Baseball Chat

[jarsch501]

.."they can't afford them all."

Reference to how small the payroll is for the A's and how they can't resign players due to the amount of money they will have to poney up. Hudson is the ace of the staff and they should be able to get a lot of good prospects for him in return, so he is the only one they need to trade at this time.

Clement looks good on paper the last 3 seasons in Chicago. Unheralded as he just hasn't gotten the wins it appears. The comments by others this morning could sum it up.

Sheets is a hard thrower who will always put in a solid performance. Has a good fastball and was in the top 5 for strikeouts.

Burnett & Sheets are both getting $2.5 this year and Sheets will easily be able to a $7+ contract next year. Doubtful that Milwaukee will be able to resign or that he would even like to stay there.