...he's 8-3 with a 3.54 ERA. The A's remain in the hunt for free agent shortstop Rafael Furcal, but if negotiations crumble - GM Billy Beane is expected to resume talks with agent Paul Kinzer during next week's winter meetings -- they'd turn their attention elsewhere,...
...and leadership for a unit that returns exactly nobody with more than one year of rotation experience. General manager Billy Beane says it's not a priority, but he's been known to change his plans in a hurry. MORE HITTERS -- Publicly, the priority is to...
...in this market, which makes him all the more appealing to Giants GM Brian Sabean. Dunn is exactly the kind of player GM Billy Beane craves: He walks a lot, hits tons of home runs, and has a high OBP. In most years, Dunn would have been one of the most coveted...
...Rockies to the Oakland Athletics, whose owners have put a few more pennies in the pocket of their general manager, Billy Beane. Overall however, movement has been minimal and the majority of the measly 51 transactions have been underwhelming. Dormant baseball...
...sports. Baseball stats guru Bill James now crunches numbers for the Boston Red Sox, and Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane made "sabermetrics mainstream by choosing overlooked players with strong stats such as on-base percentages. Far from an escapist...
...run of success might not be far away. With the farm system in disrepair by the end of the 2007 season, Oakland general manager Billy Beane went on a mission to acquire blue-chip prospects. Since then, he has traded veterans Joe Blanton, Rich Harden, Dan Haren...
...read, buy here are two of my favorites out of the 25: 1) During one of his stays with Oakland, Henderson’s locker was next to Billy Beane’s. After making the team out of spring training, Beane was sent to the minors after a few months. Upon his return, about...
...team. Maybe he can be persuaded after all. If the rumor is true, the only problem I have is that Ken Williams — like Billy Beane — seems to have a brilliant knack for trading away pitchers at just the right time and acquiring pitchers at just the right time....
...Christiansen. Somewhere, Randy Johnson smiled. Or maybe not. Rickey scored.) Two years ago, Oakland general manager Billy Beane considered offering Henderson a one-day contract so he could retire with the A’s. It was a sweet, if inane, gesture to honor a franchise...
...highly public pursuit of shortstop Rafael Furcal, who visited the East Bay last week for a tour guided by general manager Billy Beane, has been dogged since the start of the open free-agency period, and it will surely continue at America's Playground. Furcal's...