A team I legitimately did not think I’d see in a headline this year.
Citizen1
A’s hot stove replaced by cheap
Electric one burner stove due to
Ny regulations.
Rking
Wood is a stud, you can’t see the forest for the trees.
D-Nice
If you call signing Wood a “headline”. On another note, there’s a Puig mention. Wonder why he never got another gig.
Hawktattoo
Did you see his latest brawl in a game in Venenzuala…crazy.
Jason G
I used to hate this joke, but now that Fisher and the rest of MLB are abandoning Oakland, it turns out to be, perhaps, prescient.
OIC2021
The Guardians preferred Carrasco
lee cousins
I didn’t think I would see so many comments here as well. The A’s are on a roll baby.
bucsfan0004
There’s a typo in the article. It says the A’s signed Wood. Please correct and tell us the actual team
avenger65
Just shows that even the A’s, who have a cheapskate owner, can still sign a player who has shown some ability while a cheap and indifferent owner like reinsdorf won’t even try.
PutPeteinthehall
Fedde probably got more money than Wood did from the A’s. But yes it’s time for Uncle Jer to sell.
GooseGoslinGuy
As a Nats fan, I will be watching Fedde in Chicago with interest.
case
The A’s are gradually trying to earn their way back into revenue sharing and it’s likely this was a mandatory condition of their probation. This signing and Gott are the equivalent of John Fisher peeing into a cup to prove he’s clean.
YourDreamGM
Every team has innings to eat. Although he isn’t the best option for that. Must be a cheap option. Wait for contract details.
D-Nice
Their payroll is only 41 million and is 17 million lower than last season. The A’s owners may not have Dodgers money, but they’re def choosing profit over winning with those numbers. Regardless of whether it’s their last season in Oakland. If they had a better team, maybe some Oakland fans would be Vegas fans. Probably not now though because there’s no reason.
Brixton
Wood actually gets a chance to be a full time starting pitcher, and is basically guaranteed to go to a contender if hes decent. solid
case
He can also be terrible for a long stretch of time on a purposely tanking team and they’ll keep in him in the rotation, enjoying the losses and seeing if he can turn it around by the trade deadline.
D-Nice
He’ll be on IR soon. Which is why he had to pick Oakland.
filihok
How Wood’s fortunes have fallen.
cmanson
when you career is over…..you either get a call from Bob at Firestone, or the A’s.
stymeedone
Sounds more like he didn’t want to relocate. Also, the money wasn’t going to be much different where ever he signed.
MannyBeingMVP
cmanson
At Firestone, you get “re-tired”.
At the A’s, you go to a contender at the trade deadline.
oaklandfan22
WS champs
gbs42
Where is Altanta?
Terrier1980
Goergia.
Candlestoked
Near Folordia. By a mapp ffs.
D-Nice
Buy a spellchecker ffs……jk,jk. I know where the door is.
Chris from NJ
Not that Alex Wood makes Oakland contenders but now it’s only the Marlins who haven’t signed a player to a major league deal. It says a lot about the state of that team that coming off and unexpected playoff appearance isn’t making an effort to improve. My heart really goes out to fans in Miami and Oakland where ownership doesn’t give 2 sh$@s about the fan base. It’s horrible.
PiratesFan1981
Yeah, been there many of times. We are still looking for a starter or two. But it looks like Pirates are standing pat after the Chapman signing. I feel Miami and Oaklands pain. It’s a tough world we live in now
D-Nice
At least Oakland will be big spenders once they get to Vegas next year. Miami needs support from fans and better ownership. There shouldn’t be any reason that a market like that has to count pennies.
unpaidobserver
The Vegas ballpark is slated to open in 2028, but is mostly hot air at this point.
If Fisher intended to spend money, he would have done it by now.
bkouchnerkavich
I know there’s still “more to come,” but no mention of his time with the Dodgers?
DroppedThirdStrike
Dodgers to buy A’s, assign entire roster to AA.
Candlestoked
Very very few of us give a care about the Evil Empire.
bkouchnerkavich
I’m not a Dodgers fan, but an accurate description of Wood’s MLB career, which I would argue is most remembered for his time with LAD, is what I’m wondering about.
BigFred
There’s an error in the article that says “spent the first several years of his career as a quality mid-rotation arm for the Braves and Giants”. That’s supposed to be Braves and Dodgers.
BlueSkies_LA
Yeah I thought that was weird too, His four seasons with the Dodgers were not even mentioned. The article also it made sound like the Giants traded him to the Reds.
dankyank
Wood’s 2023 numbers might be hinting at a decline but he should still be able to at least match Waldichuk’s lost production. It’s a smart signing to take pressure off the young arms in the rotation, particularly with Mason Miller returning from injury.
unpaidobserver
This is purely in the hope that he can fake being serviceable starter and can be moved at the deadline for a lottery ticket.
dankyank
Like the article notes, Wood gives them just three set starters. Someone has to pitch those remaining innings so I don’t buy the notion he’s purely a flip candidate.
