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    Default Oakland A's 2010 Projection

    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.

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

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

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

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ace_of_Spades View Post
    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tbill11 View Post
    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.

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    The most commonly used word in baseball preseason previews: IF

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oakas View Post
    horse = good athlete
    Oh. I thought horse was a term for an inning eating starting pitcher.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Groves View Post
    a's are gonna do anything

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    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Groves View Post
    a's are gonna do anything
    You mean the As are not going to do anything??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Busterflywheel View Post
    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.

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    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!

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    Not sure what to think of the moves Oakland made today. Any thoughts?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bluefish View Post
    what moves?
    signing gabe gross. that trade with the reds...
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    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

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    A's may have the worst offense in the MLB this year
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    Quote Originally Posted by pinnerpsk View Post
    A's may have the worst offense in the MLB this year
    San Diego's offense looks pretty anemic...
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    Quote Originally Posted by pinnerpsk View Post
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stealinhome View Post
    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?
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    The A's will be lucky to win 70 games this year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KENDRY View Post
    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+ ?
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    Dallas Braden is going to need quality starts this year. The Angels are going to be hard for The A's to compete with.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pinnerpsk View Post
    Kendry...nice nickname. How many bombs do you think Morales will hit this year? 50+ ?
    Morales will probably hit 80 bombs

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

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by KENDRY View Post
    It should be very interesting.
    Kendry is your nickname from that legend Kendry Morales?
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    Ya, he is not a legend yet, but is easily the best power hitter in baseball right now.

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