[oakas]

Projected 2010 Performance

Oakland Athletics8577.525747710.264.343.418
Texas Rangers8478.519827795.275.346.460
Seattle Mariners8181.500745744.275.347.412
Los Angeles Angels7785.475778816.272.342.441


This is from Baseball Prospectus. If the pitching shows up, they could be tough.
I say this every year.

[Terrapin Station]

Big time A's fan here...hoping they can have a killer year. I think Kouzmanoff and Sweeney will have breakout years.

[oakas]

From what I hear Kouzmanoff is a horse.

If the young pitching matures and Sheets has a good year you never know.

[frank21]

Who calls a 3rd baseman a horse?

[oakas]

horse = good athlete

[Ace_of_Spades]

Hate this club, hope they stay away from the playoffs. Would be a shitt playoffs if they are theor, just awful.

[tbill11]

That's good to see Oakas. I was starting to get afraid of this coming season. We just have to hope that Duke and Sheets can hold the rotation together.

[oakas]

Originally Posted by Ace_of_Spades

Hate this club, hope they stay away from the playoffs. Would be a shitt playoffs if they are theor, just awful.

WOW...Thank you for your support.

[oakas]

Originally Posted by tbill11

That's good to see Oakas. I was starting to get afraid of this coming season. We just have to hope that Duke and Sheets can hold the rotation together.

I know tbill. If Duke stays healthy (physically and mentally) and Sheets pitches well and the young studs pitch well, it could be interesting.

[Willie Bee]

The most commonly used word in baseball preseason previews: IF

[Terrapin Station]

Good to see some other A's fans here.

Oakland will be a lot better than a lot of the public thinks. They've got top-notch speed and defense, and great pitching. It's obvious that there are not many power bats in the lineup, but there are some dependable hitters. Capitalizing on the speed that Rajai Davis and Coco Crisp bring to the lineup will be key. Hopefully this year will be the year when Kurt Suzuki starts to get the credit that he deserves around the league too.

[frank21]

Originally Posted by oakas

horse = good athlete

Oh. I thought horse was a term for an inning eating starting pitcher.

[Groves]

a's are gonna do anything

[oakas]

Originally Posted by Groves

a's are gonna do anything

[tbill11]

I have to say, my biggest hope for the season is that Geren will sit that loser Cust. I hate to see him DHing, and I hate even more to see him on the field. He's a waste of a body, and strikes out more times than he does anything even remotely useful. Oh and hustle is a word that is clearly not in his vocabulary

[Busterflywheel]

Originally Posted by Groves

a's are gonna do anything

You mean the As are not going to do anything??

[Willie Bee]

Originally Posted by Busterflywheel

You mean the As are not going to do anything??

I'm guessing that is what he meant.

I still don't get the Sheets signing. Lots of speculation they will deal him in July to a contender, but any club even having to pick up a pro-rated portion of that $10 million salary is going to have to swallow hard. It's almost like the A's were bidding against themselves for this guy, a la Tom Hicks and the Rangers when they went after A-Rod years ago.

Too many people writing the Halos off too easily. Mariners going to be better, Rangers definitely going to be better.

[Stealinhome]

Wow I had no Idea we had all these A's fans on sbr!
This is going to be a good team like the 99 team
but with better pitching! I think all 4 teams are closer
than people think it should be a fun year and hey you never
know. The A's just might make some noise!

[Terrapin Station]

Not sure what to think of the moves Oakland made today. Any thoughts?

[bluefish]

what moves?

[Terrapin Station]

Originally Posted by bluefish

what moves?

signing gabe gross. that trade with the reds...

[Stealinhome]

I like the moves I think they have a totaly solid team. They remind me of the Rockies I think they will suprise lots of people they have best staff in the west 1-5

[pinnerpsk]

A's may have the worst offense in the MLB this year

[Terrapin Station]

Originally Posted by pinnerpsk

A's may have the worst offense in the MLB this year

San Diego's offense looks pretty anemic...

[Stealinhome]

Originally Posted by pinnerpsk

A's may have the worst offense in the MLB this year

well you got
SD
PIT
CIN
WAS
KC

Oakland will hit better than them they added duke and sheets to the staf that was the 3rd best in baseball last year they could win 88 games

[pinnerpsk]

Originally Posted by Stealinhome

well you got SD PIT CIN WAS KC Oakland will hit better than them they added duke and sheets to the staf that was the 3rd best in baseball last year they could win 88 games

Remind me how many innings did duke and sheets pitch last year?

[KENDRY]

The A's will be lucky to win 70 games this year.

[pinnerpsk]

Originally Posted by KENDRY

The A's will be lucky to win 70 games this year.

Kendry...nice nickname. How many bombs do you think Morales will hit this year? 50+ ?

[Bsters]

Dallas Braden is going to need quality starts this year. The Angels are going to be hard for The A's to compete with.

[KENDRY]

Originally Posted by pinnerpsk

Kendry...nice nickname. How many bombs do you think Morales will hit this year? 50+ ?

Morales will probably hit 80 bombs

[nitty48]

As will have a tough time with Angels, the improved Mariners, and the powerful offense in Texas

[dodger33]

AL West could be the best race this year. A's will compete but most likely fall off by the all star break.

[KENDRY]

It should be very interesting.

[pinnerpsk]

Originally Posted by KENDRY

It should be very interesting.

Kendry is your nickname from that legend Kendry Morales?

[KENDRY]

Ya, he is not a legend yet, but is easily the best power hitter in baseball right now.