Athletics at 70/1 is a great bet

JakeT. · Jan 26, 2010

Sheets and Duscherer are #1, dominant pitchers when healthy. Cahill and Anderson are young pitching studs who should step forward. Braden looks good as well. Gio Gonzalez is another young stud they have.

This staff can be filthy if they avoid injuries and the Angels are not looking nearly as good as in previous season. Oakland has a nice chance to win their division and then you can hedge out profit if you want in the playoffs.

Bullpen is talented.

The offense obviously is not stellar but they have some quality guys and a ton of speed.

billhill999 · Jan 26, 2010

2010 Bill James Projections - AL West
40-man Rosters Accurate as of 12/18/09

Pitchers W L ERA G GS SV IP H HR BB HBP SO
Trevor Bell - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jason Bulger 4 3 3.30 60 0 0 60 50 4 29 2 74
Brian Fuentes 4 2 3.4 66 0 40 56 47 5 23 5 60
Kevin Jepsen 3 3 4.3 51 0 2 52 53 4 27 0 49
Scott Kazmir 10 9 3.90 29 29 0 173 160 18 76 6 176
Robert Mosebach - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sean O'Sullivan - - - - - - - - - - - -
Anthony Ortega - - - - - - - - - - - -
Matt Palmer 6 7 4.7 45 8 0 114 119 12 49 12 80
Fernando Rodriguez - - - - - - - - - - - -
Rafael Rodriguez 1 2 5.40 17 0 0 30 36 4 11 1 19
Ervin Santana 10 10 4.2 29 27 0 183 187 24 57 10 152
Joe Saunders 10 10 4.2 29 29 0 178 186 21 56 4 110
Scot Shields 4 2 3.2 62 0 2 60 52 5 23 2 56
Rich Thompson - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jered Weaver 14 10 3.7 33 33 0 218 210 25 64 5 185

Hitters G AB H 1B 2B 3B HR R RBI BB SO SB CS AVG
Bobby Abreu 157 606 173 115 38 2 18 103 101 101 127 25 9 .285
Erick Aybar 139 520 151 114 25 6 6 75 57 28 55 18 9 .290
Peter Bourjos - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ryan Budde - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Terry Evans - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Torii Hunter 146 556 151 93 33 1 24 82 92 48 113 16 7 .272
Macier Izturis 124 446 126 92 25 3 6 70 56 43 48 14 6 .283
Howie Kendrick 124 467 144 96 34 3 11 70 68 21 76 14 6 .308
Jeff Mathis 85 238 52 33 12 1 6 30 29 21 61 2 1 .218
Hideki Matsui 139 507 143 92 27 1 23 75 88 65 81 1 1 .282
Gary Matthews Jr. 124 403 101 67 23 2 9 55 48 44 91 6 3 .251
Kendry Morales 153 572 168 100 38 1 29 80 98 40 97 2 3 .294
Mike Napoli 115 395 105 59 21 1 24 68 69 54 103 5 3 .266
Chris Pettit - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Juan Rivera 138 529 149 96 30 0 23 69 87 36 62 0 0 .282
Freddy Sandoval - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mark Trumbo - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Reggie Willits - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bobby Wilson - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Brandon Wood - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Pitchers W L ERA G GS SV IP H HR BB HBP SO
Brett Anderson 11 10 3.8 30 30 0 189 187 21 49 8 172
Andrew Bailey 5 3 3.1 60 0 29 72 58 6 29 5 71
Jerry Blevins 2 2 3.1 31 0 0 38 36 3 11 1 38
Dallas Braden 9 10 4.1 25 25 0 170 179 16 54 7 124
Craig Breslow 5 4 3.4 72 0 0 77 68 6 32 3 69
Trevor Cahill 8 13 4.6 31 31 0 185 189 25 78 8 104
Bobby Cassevah - - - - - - - - - - - -
F. De Los Santos - - - - - - - - - - - -
Joey Devine 3 2 2.9 50 0 0 44 33 2 22 3 55
Dana Eveland 2 3 4.7 15 9 0 48 52 4 22 4 37
Pedro Figueroa - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gio Gonzalez 6 11 4.8 22 22 0 155 145 21 86 13 168
Brad Kilby 2 2 2.9 21 2 0 34 28 3 13 0 35
Jay Marshall - - - - - - - - - - - -
Vin Mazzaro 4 6 4.1 17 17 0 91 94 6 30 11 65
John Meloan - - - - - - - - - - - -
Clay Mortensen 2 5 5.8 12 12 0 57 65 8 25 10 39
Josh Outman - - - - - - - - - - - -
Henry Rodriguez - - - - - - - - - - - -
Justin Souza - - - - - - - - - - - -
Michael Wuertz 5 3 3 65 0 5 74 60 7 31 0 84
Brad Ziegler 4 4 3.60 70 0 5 75 78 4 23 2 49

