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Originally Posted by Stringer Bell 32
Originally Posted by Nowitness41Dirk
The Angels, I'm missing the hype on them ENTIRELY... How are they better? Vernon Wells? LOL.
Scott Podsednik to the rescue?
Originally Posted by Stringer Bell 32
Originally Posted by Nowitness41Dirk
The Angels, I'm missing the hype on them ENTIRELY... How are they better? Vernon Wells? LOL.
Scott Podsednik to the rescue?
Originally Posted by venom lyrix
Exactly. IMO they are the AL version of the Giants, and well... We know how they turned out.Originally Posted by Hollywood James 6
They have very good young pitching. I think it may be 2nd best some may say second best in the AL west. I think the Rangers will take a step back and the Angles will be much improved. 85-87 wins wins that division.Originally Posted by LB510
venom lyrix wrote:
2. How the hell are people picking the A's to win the AL West? Besides being Homers...that team has young pitching and no offense...
Originally Posted by venom lyrix
Exactly. IMO they are the AL version of the Giants, and well... We know how they turned out.Originally Posted by Hollywood James 6
They have very good young pitching. I think it may be 2nd best some may say second best in the AL west. I think the Rangers will take a step back and the Angles will be much improved. 85-87 wins wins that division.Originally Posted by LB510
venom lyrix wrote:
2. How the hell are people picking the A's to win the AL West? Besides being Homers...that team has young pitching and no offense...
Posey didn't even start the year with them. You never know what can happen with the A's farm system. I didn't mean they are a carbon copy of the Giants, but they have the great young pitching and the Giants also had questions at the beginning of the year about their offense. Pablo is decent, but he's not a feared hitter.Originally Posted by Hollywood James 6
Originally Posted by venom lyrix
Exactly. IMO they are the AL version of the Giants, and well... We know how they turned out.Originally Posted by Hollywood James 6
They have very good young pitching. I think it may be 2nd best some may say second best in the AL west. I think the Rangers will take a step back and the Angles will be much improved. 85-87 wins wins that division.Originally Posted by LB510
venom lyrix wrote:
2. How the hell are people picking the A's to win the AL West? Besides being Homers...that team has young pitching and no offense...
How can you compare the A's to the Giants when the Giants had bats like Posey, Sandoval, Huff...the A's most dangerous hitter is Daric Barton and Kurt Suzuki...
Plus...Lincy, Cain, Zito, Sanchez, Bumgardner > Cahill, Brett Anderson (injury concern) Rich Harden (injury concern) Gio Gonzalez, and whoever #5 is for them. Cahill is the man, no doubt he had an amazing year, but the rest are young and question marks.
AND
the biggest addition the A's made so far this offseason was Brian Fuentes and Hideki Matsui
Posey didn't even start the year with them. You never know what can happen with the A's farm system. I didn't mean they are a carbon copy of the Giants, but they have the great young pitching and the Giants also had questions at the beginning of the year about their offense. Pablo is decent, but he's not a feared hitter.Originally Posted by Hollywood James 6
Originally Posted by venom lyrix
Exactly. IMO they are the AL version of the Giants, and well... We know how they turned out.Originally Posted by Hollywood James 6
They have very good young pitching. I think it may be 2nd best some may say second best in the AL west. I think the Rangers will take a step back and the Angles will be much improved. 85-87 wins wins that division.Originally Posted by LB510
venom lyrix wrote:
2. How the hell are people picking the A's to win the AL West? Besides being Homers...that team has young pitching and no offense...
How can you compare the A's to the Giants when the Giants had bats like Posey, Sandoval, Huff...the A's most dangerous hitter is Daric Barton and Kurt Suzuki...
Plus...Lincy, Cain, Zito, Sanchez, Bumgardner > Cahill, Brett Anderson (injury concern) Rich Harden (injury concern) Gio Gonzalez, and whoever #5 is for them. Cahill is the man, no doubt he had an amazing year, but the rest are young and question marks.
AND
the biggest addition the A's made so far this offseason was Brian Fuentes and Hideki Matsui
Originally Posted by LazyJ10
Dland going for the reverse jinx....?
Originally Posted by LazyJ10
Dland going for the reverse jinx....?
How can you say we have "a bunch of hitters who struggle in that park"?Originally Posted by Proshares
Back when the A's were winning division titles they had power in the lineup and guys who could get on base. They have one big OBP and a bunch of hitters who struggle in that park. They'll compete for sure but that pitching will only take them so far. Now if Brett Anderson gives you 30 starts...
How can you compare the A's to the Giants when the Giants had bats like Posey, Sandoval, Huff...the A's most dangerous hitter is Daric Barton and Kurt Suzuki...
Plus...Lincy, Cain, Zito, Sanchez, Bumgardner > Cahill, Brett Anderson (injury concern) Rich Harden (injury concern) Gio Gonzalez, and whoever #5 is for them. Cahill is the man, no doubt he had an amazing year, but the rest are young and question marks.
AND
the biggest addition the A's made so far this offseason was Brian Fuentes and Hideki Matsui
Man, it just seems like you don't even know what you're talking about now. A bat like Sandoval? Panda was CRAP last year, and Posey came up in the middle of the season.
Harden won't even make the rotation, maybe not even the team. Our rotation will be Anderson, Cahill, Gonzalez, Braden, and someone out of Tyson Ross/Josh Outman/Brandon McCarthy. Top 5 rotation, average age of about 25? [GOB Bluth] COME ON! [/GOB Bluth]
Matsui wasn't even our biggest hitting addition, I'd say he's behind Willingham and even Dejesus.
Add in that our defense is damn near impeccable.
Meanwhile, nobody else in our division (which we came in 2nd last year, btw) got any better, and probably got worse. If you think we're crazy for thinking we have a serious chance at taking this division (sans injuries), you have no idea what you're talking about.
How can you say we have "a bunch of hitters who struggle in that park"?Originally Posted by Proshares
Back when the A's were winning division titles they had power in the lineup and guys who could get on base. They have one big OBP and a bunch of hitters who struggle in that park. They'll compete for sure but that pitching will only take them so far. Now if Brett Anderson gives you 30 starts...
How can you compare the A's to the Giants when the Giants had bats like Posey, Sandoval, Huff...the A's most dangerous hitter is Daric Barton and Kurt Suzuki...
Plus...Lincy, Cain, Zito, Sanchez, Bumgardner > Cahill, Brett Anderson (injury concern) Rich Harden (injury concern) Gio Gonzalez, and whoever #5 is for them. Cahill is the man, no doubt he had an amazing year, but the rest are young and question marks.
AND
the biggest addition the A's made so far this offseason was Brian Fuentes and Hideki Matsui
Man, it just seems like you don't even know what you're talking about now. A bat like Sandoval? Panda was CRAP last year, and Posey came up in the middle of the season.
Harden won't even make the rotation, maybe not even the team. Our rotation will be Anderson, Cahill, Gonzalez, Braden, and someone out of Tyson Ross/Josh Outman/Brandon McCarthy. Top 5 rotation, average age of about 25? [GOB Bluth] COME ON! [/GOB Bluth]
Matsui wasn't even our biggest hitting addition, I'd say he's behind Willingham and even Dejesus.
Add in that our defense is damn near impeccable.
Meanwhile, nobody else in our division (which we came in 2nd last year, btw) got any better, and probably got worse. If you think we're crazy for thinking we have a serious chance at taking this division (sans injuries), you have no idea what you're talking about.