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Transaction Oracle— A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen
Thursday, May 21, 2009
A’s - Claimed Breslow
Oakland A’s - Claimed P Craig Breslow off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
The Twins gave up on Breslow very quickly this season and while this is a good pickup by the A’s, I don’t want to give them too much credit as the team was 2nd in waiver-wire priority for Breslow and I’m sure they wouldn’t be the only team interested in seeing if they can turn around a pre-arbitration lefty with a 2.91 career ERA in 98 games.
Given that the A’s don’t currently have any lefties in the bullpen, perennial ZiPS-favorite Breslow should absolutely help the team, provided he can stop walking batters again. It won’t make a huge difference unless the A’s start scoring more often than Marty Brennaman at a swingers club.
2009 ZIPS Projection - Craig Breslow
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W L G GS IP H ER HR BB SO ERA
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Year-to-Date 1 2 17 0 14.3 11 10 3 11 11 6.28
Rest-of-Year 3 2 42 0 46.3 45 21 4 23 35 4.08
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Total 4 4 59 0 60.7 56 31 7 34 46 4.60
Year-to-date totals include minor-league translations, if applicable.
Dan Szymborski
Posted: May 21, 2009 at 02:53 PM | 4 comment(s)
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1. DL from MN Posted: May 21, 2009 at 05:26 PM (#3187911)I would've dumped Ayala before Breslow, even without being able to replace him with another righty. I rather have 3 lefties in the bullpen than 2 lefties and Ayala.
Ayala is actually slightly worse against righties for his career, so it's not like they'd be losing an additional tactical advantage against right-handed hitters.
Would it have been a better idea to DFA him and see if anyone was willing to trade for him?
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