http://www.athleticslocker.com Oakland Athletics Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:26:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Oakland A's traded Gio Gonzalez and Trevor Cahill over the winter, so they are going young for the most part in the rotation for 2012. They better home some of the young pitching that got back for Gonzalez & Cahill are ready to rock in 2012, or it's ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2012/01/31/the-oakland-athletics-are-looking-pretty-green-in-the-starting-rotation-for-2012/ The A's have designated 24-year old lefty swinging 2B Adrian Cardenas for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Jonny Gomes. Cardenas played in 127 games in AAA-ball last year for the A's and he was 154 for 491 (.314 avg, .791 OPS) with 70 runs scored, ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2012/01/26/the-oakland-athletics-dfa-adrian-cardenas/ The A's have signed 31-year old righty swinging outfielder Jonny Gomes to a 1-year deal. Gomes played in 120 games for the Reds & Nationals last year and he was 65 of 311 (.209 avg, .714 OPS) with 41 runs scored, 14 homers, 43 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2012/01/24/the-oakland-athletics-have-signed-jonny-gomes/ The Oakland A's have acquired 29-year old lefty swinging outfielder Seth Smith from the Rockies for 28-year old righty starting pitcher Guillermo Moscoso and 27-year old lefty starter/reliever Josh Outman. Smith played in 147 games for the Rockies last year and he was 135 of 476 (.284 avg, .830 ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2012/01/16/the-oakland-athletics-deal-for-seth-smith/ The Oakland A's have already dumped Gio Gonzalez, Trevor Cahill and Andrew Bailey already this winter as they don't have much interest in winning more than 62 games in 2012 as long as they make a few bucks. I feel so sorry for A's fans as the team is ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2012/01/15/the-oakland-athletics-dont-appear-concerned-about-winning-in-2012/ The A's have signed 38-year old righty starting pitcher Bartolo Colon to a 1-year deal. Colon pitched in 29 games (26 starts) for the Yankees last year and he was 8-10 with a 4.00 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP. Colon has now pitched in 357 games (351 starts) ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2012/01/15/the-oakland-athletics-have-signed-bartolo-colon/ The A's have signed 26-year old lefty reliever Fabio Castro to a minor league deal. Castro pitched in 24 games (12 starts) in AAA-ball for the Mariners last year and he was 5-4 with 1 save, a 3.63 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP. He last pitched in the ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2012/01/04/the-oakland-as-sign-fabio-castro/ The A's have signed 30-year old righty reliever Merkin Valdez to a minor league deal. Valdez pitched in 5 games (0 starts) for the Rangers last year and he was 0-0 with a 6.23 ERA and a 1.85 WHIP. He also pitched in 50 games (0 starts) in ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2012/01/04/the-oakland-athletics-sign-merkin-valdez/ The A's have signed 27-year old righty reliever Travis Schlichting to a minor league deal. He pitched in 51 games (0 starts) in AAA-ball last year and he was 5-3 with 4 saves, a 7.10 ERA and a 1.67 WHIP. Schlichting last pitched in the majors back in ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2012/01/04/the-oakland-as-sign-travis-schlichting/ The A's have re-signed 32-year old switch-hitting CF Coco Crisp to a 2-year, $14 million dollar deal with a club option for 2014. Crisp played in 136 games for the A's last year and he was 140 of 531 (.264 avg, .693 OPS) with 69 runs scored, 8 homers, ... http://www.athleticslocker.com/2012/01/04/the-oakland-athletics-re-sign-coco-crisp/