OK, Friday really has nothing to do with anything. That is just one of my favorite lines from the not-so-classic ’80s movie Vice Versa. But a lot’s happened since I last posted.
Ryan Sweeney landed on the DL and is out for the year. Ben Sheets landed on the DL and is probably out for the [...]

This is the first time this season I’ve taken a look at the team’s VORP standings on Baseball Prospectus. If you don’t know what VORP is, it stands for Value Over Replacement Player and you can read more about it here.
Offense
Top three performers:
Daric Barton – 14.3
Kurt Suzuki – 8.8
Adam Rosales – 8.7
Barton at the top [...]

During Spring Training, Trevor Cahill and Gio Gonzalez were in a battle for the A’s fifth starter spot.
Now that Justin Duchscherer is out for the season, Cahill has settled nicely into his spot at number four and now these two guys are pitching back-to-back.
Cahill pitched Thursday against the Angels and went a career-high eight innings. [...]

With last night’s win, the A’s are 15-7 when playing at home. They’re 5-13 on the road, leaving them at an even 20-20 on the season.
Too bad they can’t play at home more, but unfortunately 81 games at home is the only fair thing to do (or 78 if you’re the Toronto Blue Jays or [...]

After getting swept by the Angels this weekend, the A’s are now riding a five-game losing streak and have scored a whopping total of five runs in those five games. That is the lowest total over a five-game span for the A’s since September 8-12, 1979. Those 1979 A’s lost 108 games.
These 2010 A’s are [...]