Comments on: Staggering to the finish line

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:23:45 +0000

So, what’s the deal with trading for a 27 year old 3B prospect? Are the A’s looking to replace Chavy? He has stunk it up since the forearms fell apart.

Kielty could at least pinch hit in the NL. I do recall him being pretty good against lefties. Also, the DP is more a result of the station to station mentality of the A’s. They have hit into more DPs than any other team (last I checked).

Kennedy, while not an effective starter, tore it up in the reliever role. I can’t understand why someone in desperate need of bullpen help (i.e. Indians) didn’t throw out a lower level prospect or two for him.

I think Beane is getting a rep of taking advantage of other teams in trades and people are becoming hesitant to deal with him. His goods weren’t the best this year, but he still could have flipped them for something.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:08:52 +0000

Solid role players? Surely you jest. Kielty never played and when he did he was just a sad victim of the double play ball, and his constant sliding catches were pointless. I’ll miss the personality, but not the player. And Kennedy was about as much a waste as anyone. Why do you think that they couldn’t get anything in return for them? Because Beane isn’t into shrewd trades? They were taking up space that could be held by better players, and we’re seeing that with Buck and, like you mentioned, soon with a hyped Meyer.
Let me say that I have no delusions of postseason baseball for the Green and Gold this year, however, it’s going to be fun to see what they can do with the rest of the season. Take a run at .500 ball. If you want solid role players, look at Scutaro and Murphy. They’re taking the opportunity and running with it.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:24:45 +0000

Not only are the A’s bad, they are going to continue to get worse this year.

They seem to have committed to dumping salary for this year. Good examples of this have been Bobby Kielty and Joe Kennedy. The A’s got nothing in return for solid role players. It was just straight salary dumping.

The only thing to look forward to is some younger players getting the call-up (Dan Meyer just got the call. Hopefully Daric Barton will get the call sooner or later).

By: A. Andre

A. Andre — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:56:20 +0000

The A’s aren’t bad (just unlucky this year) and I’ll still watch as many games as I can; but I guess that’s the difference between a fan and a reporter. Go A’s!!