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Oakland A’s 2011 Season Preview
Posted on 6 Mar 2011 by Patrick Ryan.
The 2010 A’s finished 81-81, becoming the first Athletics team since 2006 to not post a losing record. Unfortunately, unlike the 2006 team, they also failed to post a winning record. Though it may not deviate from any other preseason plan, the 2011 A’s face winning expectations they’ve not seen in years. The 2010 season was plagued by injuries and an anemic offense, using the DL more th...
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Strengthened Bullpen Solidifies Formidable Staff; Additions Make for Serious Spring
Posted on 7 Feb 2011 by Patrick Ryan.
The additions of both Grant Balfour and Brian Fuentes may not be earth shattering news within the baseball world, perhaps with the exceptions of those living either Down Under or in Merced, but the righty and lefty off-season acquisitions bolster a relief corps that finished 6th in the AL in ERA in 2010, and perhaps more importantly, a pitching staff that finished 1st. Andrew Bailey, the Oakla...
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PxP Analysis Part III: The 2011 Oakland A’s 2nd Basemen
Posted on 20 Dec 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
**UPDATE** I wrote this article November 5th, 2010, so excuse the references toward certain events as “recent” when they are in fact not-so-recent (as in a month and a half before the posting date here at PSB). Juan Uribe has since signed with the Dodgers and Bill Hall is now an Astro. But read on. Those are far from key points here. **Original Post** The Starter Billy Beane ...
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Harden Returns, Willingham Acquired
Posted on 17 Dec 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
One day after the A's ended their disappointing streak on the open market with the additions of Hideki Matsui and Brandon McCarthy, Billy Beane added a familiar face to the Oakland roster. Rich Harden agreed to a 1-year, $1.5 million deal. The very next day, Beane acquired OF Josh Willingham from the Washington Nationals in exchange for RP Henry Rodriguez and minor-league OF Corey Brown. Th...
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A’s Add Matsui, McCarthy
Posted on 14 Dec 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
After a combination of disappointing results and a lack of development regarding the offers made to free-agents on their behalf (some of which were reported to include Adrian Beltre, Adam Dunn, Lance Berkman, as well as the now-infamous Hisashi Iwakuma), the Oakland Athletics finally found success on back-to-back days in the middle of December. On Monday, the 13th, the Athletics inked RHP Br...
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Offseason Update: Davis Trade, Iwakuma Talks, Beltre, Berkman, Encarnacion
Posted on 24 Nov 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
Here’s a brief update regarding all the action in the A’s front office as of recent. First, a few acquisitions, followed by some free-agent news. The A’s traded the speedy Rajai Davis to Toronto in exchange for two right-handed minor league relievers, Trystan Magnuson and Daniel Farquhar. Also getting picked up from Toronto via the waiver wire was 3B Edwin Encarnacion. Plenty of uncer...
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PxP Analysis Part II: The 2011 Oakland A’s 1st Basemen
Posted on 17 Nov 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
**UPDATE** I originally wrote this during the World Series, and although not much has changed, readers should be aware of the following few things that were not evident during my first draft; the A's currently have interest in Lance Berkman; Adam Dunn has made it clear he'd prefer to play the field instead of DH; and Jeff Larish is now a free-agent. **ORIGINAL POST** The Starter As of right now...
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A’s Send Mazzaro to KC for DeJesus, Ink Top Dominican Prospect
Posted on 11 Nov 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
Like many had predicted, the A's dealt the most expendable of their young arms on Wednesday as they sent Vin Mazzaro to Kansas City, along with 2009 third-rounder Justin Marks, in exchange for long time Royals OF David DeJesus. While the departure of Mazzaro was certainly foreseeable, David DeJesus seemed to be garnering more interest from the Red Sox than the A's – at least in public. ...
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A’s Place Winning Bid For Japanese Ace Hisashi Iwakuma
Posted on 8 Nov 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
**UPDATE** Around 9:00AM PST on Monday, the A's officially announced they won the rights to negotiate with Hisashi Iwakuma. **ORIGINAL POST** While there has not been any official announcement, it appears as though the Oakland Athletics placed the winning bid to negotiate a contract with Hisashi Iwakuma, ace of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. The news comes from tweets made by Iwakuma's agen...
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PxP Analysis Part I: The 2011 Oakland A’s Catchers
Posted on 6 Nov 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
The Starting Job This one is pretty simple. Unless something completely unforeseen occurs this winter, Kurt Suzuki will be the A's starting catcher on opening day. As things stand right now, that's probably in addition to roughly 140 more games to follow, including his role as DH from time-to-time. While his total games played in 2010 turned out to be a personal low for Suzuki among his firs...
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The Offseason
Posted on 3 Nov 2010 by Patrick Ryan.
**UPDATE** The current time is 10:36am PST Just to follow up on what I wrote earlier this morning. Like I had predicted, the A's did in fact exercise the options on Mark Ellis and Coco Crisp, while the option on Chavez was subsequently declined. The options picked up cost $11.5 million, while the buyout for Chavez' contract was $3 million. Despite picking up $14.5 million in the past ...
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