What Do the A’s Do With Chris Carter?

December 29, 2010 by Joshua Russell  
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I read a real brief statement about this and it got me thinking about Chris Carter. What a weird situation this guy has been in. He is from Redwood City, California. He was traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Diamondbacks for Carlos Quentin, then two weeks later was traded to the A’s and [...]

Do the A’s Still Have a Chance to Land Beltre?

December 24, 2010 by Joshua Russell  
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According to the LA Times two days ago, it sounds as if the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have pulled their free agent offer to Adrian Beltre. Sounds like they were offering somewhere in the neighborhood of 5-years, $70 million – which was about $6 million more than the Oakland A’s original offer. But, because [...]

A’s Offense Gets Another Boost

December 16, 2010 by Joshua Russell  
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Well, one thing we know for sure is that Billy Beane has not checked out yet for the holidays. Quite the opposite in fact. So far this offseason, the Oakland A’s have traded for David DeJesus, signed DH Hideki Matsui, and pitchers Rich Harden and Brandon McCarthy. Just to add icing on the cake, today [...]

Could the Cleveland Indians Trade for Josh Willingham?

November 19, 2010 by Lewie Pollis  
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It hasn’t taken long for the burners on baseball’s annual offseason hot stove to reach full flame. We’ve seen Dan Uggla dealt. We’ve seen Justin Upton hit the trading block. And, as always, we’ve seen rumors about the availability of Josh Willingham. The Nationals have been shopping Willingham on and off for a year and [...]