Hitters G AB H 1B 2B 3B HR R RBI BB SO SB CS AVG
Daric Barton 79 205 52 32 14 1 5 32 27 31 33 1 1 .254
Travis Buck 60 161 41 26 10 1 4 21 19 16 31 2 1 .255
Chris Carter - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Eric Chavez 88 337 84 48 20 1 15 46 50 41 72 3 1 .249
Aaron Cunningham - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Rajai Davis 138 496 141 106 27 4 4 74 44 37 77 50 18 .284
Mark Ellis 122 439 113 77 24 1 11 60 53 38 66 8 4 .257
Tommy Everidge - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jake Fox 78 218 62 32 16 1 13 33 42 16 44 2 1 .284
Scott Hairston 130 450 122 72 27 3 20 60 60 34 87 8 4 .271
Aaron Miles 51 124 34 26 6 1 1 15 10 7 15 2 1 .274
Eric Patterson 65 250 68 46 14 3 5 39 28 24 48 20 5 .272
Cliff Pennington 60 207 52 39 10 1 2 29 18 26 33 13 4 .251
Gregario Petit - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Landon Powell 50 180 41 26 7 0 8 25 30 25 43 0 0 .228
Kurt Suzuki 146 549 151 103 34 1 13 70 76 42 61 6 3 .275
Ryan Sweeney 134 476 138 102 26 2 8 65 57 43 66 7 5 .290

Pitchers W L ERA G GS SV IP H HR BB HBP SO
David Aardsma 3 4 4.2 69 0 27 69 62 7 37 2 68
Dan Cortes - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ryan Feierabend - - - - - - - - - - - -
Doug Fister 5 9 4.9 21 19 0 122 142 14 31 13 88
Luke French 3 7 5.1 19 16 0 91 102 11 33 12 57
Felix Hernandez 14 12 3.4 35 35 0 235 213 19 79 7 216
Gaby Hernandez - - - - - - - - - - - -
Shawn Kelly - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cliff Lee 14 11 3.81 32 32 0 222 228 21 60 7 168
Mark Lowe 4 5 4 77 0 1 88 86 8 38 2 77
Brandon Morrow 7 8 3.9 25 25 0 135 112 13 79 8 131
Garrett Olson 2 4 4.9 29 5 0 57 59 8 27 4 44
Ricky Orta - - - - - - - - - - - -
Edward Paredes - - - - - - - - - - - -
Yusmeiro Petit 6 6 4.4 35 10 0 105 108 19 30 4 84
Ryan Rowland-Smith 9 10 3.9 25 25 0 167 161 15 62 10 127
Ian Snell 7 11 4.5 30 30 0 169 175 18 75 5 137
Kanekoa Texeira - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jason Vargas 3 5 5 23 8 0 74 82 11 28 4 56
Anthony Varvaro - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sean White 2 4 5 43 0 0 56 65 4 22 6 29

Hitters G AB H 1B 2B 3B HR R RBI BB SO SB CS AVG
Dustin Ackley - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Milton Bradley 133 467 129 85 25 1 18 74 64 75 113 5 3 .276
Mike Carp 92 284 73 49 15 1 8 37 36 37 63 0 0 .257
Ezequiel Carrera - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chone Figgins 154 578 165 130 25 5 5 97 51 76 105 37 15 .285
Ken Griffey Jr. 83 250 58 35 12 0 11 30 36 36 52 0 0 .232
Franklin Gutierrez 151 556 154 101 34 2 17 88 67 46 114 14 6 .277
Greg Halman - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Bill Hall 88 218 51 28 15 1 7 27 27 19 69 3 2 .234
Jack Hannahan 90 219 53 36 13 0 4 25 25 28 56 1 1 .242
Rob Johnson 75 221 52 35 13 1 3 21 20 17 41 3 2 .235
Ryan Langerhans 84 175 44 27 11 1 5 27 22 25 48 3 2 .251
Jose Lopez 154 580 160 102 37 2 19 72 85 24 66 3 2 .276
Adam Moore - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Michael Saunders 101 364 97 66 17 4 10 58 35 31 94 12 6 .266
Ichiro Suzuki 157 658 210 174 23 4 9 95 50 43 73 27 8 .319
Matt Tuiasosopo - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jack Wilson 127 462 123 90 25 2 6 50 43 27 55 3 2 .266

