Spidz34 — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:24:33 -0000

1st, I was wondering if there was anyway to cheat the MLB ticket blackout restrictions on MLB.com for games like tomorrow. I've tried a number of things but none have seemed to work.

2nd, i was also wondering if anyone has ever seen A's hats in a solid blue color or if they know of a good hat website with some unique A's hats.

Sorry for this boring diary but I've been looking for answers to both these questions for a while and this was a last resort. Anyways, hopefully Blanton picthes well tonight and the bats wake up a little... well, I cant really blame any hitter for yesterdays preformance, hopefully Felix doesn't pitch like tat against us again. I believe were due for a win tonight