The Oakland A's, considering their recent history of possessing some of the best arms in baseball, would seem to be an unlikely candidate to finish with the worst record in major league baseball. But with all of those arms departing, the A's find themselves way short of a starting rotation which can compete and they are also rebuilding from top to bottom.
With the departure of Dan Haren and with Rich Harden's health always in question, this may well become the worst Oakland pitching staff in their franchise history. Besides the fragile Rich Harden, all they really have is Joe Blanton. Blanton is average at best and yielded 240 hits last season. Following him are unproven names like Justin Duchscherer, Dana Eveland and Chad Gaudin. Gaudin will have to improve alot over his performance last season where he yielded over 200 hits and walked 100 more. This is a pitiful looking group of pitchers. Harden, if healthy can be the best in the game. Although he would have to get a few seasons under his belt to reach that level. To put it plainly, they'll stink this year, and they'll probably lose Harden again to the DL. The bullpen consists of proven talent in Keith Foulke, Alan Embree and closer Houston Street. So it should do okay.
When I said the A's were rebuilding, I didn't just mean their pitching staff. Their offense will consist of young names like 1b Daric Barton, 3b Jack Hannahan, rf Travis Buck, cf Ryan Sweeney, c Kurt Suzuki. In fact they don't have one bonified hitter in their lineup. Folks, we won't go any further here. We'll just project the worst record in baseball as Billy Beane finally hits rock bottom in a haphazard rebuilding project. Projected record, 59-103.
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103 losses?! Huh? You must have run out of wins or something where you need a certain amount of wins or losses to be equaled out. Otherwise, this is a retarded prediction.
My A's are going to win the West. Rich Harden and Joe Blanton are the best 1-2 punch in all of major league baseball.
Rodney The A
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