Comments on: Roughs on the Diamond – Brett Anderson http://badwax.net/2008/07/21/roughs-on-the-diamond-brett-anderson/ Musings of a Card Collector Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: portersprospectreport http://badwax.net/2008/07/21/roughs-on-the-diamond-brett-anderson/#comment-922 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:13:39 +0000 http://badwax.wordpress.com/?p=1201#comment-922 That’s a very astute observation on the tactics of Mr. Beane. Here’s the haul of pitchers he has gotten from the trades of Nick Swisher, Dan Haren, Rich Harden, and Joe Blanton.

Dana Eveland—pitching well for Oakland
Greg Smith—Same as Eveland
Sean Gallagher—The best is yet to come for this guy
Gio Gonzalez—Lefty K Artist
Fautino De Los Santos
Brett Anderson—
Josh Outman–Late inning lefty and spot starter

not to mention the postion players…

Carlos Gonzalez—RF of the present and future
Eric Patterson—solid, athletic replacement for Mark Ellis
Adrian Cardenas-Phillie’s 2nd rated prospect
Matt Spencer—Under the radar power hitting OF
Aaron Cunningham—Eric Byrnes like baseball rat
Chris Carter—26 HR at Hi-A
Josh Donaldson—Supplimental 1st round catcher in ’07

Throw in the likes of Trevor Cahill, Henry Rodriguez, Sean Doolittle, Corey Brown, Jemile Weeks, and Scott Mitchinson and you have a farm system that is packed to the gills with talent.

As a devout M’s fan, I am fascinated and depressed by the adeptness of Billy Beane to draft and evaluate talent. Given a $125 million payroll, Oakland would be the perennial powerhouse of the AL.

]]> By: William Noetling http://badwax.net/2008/07/21/roughs-on-the-diamond-brett-anderson/#comment-909 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:53:54 +0000 http://badwax.wordpress.com/?p=1201#comment-909 He might be a genius, but as long as the A’s play in the same division as the Angels, they won’t be winning any playoff games any time soon.

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