Fantasy Baseball: Oakland Athletics Pitchers

Mar 6, 2015; Salt River Pima-Maricopa, AZ, USA; Oakland Athletics relief pitcher R.J. Alvarez (37) throws in the fourth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks during a spring training baseball game at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports

In 2014 the Oakland Athletics featured a number of quality contributors to the fantasy baseball cause.

Josh Donaldson finished 45th on ESPN.com’s player rater. Brandon Moss was a top-20 first baseman and was a top-50 outfielder along with Coco Crisp. Sonny Gray and Scott Kazmir finished in the top-35 starting pitchers and Sean Doolittle placed 21st among relief pitchers.

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With Donaldson and Moss being traded out of Oakland and losing Yoenis Cespedes, Jon Lester, and Jeff Samardzija, who all finished as top-90 players, after a half-season each, Oakland’s fantasy value took a big hit.

However, there remains several players to covet, despite their lack of name value, but because of their buy-low value.

This is the first in a three-part series on fantasy-relevant Oakland Athletics.

I am going to start with Oakland’s bread and butter: Pitching.

Next: Starting Pitchers