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2017 Season Preview Series: Oakland A’s

by Mike Archibald | March 9th, 2017

Taking a look around the AL West, it would be easy to suggest the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros have playoff potential. The Seattle Mariners are a Jerry Dipoto tradefest, which at least creates… Read more »

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The Semien Report: Week 9, Two Week Double Pack!

by Andrew Patrick | June 11th, 2016

Please click here for the full introduction/primer to this series. The Semien Report is an experimental effort to provide advanced fielding splits. Every week, I’m going to pull UZR, DRS, and DEF from Fangraphs for each… Read more »

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The Semien Report: Week 7, Bad Eaton and a Pillar of Hope

by Andrew Patrick | May 28th, 2016

Please click here for the full introduction/primer to this series. The Semien Report is an experimental effort to provide advanced fielding splits. Every week, I’m going to pull UZR, DRS, and DEF from Fangraphs for each… Read more »

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The Semien Report: Week 6, NL West the NL Best Edition

by Andrew Patrick | May 20th, 2016

Please click here for the full introduction/primer to this series. The Semien Report is an experimental effort to provide advanced fielding splits. Every week, I’m going to pull UZR, DRS, and DEF from Fangraphs for each… Read more »

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The Semien Report: Week 5, Grandy/Melvin 2007 Edition

by Andrew Patrick | May 13th, 2016

Please click here for the full introduction/primer to this series. The Semien Report is an experimental effort to provide advanced fielding splits. Every week, I’m going to pull UZR, DRS, and DEF from Fangraphs for each… Read more »

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The Semien Report: Week 4, Mallex Kidd and Good Eaton Edition

by Andrew Patrick | May 5th, 2016

Please click here for the full introduction/primer to this series. The Semien Report is an experimental effort to provide advanced fielding splits. Every week, I’m going to pull UZR, DRS, and DEF from Fangraphs for each… Read more »

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The Semien Report: Week 3, Bruce and Rickard are Bad Edition

by Andrew Patrick | April 27th, 2016

Please click here for the full introduction/primer to this series. The Semien Report is an experimental effort to provide advanced fielding splits.  Every week, I’m going to pull UZR, DRS, and DEF from Fangraphs for… Read more »

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The Semien Report: Week 2, Adonis and Adams Edition

by Andrew Patrick | April 19th, 2016

Please click here for the full introduction/primer to this series. The Semien Report is an experimental effort to provide advanced fielding splits.  Every week, I’m going to pull UZR, DRS, and DEF from Fangraphs for… Read more »

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The Semien Report: Introduction

by Andrew Patrick | April 12th, 2016

In 2015, the A’s acquired Marcus Semien in a trade with the Chicago White Sox.  Despite reservations from what seemed like the entire world, the A’s elected to start him every day at shortstop.  The… Read more »

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Three Questions at the Midpoint for the A’s

by Andrew Patrick | July 20th, 2015

Let’s get this out of the way: the A’s have been bad in close games, but their peripheral numbers suggest they’re better than their record.  We all know that.  The struggles the A’s have had… Read more »

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Samardzija and Semien – Look on the Bright Side!

by Andrew Patrick | June 19th, 2015

OK, so this season hasn’t been excellent for the A’s.  They’re among the worst teams in the league, and nothing short of a miracle would propel them back to the playoffs this year.  Every trade… Read more »

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Season Preview Series, Part 22: The A’s in a Box

by Andrew Patrick | March 17th, 2015

Let’s go ahead and skip the obvious stuff.  The A’s usually trade all their best players for prospects, and lose in the playoffs.  Last year they traded their prospects for new best players, and they lost in the playoffs.

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