Pitchers W L ERA G GS SV IP H HR BB HBP SO
Scott Feldman 11 11 4.1 32 32 0 195 194 20 73 11 113
Neftali Feliz - - - - - - - - - - - -
Frank Francisco 4 2 3.00 58 0 30 57 45 5 25 2 65
Rich Harden 10 5 3.3 24 24 0 135 107 14 59 4 147
Matt Harrison 6 8 4.9 20 20 0 119 138 12 41 7 73
Derek Holland - - - - - - - - - - - -
Tommy Hunter 8 11 4.8 28 28 0 170 191 22 49 17 103
Eric Hurley - - - - - - - - - - - -
Michael Kirkman - - - - - - - - - - - -
Warner Madrigal - - - - - - - - - - - -
Doug Mathis - - - - - - - - - - - -
Brandon McCarthy 9 9 4.1 26 26 0 162 158 22 59 8 123
Luis Mendoza - - - - - - - - - - - -
Guillermo Moscoso - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dustin Nippert 4 5 4.70 30 5 0 88 91 10 39 5 72
Darren O'Day 4 3 3.5 69 0 5 60 55 4 20 4 50
Zachary Phillips - - - - - - - - - - - -
Omar Poveda - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chris Ray 3 3 4.09 56 0 0 55 52 7 24 2 51
Ben Snyder - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pedro Strop - - - - - - - - - - - -
C.J. Wilson 5 4 3.9 78 0 0 78 72 7 36 6 76

Hitters G AB H 1B 2B 3B HR R RBI BB SO SB CS AVG
Elvis Andrus 155 499 138 107 19 6 6 77 49 40 79 41 10 .277
Joaquin Arias - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Brandon Boggs - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Julio Borbon 136 522 161 131 17 6 7 85 47 39 61 42 13 .308
Nelson Cruz 145 542 154 88 29 1 36 89 98 58 130 21 9 .284
Chris Davis 128 494 141 80 29 2 30 80 91 42 146 2 1 .285
Craig Gentry - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Greg Golson - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Josh Hamilton 131 501 147 92 29 3 23 75 91 48 101 11 4 .293
Joe Inglett - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ian Kinsler 145 575 158 92 36 3 27 106 84 60 82 28 7 .275
David Murphy 129 460 125 76 31 3 15 65 65 47 89 8 4 .272
Max Ramirez - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jarrod Saltalamacchia 121 447 113 73 24 1 15 60 59 50 130 0 0 .253
Taylor Teagarden 69 206 48 27 11 1 9 28 27 19 71 0 0 .233
Michael Young 152 616 184 129 37 2 16 88 80 49 104 8 3 .299

JakeT. · Jan 26, 2010

Got a direct link billhill? Kinda hard to read that...

billhill999 · Jan 26, 2010

http://www.fantasyrundown.com/2010_Baseball_Projection.html

makavelireturns913 · Jan 27, 2010

Jake T. said:
Sheets and Duscherer are #1, dominant pitchers when healthy. Cahill and Anderson are young pitching studs who should step forward. Braden looks good as well. Gio Gonzalez is another young stud they have.

This staff can be filthy if they avoid injuries and the Angels are not looking nearly as good as in previous season. Oakland has a nice chance to win their division and then you can hedge out profit if you want in the playoffs.

Bullpen is talented.

The offense obviously is not stellar but they have some quality guys and a ton of speed.

if you like to donate money it is...im not saying they are terrible but lets be real...they dont have a good rotation even if sheets is the sheets we saw with the brew crew and there offense is non existent...their best hitter imo is mark ellis or cust and they both suck...they are going nowhere fast....probably wont have a winning record next year...

JakeT. · Jan 27, 2010

makavelireturns913 said:
if you like to donate money it is...im not saying they are terrible but lets be real...they dont have a good rotation even if sheets is the sheets we saw with the brew crew and there offense is non existent...their best hitter imo is mark ellis or cust and they both suck...they are going nowhere fast....probably wont have a winning record next year...

That rotation is filthy is they are healthy. Sheets and Dusch both have shots to have ERAs around 3. Cahill and Anderson are elite prospects (both top 15 in the MLB heading into last season) and are now a year older. Gonzalez and Braden have a ton of potential as well and Braden put together a nice season last year.

Firehorn · Jan 27, 2010

Jake T. said:
That rotation is filthy is they are healthy. Sheets and Dusch both have shots to have ERAs around 3. Cahill and Anderson are elite prospects (both top 15 in the MLB heading into last season) and are now a year older. Gonzalez and Braden have a ton of potential as well and Braden put together a nice season last year.

Good luck to you. With them pitchers, in that HUGE park, has to be work a small shot at those odds.