Oakland A's thread, or, How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Future Holliday Trade

[MarkGrace]

It's nice to see Kazmir back in the bigs. Two seasons ago he was pitcing for the Sugarland Skeeters (Tracy McGrady's current team).

I'm happy to see him as well. Quite the remarkable bounce back.

[Paperback Writer]

It was enjoyable watching the As lose two of three to the Sox. I've hated them since they destroyed the Sox in the 88 and 90 ALCSs.

Coming from behind 0-2 to beat the A's 3-2 in the divisional playoff in 2003 helped a little with the pain of getting bounced by the A's in 1988 and 1990. Dennis Eckersley was one of my favorite Red Sox when he was their ace so it was tough watching him close out the Red Sox during those playoff losses. Doubt Eck gets voted to the HOF without his career revival as closer for those great A's teams.

[RC Vikings]

It's to bad the A's don't have a nice place to show off this team.

[smokymountainrain]

The A's are really good in the regular season. It must be fun being an A's fan from April to September.

[MartyFunkhouser]

The A's are really good in the regular season. It must be fun being an A's fan from April to September.

If we keep getting into the playoffs, eventually we will get lucky and win.

[MarkGrace]

Finally read Moneyball ten years later and loved it. Made me want to see the movie again, and I'm still curious how Soderbergh's version would have turned out. Oh well.

[RC Vikings]

The good news, they trade forJeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel and can make a run at the title. The bad news, they just signed a new 10 years lease with the Oakland Coliseum.

[MartyFunkhouser]

The good news, they trade forJeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel and can make a run at the title. The bad news, they just signed a new 10 years lease with the Oakland Coliseum.

I don't see any good news.

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[MarkGrace]

Trading Nick Franklin to the A's comes down to two key questions. One, do you believe in Nick Franklin? If you don't, then know if the A's want him, you better believe other teams do as well. Even this rumor about Franklin and the A's can only stand to increase his value around the league, as the A's are incredibly well-respected. Whether or not you believe in him as a member of the future Mariners is not entirely a separate issue. He's an asset, and he'll provide value to the organization one way or another.

Second, do you believe in the A's coaching staff? I do, and the idea of handing them their future all-star second basemen for the next six years is terrifying. Nick Franklin on the Mariners is not the same as Nick Franklin on the A's. Oakland has fixed enough players over recent years to gain their level of respect. Seattle's repeated failure to develop their own promising talent results in a lack of both confidence and respect.

Trading a player as talented as Franklin to an organization who has done everything the Mariners have failed to do over the past six years is a recipe for disaster.

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2014/7/21/5924033/mlb-trade-rumors-as-interested-in-nick-franklin

[MartyFunkhouser]

http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2014/7...-nick-franklin

I'm certainly not seeing that trade happening. I'd take Franklin, but the cost will be too high if you are trading in the division. The A's absolutely need to figure out an option for 2nd base now.

[MarkGrace]

I'm certainly not seeing that trade happening. I'd take Franklin, but the cost will be too high if you are trading in the division. The A's absolutely need to figure out an option for 2nd base now.

Yeah, I think so, especially when the M's are still relatively competitive. But I could see the A's taking a guy like Franklin and turning him into everything it looked like he'd be last year. Hell, they could probably do it to every M's prospect that looked great in his first big league stint only to regress the next year (which is basically all M's prospects).

[MarkGrace]

Ouch.

[MarkGrace]

A's with a sac bunt in the 3rd inning.

[MarkGrace]

funk gets an early look at his one-game playoff future

[San Juan Sun]

funk gets an early look at his one-game playoff future

He's too busy in the NHL pre-season thread.