A’s - Signed Cameron, Bozied

These could possibly be more than minor-league filling moves, especially the former.

Cameron picked an excellent situation to be in. He's a decent groundball pitcher (though not as groundbally as, say, Brandon Webb) and the A's should have a good infield defense once again. Cameron sprained his UCL last season and never got a chance to get his job back. He's still yet to give up a home run in the majors in 68 innings. I was actually quite surprised that he passed through waivers - there are dozens of players who are on 40-man rosters that aren't anywhere near as useful as Cameron is. Good move here, though I expect the A's won't have a ton of leads to protect.

Bozied, on the other hand, didn't exactly pick the best organization. While the A's are more willing than most teams to give minor league veterans a chance, Jack Cust is a much better player who also plays Bozied best position (DH) and the team is apparently showing the player at Bozied's third least-bad position (Daric Barton) a lot of leeway. Not a good park for a player whose value comes primarily from home runs.

ZiPS Projection - Kevin Cameron
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            W   L   G  GS   IP    H   ER  HR  BB  SO   ERA   ERA+
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2009        2   2  38   0   49   49   21   1  26  30  3.86   110  
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Top Comps:  Dave Smith, John Riedling

ZiPS Projection - Tagg Bozied
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              AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO  SB   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS+
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2009         360  42  86  17   1  14   51  34   68   2 .239 .310 .408   93  
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Top Comps:  Josh Rabe, Ron Kittle

ODDIBE - Odds of Important Baseball Events

Offense %
STAR    3
AVG     15
REP LV  53

OPS+    %       OBP     %       3B      %       Hits    %
>160    0       >.400   0       >10     0       >200    0
>140    1       >.375   1       >5      2       >150    0
>120    8       >.350   8
>100    35      >.325   27      2B      %
>80     74      >.300   60      >45     0
>60     96                      >30     0

BA      %       SLG     %       HR      %       SB      %
>.350   0       >.550   0       >50     0       >70     0
>.325   0       >.500   5       >40     0       >50     0
>.300   1       >.450   25      >30     0       >30     0
>.275   8       >.400   57      >20     12      >10     0
>.250   27      >.350   87      >10     84

(Based on Projected PA)