Oakland Acquires DeJesus From Kansas City in Exchange for Mazzaro, Marks
When word came out that the Oakland Athletics had submitted the highest bid in the posting process for Japanese righty Hisashi Iwakuma earlier this week the early speculation was that Oakland would...
View ArticleToronto Acquires Davis, Increases Outfield Options
When the Oakland Athletics acquired David DeJesus from the Kansas City Royals one week ago there appeared to be a logjam created within their outfield as the team simply had too many players for the...
View ArticleQuick Stat: AL West ERA
Courtesy of Buster Olney (ESPN Insider Subscription Required): An interesting observation from a GM: The best division in the majors right now is arguably the AL West, because of its pitching. The...
View ArticleMonth in Review, American League Edition: May
We’re a week into the month of June and the biggest news of the week thus far continues to be the ongoing MLB Draft (of which I’ll have some thoughts on later in the week). However, it seems as good an...
View ArticleTesting Oakland’s Pitching Depth
Sometime next week the Oakland Athletics will learn what’s in store for Brett Anderson as the star left hander will visit Dr. James Andrews for a second opinion on his ailing elbow. Anytime a pitcher,...
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A’s Trade Ellis to Rockies
Midday Thursday, just about 12 hours before the calendar turned to July, we finally witnessed the first significant trade since the start of the 2011 season. The Colorado Rockies acquired second...
View ArticleMonth in Review, American League Edition: June
We’re a week into July but it’s not too late to go back and look at the past month of the 2011 season. So, as I’ve done with both April and May, let’s take a look at the month in review. We’ll kick...
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Trade Deadline Recap: Ziegler, Allen, Furcal
There were a few more moves worth discussing that predominantly flew under the radar as the trade deadline came and went this past weekend. As you’ll see, some are a little more significant than...
View ArticleSumming Up the Trade Deadline
After writing 17 posts over the past five days, I can now say we’ve covered each trade that was completed leading up to and at the MLB July trade deadline. So, it seems appropriate to sum everything up...
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Season Preview: American League West
With Opening Day just about two weeks away and 25-man rosters starting to take shape, it seems as good a time as any to start to preview the upcoming season. For a change of pace, I’m going to run with...
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