The Philadelphia Phillies overpaid for Joe Blanton today, hurting our Seattle Mariners.
1.) Billy Beane continues to build his Oakland A’s into a future dynasty from within, this trade following other trades of his that brought in truckloads of top-tiered talent (Rich Harden, Nick Swisher, Dan Haren, etc). 
2.) Seattle will no longer be able to coax […]

As if the boatloads of young talent received in recent trades wasn’t enough, the rival Oakland A’s made another upgrade by signing super-prospect Michel Inoa with a record breaking $4.25M signing bonus.
Oakland is already winning with what they have on the field right now, and I’ve already mentioned how nervous their minor league system makes […]

Maybe it was a good thing that we did not acquire Frank Thomas. According to one scout, “His bat was so slow, he was missing 85-mile-an-hour fastballs. Everything looked so slow, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I didn’t see him drive one ball. Not one. Even in [batting practice], he wasn’t that good. […]

Seattle Mariners target Frank Thomas officially signed with the rival Oakland A’s today for just $337,000.  Seattle reportedly made a last second effort to get Thomas, but obviously to no avail. 
For that price, Thomas is a steal for Oakland.  It’s the ultimate low-risk/high-reward situation and Seattle GM Bill Bavasi should have been much more aggressive.   Seattle really […]

As has been reported by several sources, the Athletics were close to signing veteran slugger Frank Thomas after having been released by the Toronto Blue Jays. The latest news on the situation from Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports states that a mystery team, thought to be the Rangers or the Mariners, have swooped in at […]

Back on April 13th Mike Morse made an awkward diving attempt at a flyball in shallow right field.  He landed hard on his shoulder, and was placed on the 15-day disabled list shortly after with a dislocated shoulder.  Well, Morse isn’t about to come back after just 15 days.  It was announced today that Morse […]