Hypothetical Challenge Trade – Travis Snider for Domonic Brown
**Note** This trade has not occurred, nor has it been rumoured to happen. It is simply a hypothetical trade to create discussion on the value of Travis Snider and Domonic Brown.
The challenge trade is one of the most exciting swaps in all of baseball. Two players, each with their own strengths and flaws, are traded because the other team thinks it can maximize their potential. In...
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10 days ago
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10 days ago
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Top 80 Starters for 2012 Fantasy Baseball
This is almost the end of the 2012 fantasy baseball rankings. With these top 80 starters for 2012 fantasy baseball, there’s a few names that I’m really gunning for on my teams… My deeper teams. On last year’s top 80, there were a few guys that shot up the rankings (Hellickson, Anibal, Garza and Zimmermann), so I imagine a lot of you won’t need most of the names on...
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11 days ago
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11 days ago
You May Say I’m A Dreamer: Oakland Athletics
What else can baseball fans do in January but dream of October? In You May Say I'm a Dreamer, the Outside Corner staff will imagine the route to a World Series in 2012 title for all 30 teams.
While the Angels and Rangers were the ones in the AL West making the biggest splashes in the offseason, it was the A’s who quietly and effectively pieced together a team that, through...
Via The Outside Corner
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11 days ago
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11 days ago
RECLAMATION PROJECT
A's interested in Manny Ramirez?
Oakland Athletics managing general partner Lew Wolff recently expressed at least a passing interest in perhaps signing Manny Ramirez after the slugger serves a 50-game suspension for a positive PED test.
Via The Outside Corner
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14 days ago
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14 days ago
Melvin: McCarthy favorite for nod in Opener
A's manager Bob Melvin hinted at FanFest on Sunday that Brandon McCarthy will start the club's Opening Series contest against the Mariners on March 28 in Japan.
Via mlb.com
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15 days ago
Opportunity, optimism in the air at A's FanFest
The A's have one item nearly crossed off the list before they head to spring training: It appears that right-hander Brandon McCarthy will be the Opening Day starter in Tokyo. Manager Bob Melvin said during a media...
Via SFgate
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16 days ago
A's reach agreement with McCarthy, Devine
The Oakland Athletics have agreed to one-year contracts with right-handers Brandon McCarthy and Joey Devine, avoiding arbitration.
They were the final two arbitration-eligible players on Oakland's roster.
McCarthy became a reliable starter after earning the fifth spot in the rotation. He went 9-9 with a 3.32 ERA in 25 starts. He posted career highs in wins, starts, complete games...
Via AP on Fox
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27 days ago
A's agree to deals with McCarthy, Devine
The Athletics agreed to terms on one-year contracts with right-handers Brandon McCarthy and Joey Devine on Tuesday, and with that they settled with all their arbitration-eligible players before sides were even scheduled to exchange figures.
Via mlb.com
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27 days ago
A's agree to terms with McCarthy, Devine
The Oakland Athletics have agreed to terms with pitchers Brandon McCarthy and Joey Devine on one-year contracts for the 2012 season.
Via Miami Herald
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27 days ago
Brandon McCarthy, Joey Devine accept A's deals
The A's avoided arbitration by agreeing to one-year contracts with right-handers Brandon McCarthy and Joey Devine, the team announced Tuesday. McCarthy, who made a career-high 25 starts and had a career best 3.32 ERA...
Via SFgate
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28 days ago
Does Matt Flynn’s Performance Today Make Aaron Rodgers Less Valuable?
Today, Green Bay Packers backup quarterback Matt Flynn threw for a franchise record 480 yards and six touchdowns. This performance sort of begs the question…is it Aaron Rodgers or is it Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy’s system that has made the Packers so successful?
Having said that, if you’re New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees, are you feeling a little...
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January 01, 2012
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January 01, 2012
Bob Melvin: Six Scouting Reports
“How does he get guys out?” That was my question for Bob Melvin at the Winter Meetings, and I asked it six times. I queried the Oakland skipper about three of his starters: Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez and Brandon McCarthy, and a like number of relievers: Craig Breslow, Andrew Bailey and Fautino De Los Santos. Here are his capsule scouting reports on each, plus a bonus question...
Via Fangraphs
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December 09, 2011
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December 09, 2011
Thank You, BBWAA
You may have heard by now, but today, the Baseball Writer’s Association of America officially opened their doors to FanGraphs. We would like to thank Jack O’Connell and the board of directors for allowing us to present our case before them and for considering our application despite our status as something of a non-traditional source of baseball coverage. We are honored...
