The final nail has been hammered in...I'm done.
The season is over for me, this team is showing no signs of heating up, injuries have finally caught up. It's time for Beane to start looking at next year.
I want to see Daric Barton, I want to see Dan Meyer and I want to see Kurt Suzuki catch everyday.
Something's going to happen soon. Billy Beane is not a patient man, he'll start moving guys soon. Piazza, Embree, Kennedy, Kendall, Dan Johnson...I can see them all being dispatched before the deadline.
Piazza, Kendall and Kennedy are all free agents after the year anyway. Having them walk will clear a ton of salary. I hope Billy Beane is seeing what every other A's fan is seeing, this team needs a BIG BAT at one of the corner outfield positions. Travis Buck is set at one corner spot and Kotsay should be healthy all next year but they need a guy who's going to deliver 35 HR and 120 RBI.
The lineup next year is void of that. Buck will probably lead off, Kotsay is a #2, Swisher is a 3, Barton is a #5, Chavvy is always better at 6 but they have nothing in the clean up spot and Jack Cust is not the answer. Beane needs to spend a little money, the money that he'll have when all those free agents walk.
I know I'd LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE to see Torii Hunter come to Oakland and slide into the 3 hole, moving Swisher to clean up....but that is a fantasy...LOL!