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Based on what we have seen so far....which pitcher would you want?

Zabat — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:33:40 -0000

Derek Holland, Trevor Cahill, and Brett Anderson

None of these pitchers really have stood out in their rookie season, but they all have show promise in at least one of their outings. All of them are young enough and have the upside to become aces, but which one do you think will be the best?

Derek Holland:

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Lvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
2007	SPO	Nwst	20	Tex	A-	4	5	3.22	16	14	0	0	0	0	67.0	57	33	24	7	21	83	7	7.7	0.9	2.8	11.1	1.16
2008	CLI	Midw	21	Tex	A	7	0	2.40	17	17	0	0	0	0	93.2	77	30	25	2	29	91	3	7.4	0.2	2.8	8.7	1.13
	BKR	Calif	21	Tex	A+	3	1	3.19	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.0	20	12	11	1	5	37	1	5.8	0.3	1.5	10.7	0.81
	FRI	Tex	21	Tex	AA	3	0	0.69	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	14	4	2	0	6	29	0	4.8	0.0	2.1	10.0	0.77
2009	OKL	PCL	22	Tex	AAA	0	1	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	4	4	1	3	5	0	11.3	2.3	6.8	11.3	2.00
	TEX	AL	22	Tex	MLB	1	5	6.20	15	6	0	0		0	49.1	63	36	34	9	16	39	2	11.5	1.6	2.9	7.1	1.60

Trevor Cahill:

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Lvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
2006	ATH	Ariz	18	Oak	Rk	0	0	3.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	9.0	2	4	3	0	7	11	3	2.0	0.0	7.0	11.0	1.00
2007	KAN	Midw	19	Oak	A	11	4	2.73	20	19	0	0	0	0	105.1	85	38	32	3	40	117	8	7.3	0.3	3.4	10.0	1.19
2008	STO	Calif	20	Oak	A+	5	4	2.78	14	13	0	0	0	0	87.1	52	29	27	3	31	103	9	5.4	0.3	3.2	10.6	0.95
	MID	Tex	20	Oak	AA	6	1	2.19	7	6	0	0	0	0	37.0	24	15	9	2	19	33	3	5.8	0.5	4.6	8.0	1.16
2009	OAK	AL	21	Oak	MLB	5	6	4.23	16	16	0	0		0	89.1	90	46	42	15	34	43	2	9.1	1.5	3.4	4.3	1.39

Brett Anderson:

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Lvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP
2007	SOU	Midw	19	ARI	A	8	4	2.21	14	14	0	0	0	0	81.1	76	26	20	3	10	85	6	8.4	0.3	1.1	9.4	1.06
	VIS	Calif	19	ARI	A+	3	3	4.85	9	9	0	0	0	0	39.0	50	23	21	6	11	40	1	11.5	1.4	2.5	9.2	1.56
2008	STO	Calif	20	Oak	A+	9	4	4.14	14	13	0	0	0	0	74.0	68	35	34	5	18	80	5	8.3	0.6	2.2	9.7	1.16
	MID	Tex	20	Oak	AA	2	1	2.61	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.0	27	10	9	3	9	38	0	7.8	0.9	2.6	11.0	1.16
2009	OAK	AL	21	Oak	MLB	3	7	5.74	13	13	0	0		0	69.0	86	54	44	13	18	45	0	11.2	1.7	2.3	5.9	1.51

Based on their performances so far in the majors, which of these young pitchers would you rather have on your team?

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Which pitcher would you want to have on your team's rosters?

Esmailyn Gonzalez lied about age

Zabat — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:11:38 -0000

According to SI.com:

A top Washington Nationals prospect and recipient of the largest international signing bonus in team history is not who he appeared to be. Esmailyn Gonzalez, who is listed as 19 years old on the team's roster, is actually 23-year-old Carlos Alvarez Daniel Lugo, four sources have told SI.com.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/02/17/nats.gonzalez/index.html

From 19 years old to 23 years old, how much does this boost in age hurt his stock as a prospect?

OT: Coliseum Change For Football

Zabat — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:20:20 -0000

I remember at one point there was a video of how they change the coliseum from a baseball field to a football field for Raiders games and all the equipment it required to add/remove the seats. It was really a cool thing to see. I searched this site and a few others sites, googled a few things, and couldn't find it anywhere.

Does anyone have a link to a video of the coliseum's transformation for football?

Larry Davis named to All Star Team

Zabat — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:06:00 -0000

Larry Davis will be the athletic trainer for the AL All Star Team.

OAKLAND -- Larry Davis, who is in his 10th season as the head athletic trainer for the A's, was selected on Thursday to serve in a similar role for the American League team at the 2007 All-Star Game at San Francisco's AT&T Park on July 10.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...

Byung-Hyun Kim?

Zabat — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:02:21 -0000

According to the Denver Post the Oakland A's have shown interest in acquiring Byung-Hyun Kim.

I am not sure this is the best move that they could make for a 5th starter. Even with Kennedy's bad spring I don't think Kim will out-perform him.

Jon Leiber is also being shopped by the Phillies. He would make a much better 5th starter for the A's even though he would be more expensive than Kim.

Mike Rouse Claimed by the Cleveland Indians

Zabat — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:41:23 -0000

I don't know if this was reported already, but Mike Rouse was claimed by the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday after the A's designated for assignment to make room on the 40 man roster for D'Angelo Jimenez.

Was it a mistake for the A's to choose Jimenez over Rouse? I think so.

D'Angelo Jimenez really hasn't done much for the A's this season. At least Rouse has shown that he can hit in the majors when he had that good series against the Yankees.

49ers Blog

Zabat — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:08:33 -0000

athleticsfan4ever and I are starting up a blog dedicated to the San Francisco 49ers. It is called The Catch.

Currently it is located on Blogger. We hope to draw enough support to eventually start an SB Nation site for the 49ers. If you get a chance, please stop by and check things out, make a post or two. Share your "Niners moment" with us, as athleticsfan4ever has. Our goal is to develop the same strong community that we have here on AN.

Check it out at:
http://thecatch49ersblog.blogspot.com/

Swisher and Bradley handshake

Zabat — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:46:33 -0000

Does anyone have a video of Swisher and Milton doing their homerun handshake?

I am trying to explain it to a friend of mine, but a video would be so much easier to show him.

Zito Signs with Boras

Zabat — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 06:40:26 -0000

Acoording to ESPN Barry Zito has signed with Scott Boras in preparations for Free Agency.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2513849&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines

This is definetly going to make it difficult for the A's to resign, which looked very unlikely anyways. This is more reason we should trade him now so we can get more benefit from his departure.

Should Oakland trade for Ben Broussard?

Zabat — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 00:55:13 -0000

Would it be worth while for the A's to trade for Ben Broussard?

What do you think it would take to get him and would it be worth it.

With Eduardo Perez being dealed to the Mariners and Victor Martinez being moved to 1b due to lack of Catching ability and Ryan Garko being called up I think that Ben Broussard has to be on the market.

I think if we move DJ to another team and trade for Broussard it would be moer beneficial to the team.

This opens up the opportunity for more platooning.

At 1b we could have Nick Swisher against Lefties and Ben Broussard against Righties.

At LF we could have Bobby Kielty against Lefties and Nick Swisher against Righties.

What are you thoughts about this?