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Originally Posted by JDOldSchool
The A's are 1/2 game further out of first place than the Twins are in the central. I don't see anybody saying the AL Central is a finished race.
What's the A's record since Crosby has come back? How about since Chavez stopped hitting .200?
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Hey, I would love to see the A's comeback and win it all...BUT, I just don't see it. Prime example...last night against Seattle, the bullpen (and Crosby) blew another great start by Zito. You can't do that if you want to win ball games. We've done that WAY TOO OFTEN this season and unless this kind of stuff stops, we aren't going to contend...it's just that simple.
Difference between the Twins and us...their 7 games above .500 and we're 9 games south of that mark. Sure, we've been playing better lately, but we need to play much better and everybody else needs to play the way we did for the first two months of the season for us to even contend. What's it going to take to win the division...100 wins?? If the Angels keep playing the way they have thus far, they should end up with around 96-97 wins...so, 100 wins sounds about right. If that's the case, then we need to win 69 of our remaining 91 games. Does that seem feasible?? Best team in baseball right now, the White Sox, haven't even won 70% of their games so far and you expect the A's to win more than 75% of their remaining games?? Aren't you reaching a little bit??
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I don't see themtrading Kotsay. He can get two draft picks for him if he leaves at the end of the season. This team will contend unless Beane pulls the plug and totally tanks this season. I just can't imagine him doing that because this team absolutely can win.
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If Beane can get a couple of close to MLB-ready prospects for Kotsay now, he will. Trading Huddy and Mulder for the guys he got was to setup up a playoff run starting NEXT year...2006. Haren and Meyer were supposed to cut their teeth this season so that they'd have a little experience under their belt for next year. Blanton was called up to do the same. Swisher is getting a ton of playing time despite his poor to fair play so he's better prepared for next season. Durazo's injury was a blessing in disguise because now DJ is getting the same oppurtunity as Swisher and is making a great case for being a big part of next year's run. Street has been rushed along and should be even better next year. Everything is about next year. Two draft picks aren't going to help much next year...so, why not try and pick up another young bullpen arm that is ready or close to ready to compete now to help our situation next year??