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socalbum
Regarding question of sign-and-trade, aren’t teams prevented from trading a FA until June 15?
WisBrave 2
A player can give permission to be traded before then.
Philliesfan4life
When the angels trade for Simmons, I was shocked and did not see the move coming. But I was not happy they had to give up Newcomb. They started off good with this trade but then after they didn’t add a bat like Cespedes or Upton
Diablo 2
We should have added Heyward.
ryanmesick
I love this site, you guys do an amazing job. One of my favorite sites on the web.
However, please consider removing the question you posted today, as it vastly takes away from both your credibility and insight. The above question of:
“Now that the A’s have their #4 power hitter………..will they finally be viewed as legit team that can make the playoffs?”
With all apologies Ross K., how do you define “finally?” The Oakland A’s missed the playoffs for the first time in four years in 2015. They had reached the postseason from 2012-2014, leading the AL in WINS during that three year stretch and adding two more division titles to their extremely crowded trophy case. Will they “finally be viewed as a team that can make the playoffs?” Well, they finally were as recently as 2 years ago!
I will answer both questions: they may miss the playoffs again in 2016, but they will be more competitive than people think and I’m betting the OVER win total all day long. You may have to wait one more year Ross., as many of their stud prospect will be ML ready in 2017. But again, “finally?” Finally is what the Blue Jays waited for and finally got in 2015. “Finally” is what the Kansas City fans waited for. What Pitt and Houston and Giants and Nationals fans all waited for, etc. etc.
RunDMC
Finally get a life.
ryanmesick
Yikes. This place used to be the home of intellectual discourse regarding MLB, and now a statement of fact correcting a fallacy rooted in ‘prisoner of the moment stereotypes,’ gets this response. Nice man, great response!
Can’t say that I’ve “finally’ got a life (I’ve always had a great one). The above post of fact took about 1 minute during my workday, this response here taking another. Now lets see, how can I use ‘finally’ here? I can say after years of hard work I’ve lately, despite my young age, had enough money to travel the World – lucky enough to travel around the world and across this great country over the past three years, and guess what I ‘FINALLY’ do? Rock my Oakland A’s hat, sometimes an array of Oakland A’s shirts, sometimes a jersey. I rock it in Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Chicago, Wisconsin, Arizona, Philly, North Carolina, Hawaii, and up and down beautiful California. That is called pride. Pride comes from winning franchises. And as you should know (yet i question from your comment history) the Oakland A’s are one of the proudest winning franchises in the history of the sport.
Ok, ‘finally’ done. Two minutes of my day wasted. Actually yikes, that took like three. Need to get a life! Take care and study up man, use caution not to spit against the wind.
kiwimlbfan
Dude, hope you enjoyed New Zealand.
metsoptimist
First of all, it sounded to me like the question referred to how the As have been viewed this offseason. Secondly, how does responding to a question take away from MLBTR’s “credibility and insight”?
ryanmesick
Yeah, you are right. Shouldn’t have come in so hot on what was, on the surface, and viewed in the scope on this off-season, a good question. My apologies to Ross on taking aim at his use of “finally.’ In the scope of this off-season it is a fine question. The use of ‘finally’ really had me thrown, however, as the current debates here in the BAY Area use a similar tone, The narrative that all is lost in Oakland after their first bad year since 1997…..it gets tiring and is hard to understand such logic, dismissing the fact the A’s had much success as little as two years ago. Again, my apologies Ross.
And kiwimlbfan, New Zealand is/was amazing, what a beautiful country.
And as I said in my original post, and still stand by, this is “One of my favorite sites on the web.”
jd396
So much for intellectual discourse. Get over yourself, dude. Griping about the phraseology in someone’s question out of the mailbag pretty much negates any credibility and insight you might have had. Buy me something the next time you’re gallivanting through some exotic locale.
ad29
Davis also has plenty of range. He just has a noodle arm. Does he make the A’s competitive? Probably not. It would just be easier to trust their analysis if they did more than glance at dwar and decide he couldn’t cover left field in oakland (especially next to burns).
jchiaratti
My thoughts pretty much as well. I pretty much agreed with his entire last sentence, IF he removed the part about “left-field only with a shaky glove being asked to cover an expansive space”. LF in the O.Co isn’t an “expansive space”. That’s confusing the large foul territory coupled with the fact that it’s a hitters park. with a large OF to cover. It’s not the dimensions in Oakland, it’s the marine layer (which is why it’s kind of a launching pad in hotter weather day games). That comment also does what you mention, and just looks at a stat that says he’s a poor defender and doesn’t know the reason as to why (and to which I argue that his arm doesn’t have that large of an effect at the end of the day).
Phillies2017
How would the sign and trade hurt anyone. The team losing the player still gets the pick
The team acquiring the player loses a prospect.
Everyones happy.
This also expands the market for future QO players.