Purple Row (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
More photos » by Jack Dempsey - AP 2 days ago: Colorado Rockies manager Jim Tracy, left, talks to second base umpire Tim Timmons about a call at second base, during the first inning against the Philadelphia Phillies of Game 4 in a National League baseball division series in Denver on Monday, Oct. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) Browse more photos » The Washington Post's Dave Sheinin wrote...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the Athletics. Their likely commitments for 2010: C - Kurt Suzuki - $410K C - Landon Powell - $400K 1B - Daric Barton - $410K 2B - Mark Ellis - $5.5MM SS - Cliff Pennington - $400K 3B - Eric Chavez - $12MM IF - Gregorio Petit - $405K LF - Scott Hairston - $1.25MM+ CF - Rajai Davis - $410K RF - Ryan Sweeney - $410K OF - Travis Buck - $410K DH - Jack Cust - $2.8MM+...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
First Pitch: 1:10pm CDT TV: WFTC-29 Radio: Twins Radio Network Know Thine Enemy: Athletics Nation I feel like I have a hangover. But mostly I think it's just the incessant pounding we've received from the A's this weekend. It would be nice to salvage a game of this series, because the Tigers are bound to win again eventually. Probably. W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2009 - Brian Duensing...
Sports Chatter (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
Athletics transferred LHP Dallas Braden from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Braden’s left foot was “traumatized” by a rash in late August and he’ll need the next few months for recovery. The 25-year-old southpaw finished the 2009 season with a 3.89 ERA and 1.36 WHIP in 22 starts. Athletics purchased the contract [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
The nerve in Dallas Braden's left foot still has not healed, and considering it's September, that makes the left-hander's return this season nearly impossible. Braden said that he must wait until the nerve regenerates, and all the rehab and treatment he was...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Left-hander Dallas Braden visited a neurologist who told him he has a "traumatized" nerve in his left foot, according to manager Bob Geren. Geren still hopes to get Braden back on the mound for Oakland this season, even if it's for a start or two or in...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at Safeco Field It sounds less and less as if Dallas Braden will pitch again this season; a nuerologist told the left-hander that a nerve in his left foot has been "traumatized," according to manager Bob Geren. Braden is no closer to pitching off the...
DRaysBay (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
Baseball is a funny game with statistics capable of random fluctuation without palpable reasoning. Meet James Shields ' walk rates; James Shields' walk rates, meet the readers. Shields is throwing less balls than he did the previous two years while walking more. As far as I can tell there are three possible explanations: 1. Random variation on the amount of balls thrown. 2. Shields was lucky to walk...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
More photos » by Ben Margot - AP Dallas Braden can pitch. If only someone on his team could hit... (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Browse more photos » Welcome to our weekly ranking of all the MLB teams! In this ranking, we use aggregate team hitting, pitching, and fielding statistics--not team wins, losses, runs scored, or runs allowed--to evaluate the performance of teams to date. You can think...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the A's are looking outside the organization for starting pitchers because they don't want to overwork rookies Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill and Vin Mazzaro. The A's considered going to a six-man rotation, but Justin Duchscherer and Dallas Braden are on the DL. Slusser mentions former A's starter Mark Mulder as a possible addition.
Nick Sloan's Official Web Site (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Lamar Beane built a reputation of being the best general manager in baseball. Most of that was driven by six 90-win seasons – including two 100-win seasons – despite having just a third (sometimes a fourth) of the resources of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels and the New York Mets. Part of...
Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
The Oakland A's began the year with a rotation of Dallas Braden , Trevor Cahill , Dana Eveland , Brett Anderson , and Josh Outman . Those five came into the season with a total of 402 Major League innings and 63 Major League starts under their belt (pretty much all by Braden and Eveland), and Oakland took a lot of heat for leaning on so much inexperience. The five have since gone on to be worth 61...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Justin Duchscherer will return to the big leagues not Friday night but - if all goes well in Arizona this evening - Tuesday against the Yankees. That's the next time Oakland needs a fifth starter and Dallas Braden is extremely unlikely to be ready to come...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
Justin Duchscherer's return to the A's could be as soon as Friday. With Dallas Braden likely to stay on the disabled list into next week, choosing Duchscherer to go the first game against the White Sox makes sense, even though he will be limited to about 80...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser in Baltimore Dallas Braden wasn't able to throw a side session today; his infected left foot isn't flexible enough to pitch off a mound. He did some long toss, but I'm watching him walk in the outfield right now and he's limping pretty noticeably. ...
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