So hopefully this is the year the A's make it back to the playoffs. Arguably they have the best pitching staff from front to back leading by opening day starter Trevor Cahill who was in Cy Young consideration. Also who could forget Dallas Braden's perfect game!!! With key additions of David DeJesus, Josh Willingham, Hideki Matsui, Brian Fuentes, Grant Balfour and a returning solid pitching staff, I project the A's to win the division!!!

Projected Opening Day lineup
1 CF Coco Crisp
2 1B Daric Barton
3 RF David DeJesus
4 LF Josh Willingham
5 DH Hideki Matsui
6 C Kurt Suzuki
7 2B Mark Ellis
8 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff
9 SS Cliff Pennington

Projected rotation
1 RHP Trevor Cahill
2 LHP Brett Anderson
3 LHP Gio Gonzalez
4 LHP Dallas Braden
5 RHP Brandon McCarthy

Projected bullpen
CL LHP Brian Fuentes*
CL/SU LHP Grant Balfour
SU LHP Craig Breslow
SU RHP Michael Wuertz
MI RHP Brad Ziegler
MI LHP Jerry Blevins
MI LHP Bobby Cramer
*- Closing in place of Andrew Bailey (strained right forearm)

LET'S GO OAKLAND!

 

I'm not too worried about defense. The real question is have they beefed up the batting line up enough to be contenders?

Let's score some damn runs this year!

 

So true. It was tough watching great pitching last year and not seeing them score runs.

 

Agreed. I think the A's will be putting up a good record this season and going to playoffs. Just hoping they can make it to the WS.

 

I'll be there today. Come say hi, the Wagon should be easy to find. It's the only one with a BBQ on the back of it.

 

Wow that is an awesome setup, lol.

I'm just hoping the A's can improve on their record from last year, they made it to .500 but not the expectations are getting higher with such awesome pitching.

 

Im debating on going to the opener today... hmmm...

 

I'll be there tonight. The subie will be there too. I'll look out for the BBQ setup!

Hopefully they pull out a win today and I'm hoping they have the same success the giants did with just getting hot at the right time!

 

tough game last night. Hope today has a better outcome!

I'm fairly mad that I wont be able to watch it on TV though Does anyone know if there is a live stream available?

 

Cant wait to catch a good afternoon game with my wife and daughter. Something about being out there and 1pm in the sun with a beer is just perfect. Specialy when its a close game and you find that other (loud, slightly buzz) A's fan to cheer with lol just happends to me all the time...Go Oakland!

 

Looks like they they're stumbling out of the gate this season. Hopefully they find they're mojo quickly.

 

truthfully they've never had a strong spring... Come summer they generally turn it on! So hopefully that is the case.

 

Oakland wins their first game behind a stellar performance behind Gio. See what happens when you play solid defense!!!

 

yaay one win under the belt!!

 

Gio had a me a little worried at times but he held his own.

The crowd went nuts when Matsui tried to tag up and challenge Suzuki to throw.