Trading stuff has never really been in our wheelhouse. We love the A's and we will love whoever it is that runs out on the field at the Alamedeum and tries. That said, we have created an OAD Philosophy of the Types of Guys We Think Should Be A's. Now, this doesn't have that much to do with stats and such, but deals more with how we feel that certain kinds of baseball players just fit in as A's. If anyone in the A's front office is listening, we are happy to write this up in more detail. Here goes:
1. Hometown guys. We always want guys who grew up in the Bay Area to be A's. See C.C. Sabathia, Jimmy Rollins, Jermaine Dye, Dontrelle Willis.
2. Guys with style. We always want guys with real style (even if it is weird) to be A's. See Eric Byrnes, Nick Swisher.
3. Guys who are/were awesome and have great nicknames. See Frank Thomas.
4. Guys with spark. See Marco Scutaro, Milton Bradley, Tim Hudson, Kurt Suzuki.
5. Guys with weird names who seem to be better outfielders than anybody else on the A's. See Coco Crisp.
Go Oakland!
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