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Athletics To Sign Jonny Gomes

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | January 24, 2012 at 8:32pm CDT

TUESDAY, 8:32pm: Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle reports (on Twitter) that the deal is worth $1MM with another $200K in incentives.

FRIDAY, 4:07pm: The deal is for approximately $1.1MM, Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports tweets.

11:41am: The Athletics have agreed to sign Jonny Gomes, Jon Heyman of CBS Sports tweets. Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday that the A's were nearing a deal with the Petaluma, California native.

Gomes, 31, posted a .209/.325/.389 line with 14 homers in 372 plate appearances for the Reds and Nationals in 2011. The ACES client has a career .311/.407/.456 line against left-handed pitching, so his skillset should complement left-handed hitting outfielders such as Seth Smith and Josh Reddick.

Conor Jackson and Johnny Damon were also considerations for the A's, who were looking for an outfielder capable of hitting left-handers, according to Slusser. GM Billy Beane has traded for Smith and Reddick and re-signed Coco Crisp this offseason to build his 2012 outfield.

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  1. Iconoclast17

    10 years ago

    The latest in a series of moves by Beane to keep the team at least competative in the next few years as they rebuild for the move to San Jose. Pending further acquisitions, Gomes will likely replace Matsui as the primary DH and see some spot duty in the OF. Cowgill, Reddick, Smith and Crisp form a decent, if unspectacular, outfield.

    The infield is set except at 1B and Suzuki will catch. I look for McCarthy, Colon, Milone, Parker and maybe Godfrey as the starters, pending the return of the oft-injured Anderson and Braden. Tyson Ross is a wild card in the mix. 

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Beane signs another starter and/or 1B’man to complete the roster.

    Reply
  2. Titus_00

    10 years ago

    Here is a crazy idea… Oakland signs Prince Fielder to a 10 year deal.
    1) Solves 1st base
    2) They actually have the salary room
    3) Puts fans in the seats until the move
    4) The length of the contract would have him around for SJ, which Beane is building toward.

    (A guy’s gotta dream)

    Reply
    • michael hughes

      10 years ago

      If I were an A’s fan I would think that would sound more like a nightmare. There is no way Prince stays productive for the next 10 years.

      Reply
    • michael hughes

      10 years ago

      If I were an A’s fan I would think that would sound more like a nightmare. There is no way Prince stays productive for the next 10 years.

      Reply
    • Iconoclast17

      10 years ago

      Make it eight years Titus and you have a deal! To have a player at first who can actually hit and anchor the lineup (not to mention be a leader) would be more happiness than than I could bear.

      Reply
    • TheGrtBambino

      10 years ago

      I truly believe this wouldn’t be so far-fetched if fielder wasn’t a boras client. We don’t have a great track record with his firm and I don’t think him and BB mesh well ie. the man who now plays third for the rangers

      Reply
      • Derek Florko

        10 years ago

        didn’t his son get drafted by the A’s?

        Reply
    • melonis_rex

      10 years ago

      Prince Fielder for 10 years? Go sign the free agents once you get to San Jose, so they’ll be in their primes when its competition time. 

      Reply
    • melonis_rex

      10 years ago

      Prince Fielder for 10 years? Go sign the free agents once you get to San Jose, so they’ll be in their primes when its competition time. 

      Reply
  3. J.j. Miller

    10 years ago

    basically same lineup like last yr except new corner OF’s and maybe carter/kila at DH

    lets be honest matsui/dejesus were busts in 2011, shouldnt take much to replace them.

    josh willingham outside of a power surge in hr/rbi, his defense, obp, avg were below career norms. he also was able to stay fairly healthy by dh’ing. probably a smith/gomes combo in lf can outproduce willingham’s production at 1/2 the price

    i think A’s consider bringing in another vet pitcher to buy some time for peacock, parker, etc

    Reply
    • Philip Marlowe

      10 years ago

      I’d think they’d be in on Oswalt. He’d benefit from pitching in the Coliseum, and he seems like just the kind of low-risk high-reward signing that Beane covets. 

      Only downside is he’d have to face Texas and LAA eighteen times each.

