Comments on: It’s ‘pen-demonium down there

By: Steve Toomajian

Steve Toomajian — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:07:34 +0000

Whether Huston Street remains the closer or not, the A’s have plenty of options in Joey Devine, Brad Ziegler, and Jerry Blevins. Because the team is not contending this year, the real question is who among these relievers will seize the moment for 2009. We also have Santiago Casilla and Andrew Brown for setup roles. Of all the deficient areas of this team, the bullpen really is not one of them.

By: sadA'sfaninOKC

sadA'sfaninOKC — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:39:57 +0000

ive been a life long A’s fan but with all the trades for the future that billy is making its really stressing me out. Whats wrong with keeping our young stars and contending now?

By: larry hamilton

larry hamilton — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:06:21 +0000

The A’s are playing like they know thier are going to lose. I not saying they are quiting buy pretty close to it. Way to go Billy.

By: Bee

Bee — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:55:32 +0000

I’m with both Stallion and Greenmachine. Ziegler is great as a setup guy and he may not take to the closer role. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and Ziegler is one of the few things on the team that is not broke at the moment, so, tempting though it might be to try him at closer, I’d leave him right where he is. Joey Devine should get a look-see at closer, and Huston should get his shots too. Huston will figure out what is wrong and fix it. Maybe he’s tipping his pitches in addition to elevating his pitches and floating them over the heart of the plate.

The team is in a collective funk right now. All it will take is to win a couple of games in a row and they can put it all together again. I thought last night was going to be the first game, but it was not to be. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and send good vibes out into the universe for the A’s. They need all the help they can get.

By: greenmachine

greenmachine — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:04:42 +0000

I would keep Ziegler as the setup man. A consistent setup guy is almost as important as a closer, so no need to move Ziegler out of a spot where he is dominating. We should give Devine some consistent looks as closer. Let’s see what he can do with no outs, nobody on in the 9th.

By: Stallion

Stallion — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:55:17 +0000

Beane should let us come to the games for free for having to watch this crap. He says he’s building for the future, but when the young guys we have now make it, he’ll just trade them away again. He has a responsibility as a GM to try to win, I wonder if he ever will.