Comments on: Who thinks the Oakland management is wasting talent?

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By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:28:23 +0000

Jeff Gray deserves a shot to stick

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:25:46 +0000

How can you say Daric Barton hasn’t been given a chance? He was our regular 1st baseman last year and was absolutely terrible. If we could even get back a dollar for him I would take it.

By: winchester

winchester — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:46:28 +0000

Sorry for this….but I really fucking hate the Scott Hairston trade now. I mean really? Sean Gallagher the prize of the Harden deal for a mediocre outfielder? Jesus christ. I’m losing a lot of faith in Billy…..

By: KFinkas

KFinkas — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:39:34 +0000

Winchester, I have no clue, the guys only 23 I believe and still a work in progress…I hope he’s not the PTBNL.

By: winchester

winchester — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:41:05 +0000

Why the heck are they selling so low on Gallagher? (if he is the PTBNL)

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:02:40 +0000

KFinkas, that is a great point. I can only wonder what this organization is thinking. The harden trade was a disgrace looking back, even if he is struggling this year.

What is going to happen to the 4 possibly 5 outfielders we have? Buck, Sweeney, Cunningham, and Hairston are going to have to fight for a spot, and I for one am going to be pissed if Sweeney, Buck, or Cunningham is going to be the Odd man out for Scott Hairston. On top of this, while Sean Doolittle is listed as a 1B in the minors, if Barton ever figures out how to hit major league pitching like he did his rookie year, then he should get the 1B job, and that pushes Doolittle to RF, where he could play.

If this is the case, then either way one of Bucksweeneycunningham, is out of odds, not to even bring Hairston into the discussion.

I can only hope that Beane is looking to deal Hairston right now. The Mets were interested before the A’s got him, maybe the A’s traded for him to trade him….maybe they like someone in the mets system.

By: DBrown

DBrown — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:04:45 +0000

I am concerned more with the “giving away of talent”.INSERT NAMES HERE. It seems to me our talent evaluators need to be fired!!! I swear it seems like this team(FO) has no idea how to build a winner. “Sorry for Yelling”…

By: KFinkas

KFinkas — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:10:00 +0000

I’m going to have to agree with Kevin, against this trade as soon as it happened, however for different reasons. One it forced Buck back to the minors again, and two IF it’s Gallagher as the PTBNL which I assume it is, the Harden trade was very, very, bad. The A’s wont give Patterson a shot, and Donaldson (the third guy in that trade) will have a tough time playing in the Bigs.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:00:52 +0000

Nick but what help is Hairston in the long term? He does not figure to be an impact whenever the A’s next venture into the playoffs, so why bother with him? Guys like Webb, Italiano, and Gallagher/Eveland could be VERY useful, and in the long term. Yea, Hairston is under contract for a couple years, but he is a career .255 hitter with a .313 OBP. He is not what he has shown so far this year, not even close. I hated the trade from the beginning and the more I think about it the more I hate it…The padres sold high on Hairston perfectly and while we may have won this trade on the surface…I think it is only a setback to getting in the playoffs.