Official Oakland Athletics 2012 Season Thread (94-68) AL WEST CHAMPIONS

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OAKLAND ATHLETICS 2012 SEASON THREAD

Spring Training is right around the corner.

Key Arrivals (via Bleacher Report)

Yoenis Cespedes

Josh Reddick

Jarrod Parker

Ryan Cook

Collin Cowgil

Cedric Hunter

Evan Scribner

Brad Peacock

Tom Milone

Merkin Valdez

Bartolo Colon

Seth Smith

Jonny Gomez

Manny Ramirez

Key Departures

Andrew Bailey

Ryan Sweeney

Trevor Cahill

Craig Breslow

David DeJesus

Trystan Magnuson

Josh Willingham

Gio Gonzalez

Guillermo Moscoso

Josh Outman

Projected Lineup (via rotochamp.com)

Jemile Weeks

Coco Crisp

Josh Reddick

Seth Smith

Kurt Suzuki

Yoenis Cespedes

Daric Barton

Scott Sizemore

Cliff Pennington

Projected Starting Rotation

Brandon McCarthy

Dallas Braden

Brett Anderson 

Bartolo Colon

Brad Peacock

Projected Bullpen

Brian Fuentes

Grant Balfour

Fautino De Los Santos

Joey Devine

Tyson Ross

Jerry Blevins

Tom Milone 

Jarrod Parker

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Not an A's fan I'm rooting for y'all

 

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Originally Posted by JumpmanFromDaBay

Not an A's fan I'm rooting for y'all

Thanks bro!!
Manny Ramirez arrived at the A's spring training facility today looking really old. 

 

[jumpmanfromdabay]

Man Ram is back

 

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McNasty on the cover of ESPN magazine.

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Good looking out, John. I was wondering if we'd have a season thread

 

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Originally Posted by Th3RealF0lkBlu3s

Good looking out, John. I was wondering if we'd have a season thread

Haha no problem bro! 

 at Brett Anderson's tweet.

 

[shaunhillftw49]

Nametags

Third season thread asking where is Inoa

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

This is Inoa's make or break year, as far as I'm concerned. I expect him to be pitching in minor league ball soon after he's recovered from Tommy John surgery and to be well on the way to making a start in the Major Leagues, or to have his career finished.

 

[wearinthefourfive]

Feels good to be back. I thought about making a thread after the Cespedes signing, but I've just been busy.

Quick thoughts:

ManRam for 500k is a steal imo. I can guarantee he'll outplay Matt Carson or all the other bums we've played the last couple of years. If anything, it'll be worth 500k just for Manny being Manny.

Cespedes was a quality pickup if you ask me. Again, who else were we going to put out there? He'll do better than Reddick or Smith IMO, and I like both of those guys.

This is going to be a fun team to watch whether they lose 100 games or only 80.

My boy B Mac as the ace this year should be fun to watch. His wife is too

, +1 for the nerds.


So glad baseball is back.

 

[caerus]

Don't really have a mlb squad but I follow the A's the most. Hope they can make he playoffs this season

 

[MajinZuub]

 at seeing Bailey, Cahill and Gio go

 

[grusumm18]

^all for a hopeful move in 2015/6

lol @ brett

 

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It was tough seeing Gio go, but hopefully Braden and Anderson can get completely healthy. 

 I'm excited for Reddick and Jemile's first full season.

 

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Scott Sizemore sprained his knee while working out  

 Source
Dallas Braden "Strong Progress" from surgery. Source

Some photos:

I bet the reporters can't name five other Athletics. 

What's wrong with this picture? Why is Manny holding a glove? 

Jemile & Manny

 

[GreenNGold89]

Anyone heading to spring training? I'll be there St. Patty's day weekend.

Anyways, not expecting much this year but either way, I'm still exited baseball is back. This Manny signing has grown on me a lot recently. Curious to see what happens in the OF because it feels like we got 20 guys competing out there.

I like Coco but that signing was just horrible. I hope Sizemore is ok also because we don't have anything else at 3rd.

 

[wearinthefourfive]

I wish there was a 3rd base candidate to get excited about.

 

[grusumm18]

^

cardenas...oh wait..offed for nothing (sigh, blanton trade nets nada)

yordy should be at short (well, has to be unless weeks aint there)
nunez is 17 (18 in april), so he's a way away

 

[GreenNGold89]

Cardenas cannot play a lick of 3rd.

I didn't want to lose him but he really had no position with us.

 

[kevin cleveland]

That Brandon McCarthy story was a great read.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7...t-chapter-reinventing-analytics-espn-magazine

 

[ricerocket1]

Good luck to y'all. Not a fan of the team but need to watch cheap baseball game. See y'all at the net

 

[grusumm18]

yea, cardenas was a dude w/o a position

looks like donaldson is gonna be the 3b

just saw manny interview by dennis odonnel (CBS)
good to see him get his life in order

 

[wearinthefourfive]

I had a fitted cap I bought for $5 on the bart ramp that said "The Net" on it. Oh man.

 

[wearinthefourfive]

Stephen Parker got brought up to play some third while sizemore is hurt. I'd love to see him put on a show in spring training and make a real push to make the club.

 

[eagle 0n]

I just hope we play the young guys this season.

Go A's!