Desperate Move for the A's lmao

[bksballer89]

Adam Dunn traded to Oakland Athletics by Chicago White Sox - ESPN Chicago

 

[navamind]

Would you rather have Adam Dunn, who can at least hit righties reasonably well, in your lineup? Or Alberto Callaspo, who hasn't been hitting lefties or righties this year?

Getting Lowrie back soon should help too.

 

[navamind]

Adam Dunn
Jose Canseco
Mark McGwire
Jack Cust
Mickey Tettleton
Gene Tenace
Reggie Jackson

Oakland, home of the Three True Outcomes (walk, HR, strikeout)! Adam Dunn in Oakland seemed like an inevitability.

 

[bksballer89]

They need help. They been awful since they made the Lester trade

 

[bksballer89]

About to get swept by the Angels

 

[oaktown]

A's collapse

They may need to start wearing silver and black. Love them but what happened? At this rate they are a wild card at best.

 

[always]

I'm really not seeing the desperation here like people are saying.

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

I'm really not seeing the desperation here like people are saying.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Would you rather have Adam Dunn, who can at least hit righties reasonably well, in your lineup? Or Alberto Callaspo, who hasn't been hitting lefties or righties this year?

Getting Lowrie back soon should help too.

Sure, so long as Dunn doesn't field and stuff, anywhere really. He is a DH in a lineup, or a nifty bench bat.

 

[navamind]

Sure, so long as Dunn doesn't field and stuff, anywhere really. He is a DH in a lineup, or a nifty bench bat.

Exactly.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

The As badly needed to do something like this.

 

[Malibu]

Its BK again being a complete fool. Just like L.S.U. dropping in the poles. STFU. Just saying.

 

[gvsulaker82]

I'm really not seeing the desperation here like people are saying.

I do. Their offense has struggled since trading cespedes. They had no plan to trade for hitters at that time, but because of how bad they have been they are now desperate, and rightfully so. Now they have traded for another lefty that can only hit a home run every once in a while.

 

[StanMarsh51]

I do. Their offense has struggled since trading cespedes. They had no plan to trade for hitters at that time, but because of how bad they have been they are now desperate, and rightfully so. Now they have traded for another lefty that can only hit a home run every once in a while.

I don't see how that makes sense given the A's had their highest scoring month, 2nd highest HR total, and 2nd highest team OPS in August, without Cespedes.

So they're struggling without Cespedes, yet they're hitting better without him?

 

[gandydancer]

I don't see how that makes sense given the A's had their highest scoring month, 2nd highest HR total, and 2nd highest team OPS in August, without Cespedes.

So they're struggling without Cespedes, yet they're hitting better without him?

Is it all that pitching they traded for then? You know the pitching that all but handed them the WS according to many...

 

[StanMarsh51]

Is it all that pitching they traded for then? You know the pitching that all but handed them the WS according to many...

The pitching wasn't dominant, but it wasn't really bad or anything in August (3.71 ERA, 1.19 WHIP).

Looking at their game logs, it looks like they lost a lot of close games in August, including 5 games where they lost by 1 run.

 

[bksballer89]

Think they miss cespdes yet?

 

[navamind]

The pitching wasn't dominant, but it wasn't really bad or anything in August (3.71 ERA, 1.19 WHIP).

Looking at their game logs, it looks like they lost a lot of close games in August, including 5 games where they lost by 1 run.

Kazmir had a 7.80 ERA in August and Gray had a 4.38 ERA. 4.38 is certainly mediocre in this era.

But where did you get the offense stats from, Stan? A's batted .223/.301/.345 in August (easily their lowest OPS in a month) and only scored 103 runs in 29 games.

Giving up Cespedes may have hurt the lineup, but he alone wouldn't have saved the lineup. Most of the A's hitters have been struggling lately, whether it's because they're hurt or just regressing. Or just a small sample size in general.

A's in August:
Donaldson: .313/.427/.490
Reddick: .271/.319/.482
Sogard: .267/.384/.367
Gomes: .250/.350/.250
Fuld: .244/.295/.341
Callaspo: .220/.255/.275
Vogt: .212/.247/.376
Norris: .202/.268/.292
Lowrie: .200/.250/.300
Crisp: .191/.255/.337
Moss: .169/.340/.208
Jaso: .149/.216/.234

 

[da55bums]

Dunn hits bomb in 1st game gives them a 5-0 lead....there is 1/1 games that he won for Oakland.

 

[gandydancer]

Think they miss cespdes yet?

Nope