D-Nice
He’ll be on IR anyway. They won’t get anything for him. Unless it’s an A-ball player who they strike lightning in a bottle with 5-6 years from now.
just_thinkin
A’s acquired one more starting pitcher than the Orioles.
letsgooakland123
Leaves the A’s with still plenty to spend. If Wood’s deal is around 7mm, I’d like to see the remaining ~10mm go to somebody like Gio Urshela, because we need help at both SS and 3B.
Happy that we got the veteran starter we wanted and needed.
Cohn Joppolella
Hard to believe he’s only 33.
Old York
A’s owner probably got a call from the commissioner telling the owner that he at least needs to look like his team is trying to be competitive.
letsgooakland123
The crazy thing is you’re probably not wrong. After we get back into full revenue sharing, suddenly we sign Aledmys Diaz, Jace Peterson, Drew Rucinski, Shintaro Fujinami, Jeurys Familia (lol), Trevor May and Jesus Aguilar who combined to do essentially nothing other than May who was a good closer in the second half and had the greatest retirement speech ever.
The total cost of those contracts? About 35mm, of which we are paying 10mm this season for useless Aledmys and Peterson, who’s on the DBacks.
Anyways to conclude this rant why the heck don’t we just spend money where it makes sense to: on reliable, stable talent? Wood is actually a step towards that but still not a guaranteed positive.
crazybaseballgal
May did give an epic retirement speech !
deGrom/Langford Texas Ranger
“Microscopic” describes more than just the A’s payroll…
geg42
A’s still making money on TV without selling a seat.
cbraves
A’s postseason bound. Book a ticket folks.
Citizen1
Watching from the seats doesn’t qualify as post season bound. What happened to mr moneyball?
letsgooakland123
“Remain in the Bay Area for Athletics’ final season in Oakland” is still up for debate. Whether the move to Vegas happens or not (although it’s admittedly likely it’s not a sure thing) there’s still no plans for the next three seasons after that – Oakland, SF, Salt Lake, Sacramento, Vegas and maybe even Reno are all in consideration.
Datashark
A’s have entered the market — watch out they may swoop in and get the stable of Boras clients
eddiemurraysafro
Good. He can give them agita.
bluebludd
Wood getting ready to play in Asia….
Paleobros
Best wishes Alex! Loved you in Atlanta and good to see you make a god long run.
Old York
His Forecasted Run Average is sitting around 5.14.
letsgooakland123
BR has him at 4.54 and ZIPS at 4.28 which are below-average numbers. But consider that Blackburn had a 4.43 and Sears a 4.54 and they’re considered “guarantees” in this rotation.
Point is Wood, despite the so-so projections, probably figures to be a 3rd back-end type guy in the rotation which is pretty important for a team that had zero stability in the 3, 4, 5 slots last year.
Old York
@letsgooakland123
I’d agree with BR. I think we’re looking at a 4.50-5.00 ERA range.
Citizen1
Alex wood with the up and down career. If he didn’t have that should injury early on he’d be a better starter. #1 era for the dodger, a couple of decent seasons for the giants and Braves but inconsistent.
unpaidobserver
Throws with his left arm, will travel.
unpaidobserver
A’s ownership is an embarrassment.
2differentslidertradandnontrad
Imagine if A-Wood A-Cobb and L_Webb didn’t learn the Roger Beshens football slider? They would be out of baseball.
That would make a very bad law firm. Wood, Webb and Cobb.
Roger also prevented, Holmes, Keller, Taillon from being an eventually very bad law firm down the road.
splinkysf
Wait what?! My head now hurts very badly.
DodgerFanxyz
The author totally missed the fact that Wood was traded from the Braves to the Dodgers and pitched for LA from 2015-2018. He won a World Series game in Houston in 2017 because he suspected the cheating and worked out a complicated sign code with catcher Austin Barnes, which silenced the trash can/buzzers.
He didn’t play for SF until 2021.
GiantJim
Where’s Alex going to eat in Oakland? The restaurants are closing!
YourDreamGM
If I had 20 million I could find better ways to spend it than on Stripling Wood. I like Wood better. Cheaper. Didn’t take a prospect. Better odds for more innings. Then again California is expensive and Oakland might be the last MLB team I would want to go to. So fair enough contract for Wood.
TGH31
One things for certain, John Fisher definitely has tons of shares of META. Only way he could afford this deal.
Guard the Vogt
Good trade deadline candidate to contender with decent first half. Solid move on his behalf
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SupremeBacon
A team I legitimately did not think I’d see in a headline this year.
