Yikes! This 2009 version of the Oakland Athletics is in a nosedive right now, and I’m not sure the pilot or co-pilot know what to do to straighten things out and get us flying again. Game after game, it’s miserable pounding after miserable pounding.
Where can we get some help?
Send Sean Gallagher down and bring Vin [...]

Every now and then, I like to check out the A’s page on Baseball Prospectus to see who are the top three position players and top three pitchers by VORP. And even more interesting, sometimes, is the number of players who have positive VORP and negative VORP. So let’s check it out as it stands [...]

It was only a matter of time once Dan Giese entered today’s game in the 10th inning that the Blue Jays would score. It was his game from that point on, and they A’s just needed to scratch across a run or two before the Toronto did. They just didn’t do it fast enough.
The A’s [...]

Josh Outman in, Sean Gallagher out.
Here is your 2009 Oakland A’s starting pitching rotation, in the order they will appear:
Braden
Cahill
Eveland
Anderson
Outman
My speculation yesterday that Anderson would start the home opener was wrong; Josh Outman is the guy.
Should the Angels be shaking in their boots at the sight of that fivesome?

So Joe Blanton doesn’t get the chance to remain the A’s #1 starter going into the second half, as he’s now a Philadelphia Phillie.
I’m a lot more OK with this one right off the bat than I was with the Rich Harden trade. I mean really, the A’s do not get worse by handing the [...]