Code:
Name G GS W L HLD SV BS IP HA HR R ER BB K ERA OAVG. CG SHO Name
Dickson SP 23 23 15 2 0 0 0 166.1 132 9 43 43 26 201 2.33 .213 5 3 Dickson SP
Knisley SP 22 22 12 8 0 0 0 161.2 141 27 75 71 51 192 3.95 .230 6 0 Knisley SP
Nakamura SP 20 20 15 3 0 0 0 133.2 153 14 76 65 52 130 4.38 .284 1 1 Nakamura SP
Cake SP 17 17 7 6 0 0 0 93.0 111 22 81 79 62 94 7.59 .288 0 0 Cake SP
Glaus SP 10 10 4 3 0 0 0 72.0 56 10 27 24 18 76 3.00 .211 2 1 Glaus SP
Villaluazo SP 9 9 4 2 0 0 0 56.0 55 7 26 26 21 67 4.18 .255 0 0 Villaluazo SP
Mathis CL 39 0 4 1 0 31 4 44.2 34 1 8 8 5 47 1.61 .206 0 0 Mathis CL
Leverett MR 26 0 2 2 5 1 1 39.1 50 3 23 23 9 39 5.26 .303 0 0 Leverett MR
von Schoening MR 26 0 2 0 9 3 1 38.0 21 2 9 9 11 40 2.13 .160 0 0 von Schoening MR
Basnett MR 28 0 1 3 6 1 0 35.2 49 6 31 29 18 27 7.32 .318 0 0 Basnett MR
Frank MR 25 0 2 1 6 1 1 35.1 34 4 15 14 9 35 3.57 .254 0 0 Frank MR
Rogers MR 26 0 1 1 6 1 1 34.2 55 4 20 20 5 26 5.19 .353 0 0 Rogers MR
Stanely SP 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 26.1 37 5 24 24 18 14 8.20 .327 0 0 Stanely SP
Renteria MR 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 6.2 6 0 3 3 2 5 4.05 .240 0 0 Renteria MR
Name G GS W L HLD SV BS IP HA HR R ER BB K ERA OAVG. CG SHO Name
What's Going On?
The stats include everyone that has pitched for the A’s this season. The following players are currently not on the 25-man roster:
Rick Stanely (AAA)
Fairfax von Schoening (disabled list)
Neifi Villaluazo (AAA)
It’s pretty clear that
Fred Cake shouldn’t be at the Major League level, at least not with us. I don’t know how in the world we were able to extract 7 wins from him as he has just seemed completely shot as of late. We need someone with more control holding down the #5 slot in the rotation and so it looks like our only option will be to recall
Neifi Villaluazo from AAA Sacramento where he’s gone 3-1 with a 2.45 ERA and 1.05 WHIP in four rehab starts since coming back from the disabled list from a back injury. We’ll probably end up designating him for assignment although Royals officials have strangely stated that they are agreeable to a one-for-one deadline deal where they would give up a low minor leaguer. They seem very coy about the situation but for the life of me I can’t imagine why especially when no other team we’ve asked will even agree to come out and look at him. When you see the stats for 23-year old reliever
Gregg Basnett you might be inclined to think we have another pitcher that doesn’t belong in the Majors with his 7.32 ERA and 1.88 WHIP but pitching coach
Calvino Sanchez loves Basnett’s stuff and thinks he’s just a year or two away from being a superior reliever. We’re probably going to send him down to Sacramento for a couple of weeks to get some confidence back against AAA hitters. His ERA is over two runs-per-game higher than it was last year in Seattle and his spot on the roster will be claimed by
Fairfax von Schoening returning from the disabled list. Hopefully Baron von Schoening will be fully recovered from his knee injury… that one can always be tricky for a pitcher, especially one that relies on velocity like von Schoening. Our 27-year old hippie closer
Bill “Crunchy” Mathis has been incredible this season with a WHIP of 0.87 and just five walks and one home run allowed in 44.2 innings pitched. Mathis leads the majors with 31 saves (Philadelphia’s 24-year old closer
Jose Martinez is second with 30 saves, the only other pitcher right now with at least 30 saves this season).
Rowley Dickson is near the top of a lot of pitching categories including wins (his 15 ties him for the Major League lead with teammate
Nori Nakamura and the White Sox’s
Bowie van Ingen) but his 2.33 ERA is fair amount behind Boston Red Sox legend
Zach Duke’s MLB-best 2.03 and Dickson’s 201 strikeouts are second to Duke’s 222 if you’re wondering about the early days of the Cy Young Award picture.