Monday, November 28, 2005 |
Rosenthal: A's Close To Landing Loaiza
Update: Reaction at Athletics Nation is cautiously optimistic. Loaiza's numbers were padded by the fact that he pitched in one of the league's most extreme pitchers' parks, a circumstance heavily aided by erroneously long fences. Even in the cavernous McAfee Coliseum, he won't have that behind him; on the other hand, he turned into a groundball pitcher for the Nats, and Oakland's defense is very, very good -- in fact, their .715 DER was the best in the majors this year. The third year is a risk, and if he reverts to his 2004 form, so is the second; the A's may have just bought an albatross, but considering they're looking for back-of-the-rotation starters, it's not a bad signing.
Update 2: looking at his splits, maybe not such a good idea. .233/.275/.342 against at home, but .306/.358/.435 on the road. Having honest fences apparently hurts him. Plus, he's 33... at least you can say he's an innings-eater.
Update 3: Blez passes on a Susan Slusser article in the San Francisco Chronicle suggesting the signing is a prelude to a trade of Barry Zito.
zito, harden, haren, blanton, saarloos, loaiza... that makes 6 starters, plus kennedy.
this means zito is a goner.
man, i hope if he goes the dodgers get him.
: 11/28/2005 02:00:00 PManyway, there's a ton of foul ground there, and loaiza is a flyball pitcher. he should be okay.
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