Citizen1
A’s hot stove replaced by cheap
Electric one burner stove due to
Ny regulations.
Rking
Wood is a stud, you can’t see the forest for the trees.
D-Nice
If you call signing Wood a “headline”. On another note, there’s a Puig mention. Wonder why he never got another gig.
Hawktattoo
Did you see his latest brawl in a game in Venenzuala…crazy.
Jason G
I used to hate this joke, but now that Fisher and the rest of MLB are abandoning Oakland, it turns out to be, perhaps, prescient.
OIC2021
The Guardians preferred Carrasco
lee cousins
I didn’t think I would see so many comments here as well. The A’s are on a roll baby.
bucsfan0004
There’s a typo in the article. It says the A’s signed Wood. Please correct and tell us the actual team
avenger65
Just shows that even the A’s, who have a cheapskate owner, can still sign a player who has shown some ability while a cheap and indifferent owner like reinsdorf won’t even try.
PutPeteinthehall
Fedde probably got more money than Wood did from the A’s. But yes it’s time for Uncle Jer to sell.
GooseGoslinGuy
As a Nats fan, I will be watching Fedde in Chicago with interest.
case
The A’s are gradually trying to earn their way back into revenue sharing and it’s likely this was a mandatory condition of their probation. This signing and Gott are the equivalent of John Fisher peeing into a cup to prove he’s clean.
YourDreamGM
Every team has innings to eat. Although he isn’t the best option for that. Must be a cheap option. Wait for contract details.
D-Nice
Their payroll is only 41 million and is 17 million lower than last season. The A’s owners may not have Dodgers money, but they’re def choosing profit over winning with those numbers. Regardless of whether it’s their last season in Oakland. If they had a better team, maybe some Oakland fans would be Vegas fans. Probably not now though because there’s no reason.
Brixton
Wood actually gets a chance to be a full time starting pitcher, and is basically guaranteed to go to a contender if hes decent. solid
case
He can also be terrible for a long stretch of time on a purposely tanking team and they’ll keep in him in the rotation, enjoying the losses and seeing if he can turn it around by the trade deadline.
D-Nice
He’ll be on IR soon. Which is why he had to pick Oakland.
filihok
How Wood’s fortunes have fallen.
cmanson
when you career is over…..you either get a call from Bob at Firestone, or the A’s.
stymeedone
Sounds more like he didn’t want to relocate. Also, the money wasn’t going to be much different where ever he signed.
MannyBeingMVP
cmanson
At Firestone, you get “re-tired”.
At the A’s, you go to a contender at the trade deadline.
oaklandfan22
WS champs
gbs42
Where is Altanta?
Terrier1980
Goergia.
Candlestoked
Near Folordia. By a mapp ffs.
D-Nice
Buy a spellchecker ffs……jk,jk. I know where the door is.
Chris from NJ
Not that Alex Wood makes Oakland contenders but now it’s only the Marlins who haven’t signed a player to a major league deal. It says a lot about the state of that team that coming off and unexpected playoff appearance isn’t making an effort to improve. My heart really goes out to fans in Miami and Oakland where ownership doesn’t give 2 sh$@s about the fan base. It’s horrible.
PiratesFan1981
Yeah, been there many of times. We are still looking for a starter or two. But it looks like Pirates are standing pat after the Chapman signing. I feel Miami and Oaklands pain. It’s a tough world we live in now
D-Nice
At least Oakland will be big spenders once they get to Vegas next year. Miami needs support from fans and better ownership. There shouldn’t be any reason that a market like that has to count pennies.
unpaidobserver
The Vegas ballpark is slated to open in 2028, but is mostly hot air at this point.
If Fisher intended to spend money, he would have done it by now.
bkouchnerkavich
I know there’s still “more to come,” but no mention of his time with the Dodgers?
DroppedThirdStrike
Dodgers to buy A’s, assign entire roster to AA.
Candlestoked
Very very few of us give a care about the Evil Empire.
bkouchnerkavich
I’m not a Dodgers fan, but an accurate description of Wood’s MLB career, which I would argue is most remembered for his time with LAD, is what I’m wondering about.
BigFred
There’s an error in the article that says “spent the first several years of his career as a quality mid-rotation arm for the Braves and Giants”. That’s supposed to be Braves and Dodgers.
BlueSkies_LA
Yeah I thought that was weird too, His four seasons with the Dodgers were not even mentioned. The article also it made sound like the Giants traded him to the Reds.
dankyank
Wood’s 2023 numbers might be hinting at a decline but he should still be able to at least match Waldichuk’s lost production. It’s a smart signing to take pressure off the young arms in the rotation, particularly with Mason Miller returning from injury.
unpaidobserver
This is purely in the hope that he can fake being serviceable starter and can be moved at the deadline for a lottery ticket.
dankyank
Like the article notes, Wood gives them just three set starters. Someone has to pitch those remaining innings so I don’t buy the notion he’s purely a flip candidate.
