http://www.athleticslocker.com Daily Blog for Oakland Athletics Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:38:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 25-year old lefty swinging Ryan Sweeney is penciled in as the starting RF heading into spring training. Sweeney played in 134 games for the A's last season in which he was 142 of 484 (.293 avg, .755 OPS) with 68 runs scored, 6 homers, 53 RBIs and 6 stolen ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2010/03/11/ryan-sweeney-appears-to-be-in-the-early-lead-in-rf-for-the-oakland-athletics/ 30-year old switch hitting Coco Crisp will take over as the starting CF for the A's in 2010. He played in 49 games for the Royals last season in which he was 41 of 180 (.228 avg, .714 OPS) with 30 runs scored, 3 homers, 14 RBIs and 13 ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2010/03/11/coco-crisp-will-man-cf-for-the-oakland-athletics-in-2010/ Going into spring training it appears as if 29-year old righty swinging Rajai Davis will be the starting LF at the start of the 2010 season for the A's. Davis played in 125 games for the A's last season in which he was 119 of 390 (.305 avg, .784 ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2010/03/11/rajai-davis-looks-like-the-starting-lf-for-the-oakland-as-in-2010/ The A's have signed 31-year old righty reliever/starter Jason Jennings to a minor league deal. Jennings pitched in 44 games (0 starts) for the Rangers last season and he was 2-4 with 1 save, a 4.13 ERA and a 1.56 WHIP. Jennings has now pitched in 225 games ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2010/02/28/the-oakland-athletics-sign-jason-jennings/ The A's have signed 36-year old righty starter/reliever Brett Tomko to a minor league deal. Tomko pitched in 21 games (6 starts) with the A's and Yankees last season and he was 5-3 with a 3.77 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP. Tomko has now pitched in 389 games ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2010/02/28/the-oakland-athletics-re-sign-brett-tomko/ It was a mild surprise to see the A's bring back 31-year old lefty swinging Jack Cust again to DH in 2010. Cust played in 149 games for the A's last season and he was 123 for 513 (.240 avg, .773 OPS) with 88 runs scored, 25 homers and ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2010/02/22/jack-cust-will-likely-hold-down-the-dh-spot-in-2010-for-the-oakland-athletics/ The A's have restocked at 3B for the 2010 season. 28-year old righty swinging Kevin Kouzmanoff has been brought in to start in 2010. He played in 141 games for the Padres last season and he was 135 for 529 (.255 avg, .722 OPS) with 50 runs scored, ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2010/02/20/the-oakland-athletics-are-suddenly-deep-at-3b-for-2010/ 25-year old switch hitting Cliff Pennington will be the starting shortstop for the A's in 2010. Pennington played in 60 games for the A's last season and he was 58 for 208 (.279 avg, .760 OPS) with 27 runs scored, 4 homers, 21 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2010/02/20/the-oakland-athletics-look-a-little-iffy-at-ss-for-2010/ 32-year old righty swinging Mark Ellis is the kind of player every team likes to have on the roster. He gets dirty and hustles both in the field and when he is batting. His problem is just staying healthy as he has only played in more than 124 ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2010/02/06/the-oakland-athletics-look-the-same-at-2b-for-2010/ The A's have designated 25-year old SS/2B Gregorio Petit for assignment. He played in 11 games for the A's last season and he was 7 for 31 (.226 avg, .484 OPS) with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI. Petit has played in 25 games in his career with ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2010/02/01/the-oakland-athletics-dfa-gregorio-petit/