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Location: Oakland, Calif. | Ballpark: McAfee Coliseum (35,067) | Spring Training: Phoenix, Ariz.
Owner: Lewis Wolff | GM: Billy Beane | Manager: Bob Geren | World Championships: 9
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Huston Street appears to be the A's most-targeted player when it comes to trade talks, but that doesn't mean he's going anywhere, and the closer is starting to think he might be staying put.

"I said a while ago I don't want to be traded," Street said. "Billy (Beane, general manager) said all along it'll take a deal to knock his socks off for me to get traded, and that's where we stand right now. I'm very comfortable with that because I like it here."

Rumors surrounding Street this week include the Tigers, Brewers, White Sox and, to a lesser degree, Red Sox. The Mets also have discussed Street a bit, but they probably don't have the prospects to get a deal done.

Street is only 24, and he will not be a free agent until after the 2010 season, so the A's have more reasons to hang onto him than to deal him, unless they are blown away by an offer.

Street has a 4.00 ERA and 18 saves in 23 chances. His 78.3 percent success rate is lowest among AL closers, and most teams with interest are looking at the right-hander as a setup man and potentially a closer next year.

ROYALS 5, A'S 2: For the second night in a row, two home runs off the A's starter were enough to decide the game. On Tuesday, it was a solo shot by Mike Aviles and a three-run homer by John Buck off Greg Smith that clinched things, as the fading A's fell to 2-9 since the All-Star break. Gil Meche beat the A's for only the third time in 11 decisions against them.

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November 13, 2009 5:05 pm
Heres a nice read on the A's fromer and current top ten prospects since 06 and how they have turned out so far.


Brett Anderson : #1 in pre-season 2009 rankings; #5 in pre-season 2008 ranking
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November 23, 2009 6:48 pm
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Grant Desme, the Oakland outfield prospect who led the Arizona Fall League with 11 homers, has been chosen as the recipient of the league's Joe Black Most Valuable Player Award.

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November 23, 2009 1:50 pm

Mets Considering Jack Cust?

By Tim Dierkes [November 23 at 11:30am CST]

We have considered A's DH/outfielder Jack Cust a ...(more)

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November 22, 2009 10:14 pm
looks like the A's have decided who there going to protect and 3 of the 4 were not a suprise but Souza is a bit of one.
On Friday, the Oakland A's added four players to their 40-man roster. Chris Carter , Fautino De Los San ...(more)
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November 6, 2009 4:58 pm

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In December of 2004, the Oakland Athletics broke up “The Big Three.” The venerated trio of Mark Mulder , ...(more)

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November 28, 2009 10:34 pm
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November 22, 2009 10:11 pm
Looks like the A's could have gotten a good grab this week. Dallas McPherson is a former top prospect who has a ton of raw power and good skill set but is a bit of a free swinger and of coarse injury prone, witch seems to fit right in with our team lately. I wouldnt be suprised to see him compete for the 3B spot this year and cou ...(more)
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November 10, 2009 2:30 pm
I personally dont understand why Andrus is even in the converstation. He was not impressive from the plate at all. he hit 265 with 40 RBIs. Why is he getting ROY vots at all. Bailey was as dominate a Releiver as there was in baseball period not just among rookies.

Heres the article about it.

AKLAND -- Less than a month after his whirlwind of a first season in the big leag
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November 16, 2009 4:04 pm
"Obviously it'd be awesome to win it..."

Well Andrew, let the awesomeness begin! Congratulations!

We'll talk about how this might give our boys one of those "good" problems come spring at a later date, but today is yours!

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November 10, 2009 2:16 pm
A look at who the A's will probably want to protect this year and a few that they may or may not.
The Rule 5 Draft Rules

Any player not on a team’s 40-man roster who signed his first professional contract in 2006 or earlier who was at least 19 years old at the time he signed and any player who signed his first professional contract in 2005 or earlie
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November 6, 2009 4:52 pm

OAKLAND -- Now that baseball's postseason is over, it's time to fire up the Hot Stove.

Eligible players are free to file for free agency the day after the World Series ends, so Hideki Matsui's heroics to help the Yankees close out the ...(more)

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November 6, 2009 5:29 pm

Bill James thinks Brett Wallace should be a solid major-leaguer next year. In his 2010 handbook , the baseball guru sees the rookie third baseman getting 504 at-bats with 17 home runs and an OPS of .757.

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October 24, 2009 1:37 am
Desme is on fire. After going 3-4 tonight with a home run, his average is back up to .436.

On a side note, Oakland pitchers got rocked today. 4 Oakland pitchers gave up 13 earned runs in only 6.1 innings. Ouch.
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October 16, 2009 5:23 am
Top prospect Chris Carter is going to experiment playing some outfield this fall for Algodoneros de Guasave of the Mexican Winter League at the request of the Athletics. The A's have a logjam at the first position with Daric Barton, ...(more)
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October 20, 2009 3:43 am
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