Early Baseball Observations

[AC Transit]

Brewers are doing surprising

Detroit Tigers are the sleepers in the AL

The A's offense sucks

The Giants are horrible without Bonds

 

[Hoosier]

I'm not sure if the Giants are horrible without Bonds. I think they might be alright.

 

[pfunk]

its the Giants pen that is starting slow

 

[DubbC415]

and the A's offense will pick up.

 

[BayRider04]

yea the Giants bullpen isnt doing so well...its way to early for anything to observe

 

[G-Dubb]

The A's have scored more runs than Anaheim, 1 less than Texas and 3 less than Seattle, so I dunno how that "sucks"... But what's more impressive is the fact that the A's have allowed less than half the runs any of the other teams in the AL West have... That's with their "questionable rookie pitchers" already making their first starts... And Harden hasn't even made a start yet.

Team W-L / Runs Scored-Runs Allowed
Oakland 2-2 / 16-8
Anaheim 2-2 / 14-17
Seattle 2-2 / 19-19
Texas 1-3 / 17-21

Home Runs:
Oakland 5
Seattle 4
Texas 4
Anaheim 2

Runs Scored:
Seattle 19
Texas 17
Oakland 16
Anaheim 14

Team Batting:
Seattle .256
Oakland .255
Texas .238
Angels .216

Hits:
Oakland 38
Texas 35
Seattle 33
Anaheim 30

Oakland is lookin pretty good right now.

 

[G-Dubb]

But what's more impressive is the fact that the A's have allowed less than half the runs any of the other teams in the AL West have... That's with their "questionable rookie pitchers" already making their first starts... And Harden hasn't even made a start yet.

ERA:
Oakland 2.06 (2nd in MLB)
Anaheim 3.46
Seattle 4.00
Texas 4.95

Hits Allowed:
Oakland 23 (1st in MLB)
Seattle 35
Anaheim 36
Texas 36

Walks:
Oakland 11
Seattle 11
Anaheim 14
Texas 18

HR's Allowed:
Seattle 2
Oakland 3
Texas 3
Anaheim 4

WHIP:
Oakland 0.97 (2nd in MLB)
Anaheim 1.28
Seattle 1.28
Texas 1.49

Opponents Batting:
Oakland .270 (3rd in MLB)
Anaheim .313
Seattle .316
Texas .344

Oakland's Starters:
Barry Zito 6IP 6H 4ER 3BB 3K's 6.00 ERA
Kirk Saarloos 6IP 1H 0ER 1BB 2K's 0.00 ERA
Danny Haren 6IP 3H 1ER 3BB 6K's 1.50 ERA
Joe Blanton 5IP 4H 2ER 1BB 1K's 3.60 ERA

Oakland's Bullpen:
12IP 9H 1ER 3BB 9K's 0.68 ERA

 

[v-feezy]

G-Dubb Thank you for that... show them whos runnin' it..

 

[YOUNG-$PIDER415]

ALL CLOSERS R DOIN BAD!!!!!!!! EXCEPT AMRANDO BENITEZ

 

[G-Dubb]

G-Dubb Thank you for that... show them whos runnin' it..

All the A's starters will be good but Zito... He's gonna be the worst pitcher in the A's rotation this year... They should dump him around All-Star Break and bring up Meyer if he's ready.

ALL CLOSERS R DOIN BAD!!!!!!!! EXCEPT AMRANDO BENITEZ

Benitez has like a 4.5 ERA...

Kolb, Batista, Izzy, Lidge, Nathan, Guardado, K-Rod... They're all doing better than Benitez...

 

[Mr. Chronic]

All the A's starters will be good but Zito... He's gonna be the worst pitcher in the A's rotation this year... They should dump him around All-Star Break and bring up Meyer if he's ready.
Benitez has like a 4.5 ERA...

Kolb, Batista, Izzy, Lidge, Nathan, Guardado, K-Rod... They're all doing better than Benitez...

speakin of Zito bein' garbage he just got rocked today for 11 runs (3 unearned)...Barry's lost it man...He doesn't have any confidence on the mound any more... :ermm:

 

[BayRider04]

Barry Zitos ERA=11.57...damn...hes done for

 

[AC Transit]

Funny how the 'potent' Devil Ray pitching staff has been shutting down the a's offense the last 2 games

 

[Gringo Starr]

A's sucks just as bad as everyone else in the AL West...whoopty-fuckin-doo...the whole division is 2-3(except LA which hasnt played yet today..)...

 

[B-Buzz]

The Cubs will score all their runs off HRs, just like last year.

Joe Randa is the greatest player of all time.

Brad Lidge throws kerosene

 

[UPSTATE NICCA]

a's should have traded the two lefty zito and moulder and kept tim hudson. hudson is a warrior on the mound. i still think A's will do good and conted for the division and eric chavez having an MVP season. as for my giants, im a little worried not having bonds on the line up. i think they need to get another big bat before the trading deadline. maybe one of the reds crowded outfield (griffey, austin kearns, adam dunn, or wil mo pena) but the ptching and bullpen should be fine.

 

[BROWN GUERRERO]

GIANTS LOOK AVERAGE FOR NOW UNTIL THE BIG MAN RETURNS!!

 

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Anaheim's new starting pitchers blow.

 

[G-Dubb]

a's should have traded the two lefty zito and moulder and kept tim hudson. hudson is a warrior on the mound. i still think A's will do good and conted for the division and eric chavez having an MVP season. as for my giants, im a little worried not having bonds on the line up. i think they need to get another big bat before the trading deadline. maybe one of the reds crowded outfield (griffey, austin kearns, adam dunn, or wil mo pena) but the ptching and bullpen should be fine.

The A's should have kept Hudson even though he gets injured every year. As bad as Zito is gonna do, Mulder will be worse. I don't know if Mulder will ever make a comeback.

Anaheim's new starting pitchers blow.

Their pitching is gonna hurt em a lot. They also need to get Escobar back, he'll be the best pitcher they have.

 

[v-feezy]

Yeah Huddy would have been a better choice but he's too much money and Zito is still in his cheap ass contract. Thats probably what tempted Billy to keep him. Hes had two shitty outtings. He's gonna eventually win some games and with the other 4 behind him, they will do just fine.