phunwin said:I forgot the Loaiza signing. That, not the Tom Gordon pickup, was the worst move of the offseason.
I like Zito well enough, as long as Omar Minaya, if he makes a deal, recognizes that Zito is basically a younger, slightly better version of Steve Trachsel, and not the superstar he was in 2002.
phunwin said:K/9 IP is one of the easiest ways to detect a possible decline in a pitcher. Once that starts going down, the pitcher's overall stats will almost always suffer. Check out Gordon's K/9 IP over the last three years: (source: http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/G/tom-gordon.shtml)
2003 - 11.07
2004 - 9.64
2005 - 7.70
IF Gordon is good in 2006, and that's a crapshoot, he won't be in 2007. And by 2008, they'll be hiring a hitman to take him out and get his salary off the payroll.
GreenMonster said:Good move by Billy, sign Lozia to a overpriced deal, then trade your young good pitching because you won't be able to afford them later. What am I missing here...
finfansince72 said:Has to be tough to be an Oakland fan, they just never keep good players. However, they develop some awesome talent for the bigger market teams thats for sure.
Ray Finkle said:I'm sure the Red Sox will be in the bidding for Zito. I know for a fact that Beane likes both Kevin Youkilis and Abe Alvarez. Maybe if we throw in those two and possibly Kelly Shoppach or Brandan Moss it could possibly be enough?
Although I can see Beane either resigning him (which he said he would try to do in the paper today) or trading him to an NL team like he did with Hudson and Mulder.
phunwin said:I forgot the Loaiza signing. That, not the Tom Gordon pickup, was the worst move of the offseason.
I like Zito well enough, as long as Omar Minaya, if he makes a deal, recognizes that Zito is basically a younger, slightly better version of Steve Trachsel, and not the superstar he was in 2002.
Ray Finkle said:I'm sure the Red Sox will be in the bidding for Zito. I know for a fact that Beane likes both Kevin Youkilis and Abe Alvarez. Maybe if we throw in those two and possibly Kelly Shoppach or Brandan Moss it could possibly be enough?
Although I can see Beane either resigning him (which he said he would try to do in the paper today) or trading him to an NL team like he did with Hudson and Mulder.
RWhitney014 said:It won't be Kelly Shoppach. The A's have Kendall for now and then Daric Barton, whom they acquired from STL in the Mulder deal. He is supposedly a Moneyball monster.
RWhitney014 said:It won't be Kelly Shoppach. The A's have Kendall for now and then Daric Barton, whom they acquired from STL in the Mulder deal. He is supposedly a Moneyball monster.