D-Nice
He’ll be on IR anyway. They won’t get anything for him. Unless it’s an A-ball player who they strike lightning in a bottle with 5-6 years from now.
just_thinkin
A’s acquired one more starting pitcher than the Orioles.
letsgooakland123
Leaves the A’s with still plenty to spend. If Wood’s deal is around 7mm, I’d like to see the remaining ~10mm go to somebody like Gio Urshela, because we need help at both SS and 3B.
Happy that we got the veteran starter we wanted and needed.
Cohn Joppolella
Hard to believe he’s only 33.
Old York
A’s owner probably got a call from the commissioner telling the owner that he at least needs to look like his team is trying to be competitive.
letsgooakland123
The crazy thing is you’re probably not wrong. After we get back into full revenue sharing, suddenly we sign Aledmys Diaz, Jace Peterson, Drew Rucinski, Shintaro Fujinami, Jeurys Familia (lol), Trevor May and Jesus Aguilar who combined to do essentially nothing other than May who was a good closer in the second half and had the greatest retirement speech ever.
The total cost of those contracts? About 35mm, of which we are paying 10mm this season for useless Aledmys and Peterson, who’s on the DBacks.
Anyways to conclude this rant why the heck don’t we just spend money where it makes sense to: on reliable, stable talent? Wood is actually a step towards that but still not a guaranteed positive.
crazybaseballgal
May did give an epic retirement speech !
deGrom/Langford Texas Ranger
“Microscopic” describes more than just the A’s payroll…
geg42
A’s still making money on TV without selling a seat.
cbraves
A’s postseason bound. Book a ticket folks.
Citizen1
Watching from the seats doesn’t qualify as post season bound. What happened to mr moneyball?
letsgooakland123
“Remain in the Bay Area for Athletics’ final season in Oakland” is still up for debate. Whether the move to Vegas happens or not (although it’s admittedly likely it’s not a sure thing) there’s still no plans for the next three seasons after that – Oakland, SF, Salt Lake, Sacramento, Vegas and maybe even Reno are all in consideration.
Datashark
A’s have entered the market — watch out they may swoop in and get the stable of Boras clients
eddiemurraysafro
Good. He can give them agita.
bluebludd
Wood getting ready to play in Asia….
Paleobros
Best wishes Alex! Loved you in Atlanta and good to see you make a god long run.
Old York
His Forecasted Run Average is sitting around 5.14.
letsgooakland123
BR has him at 4.54 and ZIPS at 4.28 which are below-average numbers. But consider that Blackburn had a 4.43 and Sears a 4.54 and they’re considered “guarantees” in this rotation.
Point is Wood, despite the so-so projections, probably figures to be a 3rd back-end type guy in the rotation which is pretty important for a team that had zero stability in the 3, 4, 5 slots last year.
Old York
@letsgooakland123
I’d agree with BR. I think we’re looking at a 4.50-5.00 ERA range.
Citizen1
Alex wood with the up and down career. If he didn’t have that should injury early on he’d be a better starter. #1 era for the dodger, a couple of decent seasons for the giants and Braves but inconsistent.
unpaidobserver
Throws with his left arm, will travel.
unpaidobserver
A’s ownership is an embarrassment.
2differentslidertradandnontrad
Imagine if A-Wood A-Cobb and L_Webb didn’t learn the Roger Beshens football slider? They would be out of baseball.
That would make a very bad law firm. Wood, Webb and Cobb.
Roger also prevented, Holmes, Keller, Taillon from being an eventually very bad law firm down the road.
splinkysf
Wait what?! My head now hurts very badly.
DodgerFanxyz
The author totally missed the fact that Wood was traded from the Braves to the Dodgers and pitched for LA from 2015-2018. He won a World Series game in Houston in 2017 because he suspected the cheating and worked out a complicated sign code with catcher Austin Barnes, which silenced the trash can/buzzers.
He didn’t play for SF until 2021.
GiantJim
Where’s Alex going to eat in Oakland? The restaurants are closing!
YourDreamGM
If I had 20 million I could find better ways to spend it than on Stripling Wood. I like Wood better. Cheaper. Didn’t take a prospect. Better odds for more innings. Then again California is expensive and Oakland might be the last MLB team I would want to go to. So fair enough contract for Wood.
TGH31
One things for certain, John Fisher definitely has tons of shares of META. Only way he could afford this deal.
Guard the Vogt
Good trade deadline candidate to contender with decent first half. Solid move on his behalf