Swingin' A's » baseball arbitration process http://swinginas.com An Oakland Athletics Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 22 May 2013 05:23:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 A’s Notes: Arbitration, Harden, & More! http://swinginas.com/2011/01/07/as-notes-arbitration-harden-more/ http://swinginas.com/2011/01/07/as-notes-arbitration-harden-more/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 22:59:12 +0000 Joseph Lopez http://swinginas.com/?p=1355 The A’s, having missed out on 3B Adrian Beltre, are now shifting their focus to the players who are arbitration-eligible. According to the Jane Lee of MLB.com, the A’s have six players currently facing arbitration: pitchers Dallas Braden, Craig Breslow, Brad Ziegler, outfielders Josh Willingham, Connor Jackson, and 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff. Braden, who threw Major [...]

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]]> The A’s, having missed out on 3B Adrian Beltre, are now shifting their focus to the players who are arbitration-eligible. According to the Jane Lee of MLB.com, the A’s have six players currently facing arbitration: pitchers Dallas Braden, Craig Breslow, Brad Ziegler, outfielders Josh Willingham, Connor Jackson, and 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff. Braden, who threw Major League Baseball’s 19th perfect game this season, won 11 games this season while posting a 3.50 ERA in 192.2 innings. He’s clearly a big part of Oakland’s starting rotation, which posted an AL-best 3.56 ERA in 2010, and he’s certainly in a position to receive a big raise in arbitration.

Speaking of pitching, the A’s should head into the 2011 campaign with a very deep pitching staff. The A’s added ex-team ace Rich Harden this offseason, and he should get a chance at competing for a spot in the rotation. If Harden’s healthy, the A’s should use him in the rotation. Adding a healthy Harden, who is still young at 29, to a rotation that already includes Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez, and Dallas Braden could make Oakland’s pitching staff one of the best units in baseball. (more…)

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