Via Fangraphs
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December 06, 2011
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December 06, 2011
The Red Sox and the New CBA
Since the new MLB collective bargaining agreement has been released to the public there has been no shortage of good reads on the subject. I will not touch on all the specifics here; if you want a comprehensive look, Maury Brown has it here and Peter Abraham has a quicker break down here. There is a lot to like about the new agreement, including a HGH test and some real progress...
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November 24, 2011
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November 24, 2011
Analyzing Offseason “Promises” From A’s President
A's President Michael Crowley / Getty Images
It’s funny, when I saw an email in my inbox from Michael Crowley, I almost deleted it. Who the heck is Michael Crowley anyway. Turns out, he owns the A’s. Go figure. He has to be the least visible president of any Bay Area sports organization – especially now that Warriors super-sucker former owner Chris Cohan is...
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October 27, 2011
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October 27, 2011
Spinning Yarn: Can We Predict Hot and Cold Zones for Hitters? by Mike Fast
A few weeks ago, during the division series, Brandon McCarthy remarked on Twitter that it would be more interesting for TBS to show a diagram of the batter hot and cold zones for every batter than to show the PitchTrax strike zone and pitch location graphic. He argued that knowledge of the hot and cold zones would give viewers additional insight into the battle between the pitcher...
Via Baseball Prospectus
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October 26, 2011
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October 26, 2011
The Brandon McCarthy Saga – Part Two
Special thanks to Brandon McCarthy for taking the time to walk me through his experiences as a pitcher, and providing me with countless insights I never would have discovered researching on my own.
When part one ended, we had covered the final changes McCarthy made to his delivery in Winter Ball, and were about to analyze his 2011 season. It’s safe to say that Oakland seems to...
Via Fangraphs
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October 21, 2011
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October 21, 2011
The Brandon McCarthy Saga – Part One
Special thanks to Brandon McCarthy for taking the time to walk me through his experiences as a pitcher, and providing me with countless insights I never would have discovered researching on my own.
There has been plenty of ink spilt this season over Justin Verlander’s American League MVP candidacy, and he is a shoo-in for the AL Cy Young Award. A large part of the narrative is...
Via Fangraphs
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October 21, 2011
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October 21, 2011
On Brandon McCarthy and Jennifer Engel
It’s very rare that in these corners I’ll take time to write about something other than the Giants. Perhaps it’s just frustration, or the fact that there’s little going on with the Giants right now, but I feel compelled to write about something else for once — some comments made by Jennifer Floyd Engel, a national columnist for Fox Sports, regarding current Oakland Athletics...
Via SF Giants Nirvana
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October 13, 2011
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October 13, 2011
Pitcher Brandon McCarthy, Writer Jennifer Engel in Twitter War
Oakland A’s pitcher Brandon McCarthy and sports writer Jennifer Engel got into a Twitter war after the writer took a seemingly unprompted shot at the pitcher. While watching Game 3 of the ALCS Tuesday, Engel observed of Tigers pitcher Doug Fister, “Looking at tall and skinny Fister reminds me of Brandon McCarthy, except well Fister [...]
Via Larry Brown Sports
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October 12, 2011
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October 12, 2011
Morning Links: I For One Welcome Our New Commenting Overlords
Welcome to day one of With Leather’s “Make People Say Stuff” Initiative, where we stop openly begging you to comment on posts throughout the day and try to lure you into an Inception’d sense of commenting urgency with a new social set-up, complete with incentives and, once we figure out what to give you, WONDERFUL PRIZES. Couple that with our free fantasy...
Via With Leather
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October 12, 2011
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October 12, 2011
A's Let Go Of Three Coaches
Hot News for SP Brandon McCarthy
Via athletics.scout.com
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September 30, 2011
Athletics lose 4-2 to Mariners
Brandon McCarthy is tied for second in the American League with five complete games. Problem is, he only has two wins in those games.
Via Miami Herald
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September 27, 2011
Mariners 4, Athletics 2
Justin Smoak hit a three-run, tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
The victory gave Jason Vargas (10-13) his career-high 10th victory. He worked eight innings, allowing one run on five hits, walking none and striking out career-high 10.
Miguel Olivo also hit a solo home run in the fifth...
Via AP on Fox
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September 27, 2011
McCarthy starts strong, stumbles late vs. M's
Minus two pitches, Brandon McCarthy wrapped up his season with a respectable showing. Yet the pair of mistakes resulted in a combined four runs, and the A's offense wasn't able to combat the deficit in an eventual 4-2 loss to Seattle.
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September 27, 2011
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