The A’s might have the worst defensive corner outfielders I have ever seen.
Watching the Giants play the A’s for 6 games, I’ve seen about all the A’s baseball I need to for the rest of the year.
I knew Jack Cust playing right field everyday was going to be a debacle, but I had no idea how clumsy Matt Holiday is with the glove.
One night, his throw hit a runner in the back, and last night he tried to bare hand a ball off the wall, and it went shooting into centerfield – I don’t know how he did it!
I will say this – while Billy Beane didn’t appear to give up a whole lot of value to get Holliday – after watching him play over a 6 day period, I am NOT impressed. There was a point in time I was ready to offer a blockbuster to get him in left field hitting third for the end of the season – I am over it now.
That defense might be OK when you are hitting .340 with 36 home runs and 137 RBIs; it most definitely is NOT when you are projected to hit .270, 16 home runs and 78 RBIs!
This might be one of the worst walk years in recent history…
Watching the Giants play the A’s for 6 games, I’ve seen about all the A’s baseball I need to for the rest of the year.
I knew Jack Cust playing right field everyday was going to be a debacle, but I had no idea how clumsy Matt Holiday is with the glove.
One night, his throw hit a runner in the back, and last night he tried to bare hand a ball off the wall, and it went shooting into centerfield – I don’t know how he did it!
I will say this – while Billy Beane didn’t appear to give up a whole lot of value to get Holliday – after watching him play over a 6 day period, I am NOT impressed. There was a point in time I was ready to offer a blockbuster to get him in left field hitting third for the end of the season – I am over it now.
That defense might be OK when you are hitting .340 with 36 home runs and 137 RBIs; it most definitely is NOT when you are projected to hit .270, 16 home runs and 78 RBIs!
This might be one of the worst walk years in recent history…
If I were running the ship, it would be fire sale time. The A's could reload the system by unloading veterans on short term to deals to contenders who need a boost - Jason Giambi, Adam Kennedy, Nomar Garciaparra, and Orlando Cabrera - gone. It's not like the A's could get much worse at this point.
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