As most of you already know, the Oakland A's acquired outfielder Chris Young from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Cliff Pennington. Speculation has already begun that either Coco Crisp or possibly Jonny Gomes may not be back with the club in 2013. While I like the acquisition of Young, I think losing one or possibly both is a bad, bad idea.First and foremost, Young doesn't hit left-handed pitching like Gomes does. Both players struggle against right-handed pitching (Young hit just .210 in 2012, Gomes .209). But while Gomes provided tangible value as a designated hitter, Young figures to be best served in the ...
On Saturday, Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane began the offseason in earnest by flipping middle infielder Cliff Pennington and a prospect to the Arizona Diamondbacks for outfielder Chris Young. In a vacuum, flipping Pennington for the more-talented Young makes the trade a win for Oakland.However, trades cannot be considered in isolation. The fact is that the A's already have a full compliment of outfielders and designated hitters with Coco Crisp, Yoenis Cespedes, Josh Reddick and Seth Smith under contract for next season.Shortstop remains a question mark, however. Stephen Drew has a $10 million mutual option for next season that ...
When the Miami Marlins shed flopping closer Heath Bell and sent him packing to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the real winner of the deal was probably the Oakland Athletics.The A's got involved in the complicated three way deal, trading away a pair of infielders. Starting second baseman Cliff Pennington was shipped to Arizona and minor league shortstop Yordy Cabrera was sent to the Marlins.In exchange, Oakland brought in outfielder Chris Young. Recently Young had been a valuable talent. He represented the Diamondbacks in the 2010 All Star Game. And in the 2011 Division Series, he hit three homers against the Brewers, ...
In a three-team trade announced by Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, the Oakland Athletics came up huge in this offseason's first large trade.
And to think, it isn't even technically the offseason yet.
Here are the details: The Oakland A's received outfielder Chris Young from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for converted-second baseman Cliff Pennington and prospect Yordy Cabrera. The D-Backs then sent Cabrera to the Miami Marlins for closer Heath Bell.
Arizona gets a pitcher and an infielder, Miami a prospect and Oakland an outfielder.
The trade is arguably a fantastic move for all three organizations. Each team fills a particular need, and ...
According to a report from MLBTradeRumors.com and breaking news from AzCentral.com, the Oakland A's have acquired Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Chris Young and cash in a trade that sends Cliff Pennington and disgruntled closer Heath Bell to Arizona by way of the Miami Marlins. Young posted a disappointing slash line of .231/.311/.434 in 101 games in 2012 for Arizona. The 2010 All-Star was slowed by a shoulder injury he sustained slamming into the left field wall at Chase Field. The injury ruined a hot start that saw him hit five home runs and register a 1.397 OPS in the first 11 games. On the year, ...
With a little bit of time to let the finality of the 2012 season sink in, the next obvious move for the Oakland A's is to pinpoint the team's biggest needs going into 2013. Losing a hard-fought five game series to the Detroit Tigers seems even more impressive in light of their evisceration of the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.But sustaining success does not come by proxy. For Oakland, the ability to sustain the success of this amazing year comes back to the ability to keep the key components (not too difficult) while adding a couple ...
The Hollywood blockbuster Moneyball ended much like any other feel good film, as protagonist Scott Hatteberg belted a home run that sent the small market underdog Oakland A’s into the postseason. However, unlike many silver screen dramas, the story of the Oakland A’s did not end with “happily ever after” attached to the end.After using Billy Beane’s innovative scouting to build teams that posted above .500 records from 1999 to 2006, the A’s could not finish above that mark for the next 5 years. It seemed as though the rest of the league had caught on to Oakland's strategy, and ...
Though Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane has publicly stated his intentions are to keep the roster intact, there are a few guys that should, at the very least, be considered if he decides to shake things up.According to Joe Stiglich of BayAreaNewsGroup.com, Beane had this to say:I think we're in great shape. The satisfying thing about the crowd's response to this team was they're gonna get to see this team, by and large, next year. If there's moves made, the idea would be additions. I've had situations where we had great seasons and I knew the team wasn't gonna ...
Even though his club lost the deciding game of the AL Division Series last night, Oakland Athletics GM Billy Beane is pleased with their performance and hopes to take the same roster into battle next season.The morning after the Detroit Tigers knocked the A's out of the playoffs with an 6-0 shellacking, Billy Beane met with reporters and optimistically discussed the team's offseason plans. Beane was impressed by the Athletics' surprising 94-win season and he's confident the same group of players have what it takes to succeed again next year:"I think we're in great shape...The satisfying thing about the crowd's response ...
The Oakland Athletics season ended when Justin Verlander's brilliance just proved to be greater than any magic in the East Bay. The Detroit Tigers may have moved on, but Oakland fans got a great show.In fact, since June 10, the Oakland Athletics have been the most exciting team in baseball with the most regular season wins. They won with homers, great pitching, speed on the bases and of course 14 walk off victories.And for their troubles, the Athletics played in front of 1,679,013 fans.Only the Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians and Tampa Bay Rays drew worse.Now the Rays drawing that badly ...