      Reply
      • Randy

        10 years ago

        that would be cool

        Reply
  4. Snoochies8

    10 years ago

    This deal seals the “sorta, kinda rebuild” patch

    why try to make this team better when 2012 and 2013 are washes where we have no chance of winning or competing? 

    stop signing guys like this unless he gets all the playing time at his spot so he can at least develop a little value to trade away. 

    the bartolo signing was perfect, as would another veteran starter on a 1 year deal be.

    let smith platoon with a young rookie who bats right, doesn’t matter whether he’s ready or not, he’ll be benched or optioned down once green and choice are ready. 

    beane also needs to cut at least one of jeff fiorentino, brandon moss, cedric hunter (although he’s young enough to keep around) and jason pridie

    Reply
    • J.j. Miller

      10 years ago

      jeff fiorentino, brandon moss,
      cedric hunter jason
      pridie

      none are on 40 man roster, likely for AAA depth, though hunter is still young and could be interesting.

      Add in mitchell, green, taylor/cowgill (one wont make the mlb team), looks like AAA OF will be crowded

      Reply
      • Snoochies8

        10 years ago

        AAA will be very crowded, also considering Jeremy Barfield is due for a promotion there, outfield and catcher are far and away the most backlogged positions in the a’s system, and the a’s have players at the upper levels they could cut that wouldn’t have any effect on the parent club and give younger guys more at bats

        hence why i want at least 1 or 2 of those guys cut

        i explained in the blogs post how it affects the a’s system going down through the lower levels, signing those guys didn’t do any good for the system

        Reply
    • Jon Melton

      10 years ago

      Youre right if they are not considered a long term answer whats the point?

      Reply
      • Snoochies8

        10 years ago

        i don’t think that’s quite the case, i don’t mind the crisp signing even though he isn’t in our long term plans because he could net us a good prospect (who would hopefully be in our long term plans) or seth smith, who i don’t think is either.

        but jonny gomes? not only is he not in our long term plans, he doesn’t figure to net us a decent prospect, the most he’d be traded away for is a ptbnl. 2012 is a wash year, and he’s signed to make us better

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        • Jon Melton

          10 years ago

          I agree on Crisp because he can be flipped for prospects later on.  I was talking about Gomes.

    • SarumanTheChef

      10 years ago

      I think part of what’s happened is Beane committed to rebuilding, before he knew what his returns were going to be in the trades.

      But, especially with the Washington deal, we actually got a lot of near-MLB pitching back (Milone, Peacock, Parker). Pitching could end up with just as many quality innings as the staff last year, despite losing Cahill and Gio. Just spread out a little more.

      Colon, Braden, McCarthy, Milone, Parker, Peacock, Anderson…they can average, especially with smaller samples (say, the latter three each in for two months and putting up a sub-4), solid production.

      So if the pitching has ended up only taking a slight ding, despite trading two starters…are the A’s even really rebuilding that much? At this point, Beane could be readjusting for A) the revenue sharing $ and B) being closer to a last-wild-card-spot team than expected. and C) Beane’s impatience

      Reply
      • Snoochies8

        10 years ago

        Beane’s an excellent GM, but i’ll take C on that

        Reply
      • sportsfan07

        10 years ago

         Let’s face it. Do we really have the pieces to compete with the likes of the Angels and Rangers? The A’s just don’t have as good of an offense to the one the Rangers or Angels have and both teams have more proven pitchers that we know can pitch very well on any given day. I just think that at this point, the A’s are just trying to fill their roster and try to stop the arby clocks for a lot of those prospects that you mentioned.

        Reply
      • Iconoclast17

        10 years ago

        A and C. Certainly not “B”. But, that doesn’t means wants a 50-win team this year. Can Damon play first?

        Reply
  5. FamousGrouse

    10 years ago

    I remember Gomes with the Rays coming to play at the Coliseum. The crowd gave him a nice hand of applause since he is from the area.
    I hope he has a good year.

    Reply
  6. LUWahooNatFan

    10 years ago

    Even if the results never played out on the field for the Nationals he seems like a good guy and a good clubhouse presence

    Best of luck in Oakland, Jonny

    Reply

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