A's next stud pitcher - ....get to the free agent pool

[DGW]

Rich Harden got his first MLB start last nite
get to your fantasy sites and pick this kid up if yah haven't already
maybe Billy Bean is God

[GonzoStyle]

This guy better be aces pally!!!

[DGW]

well Bean has been pretty good so far with Mulder, Hudson, and Zito
i'm in a keeper league and one team picked this guy up 3 weeks ago
he's supposed to be the number 1 pitching prospect in all of baseball

[GonzoStyle]

I don't want any if's, I just picked him up in the league he better deliver pal!!!

[DGW]

<<<<<<<< not the fantasy guru

[HedCold]

supposedly he's better then the 3 pitchers they have now

[Galt]

He's good. He's no Prior. But he's good. He was a 17th round pick so it's not like he's been some uber prospect.

He throws in the high 90s but he's had a history of control problems, which is never a good sign for a 21 year old coming into the majors. He walks a few people, then he gets nervous because Giambi's up with two on, and fucks the whole thing up.

He's definately a solid pitcher and worth picking up. But he's going to be facing Seattle and Texas' lineups a lot during the rest of the year so I wouldn't count on him being a savior.

Current Comparison MLB: Brad Penny

[Keyser Soze]

i'll await arpi's approval before i work the phones.

[DGW]

Current Comparison MLB: Brad Penny

ehh, that aint so good

[Galt]

Current Comparison MLB: Brad Penny

ehh, that aint so good

He'll have some monster games (which last night wasn't one) and then other nights he won't be able to throw the ball over the plate.

He's got, as they say, "great stuff", but I can't imagine him coming out of the gate being amazing.

Shit, you want to be scared about him? Go look at Mark Mulder's stats from his first year in the big leagues. If I'm not mistaken his ERA was around 5

[HedCold]

He was a 17th round pick so it's not like he's been some uber prospect.

oakland also drafted a fat ass catcher in the first round who no one else wanted and he's tearing up the minors. we all know what an exact science scouting is

[Galt]

He was a 17th round pick so it's not like he's been some uber prospect.

oakland also drafted a fat ass catcher in the first round who no one else wanted and he's tearing up the minors. we all know what an exact science scouting is

If no one wanted him, then why did they waste a first round pick on him? Sounds pretty fucking stupid of your hero Billy Beane to do that.

[Keyser Soze]

this duncan kid on the mets has an OBP over .500, he has incredible patience at the plate for a rookie, he's walked like 9 times in 30 at bats. he's already got a homer as well.

[HedCold]

If no one wanted him, then why did they waste a first round pick on him? Sounds pretty fucking stupid of your hero Billy Beane to do that.

because he didn't care. he got the players he wanted and didn't have to pay some million dollar signing bonus or go through an agent. plus the kid will work harder because he sees that billy beane actually sees something in him and he's not just a "wasted" last round pick

[Galt]

why don't you just marry him, then.

[HedCold]

dgw was the one who said he might be a god...

also that year the a's had 7 first round picks, so it didn't really hurt

[DGW]

last round pick

there's alot more then 17 rounds in a baseball draft

[HedCold]

who said the 17th round was the last one?

[Galt]

HedCold + Billy Beane 4EVA

[HedCold]

shhh, don't tell joobies ;-)