I just saw that the A’s traded away Dana Eveland to Toronto for a player to be named later and cash considerations. Basically, they gave away Eveland, who was acquired as part of the Dan Haren trade from Arizona. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Brett Anderson, Chris Carter, Dan Haren, Dana Eveland
You wanna know my thoughts on the A’s trading away Aaron Miles for Rosales and Willie Tavares… I have no frickin’ idea because I’ve never heard of Adam Rosales. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Adam Rosales, Gabe Gross, Michael Taylor, Willie Tavares
I just read ESPN’s Keith Law’s list of the top 100 baseball prospects. Three A’s made the list, two of them in the top 35. For comparison sake, the Giants also have three prospects on this list (Buster Posey #4, Madison Bumgarner #28 and Zack Wheeler #84). Here are the A’s prospects and what Law says about each one: Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Chris Carter, Grant Green Buster Posey, Madison Bumgarner, Michael Taylor, Zack Wheeler
This morning, I appeared as a guest on Fantasy Buffet, a daily podcast during the week hosted by Fanball.com’s Kyle Elfrink and Ray Flowers. Each morning they give their perspective on everything fantasy sports and other items in the world of sports. We talked about some of the A’s offseason moves and how it might translate on the field. My portion of the interview begins around 25 minutes into the show. To hear the interview, visit: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fanball Read the rest of this entry >>
Not since the days of Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Tim Hudson, and Rich Harden have the A’s had a legitimate, top-of-the-rotation ace who could march out onto the mound on opening day. Enter Ben Sheets. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Barry Zito, Ben Sheets, Billy Beane, Johnny Damon, Justin Ducscherer, Mark Mulder, Rich Harden, Tim Hudson
Today’s announcement that the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a deal with pitcher and former A’s ace, Joe Blanton, for three years, $24M got me thinking. $8M a year for Blanton seems like a lot for a guy who, last year, went 12-8 with a 4.05 ERA and who wasn’t even a starter in the playoffs. So, I checked to see how much the A’s pitching staff is making this year and it was pretty shocking. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Brett Anderson, Dallas Braden, Gio Gonzalez, Jason Giambi, Joe Blanton, Josh Outman, Justin Ducsherer, Matt Holliday, Nomar Garciaparra, Orlando Cabrera, Trevor Cahill, Vin Mazzaro
According to ESPN.com, the Oakland A’s have agreed to a trade with the San Diego Padres. The A’s get a minor leaguer and third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff for Scott Hairston and Aaron Cunningham. Read the rest of this entry >>
With the recent steroid admission of former A’s slugger, Mark McGwire, I have been asked by a few people what I think about it and how I feel about Big Mac, arguably, one of my all-time favorite A’s. Watching the interview and hearing members of the media talk and write about it, I have been surprised by my feeling about it all. So in true media interview fashion, I am going to interview myself about it in a no-holds-barred throw-down. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa
Over the Christmas holidays, I spent some time with my wife’s family in Yuba City. Both of her parents were born and grew up there and they still have a lot of family including her cousins, whose house we stayed at. Her cousin Brian was telling me a little bit about the Yuba High product, Max Stassi, the A’s fourth round pick in the 2009 draft. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Max Stassi
It has been interesting to observe the A’s and their pursuit of free agents. We know that they were very interested in Adrian Beltre but were outbid by about $1M a year by the Boston Red Sox. We also just learned yesterday that the A’s were outbid by the Cincinnati Reds for Aroldis Chapman, the prized Cuban left-handed pitcher. Read the rest of this entry >>
Tags: Adrian Beltre, Ardolis Chapman, Cliff Lee, Coco Crisp, Jack Cust, Khalil Greene, Milton Bradley, Vladimir Guerrero
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Josh Russell is born and raised in the Bay Area. A die hard fan of the local teams, he is the manager and correspondent for both warriorscourt.com (Golden State Warriors) and moneyballblog.com (Oakland Athletics). He also writes for azdesertswarm.com, being a University of Arizona alumnus. You can follow him on Twitter or contact him at joshuarussel25@gmail.com.
