Greg Pappas

Right, that's what I meant by the slash. It's a lazy way or just using an already short word (or) LOL!

I like him a lot too.

I imagine Kopech would cost more than Norby/Stowers. Perhaps notably more. There are many teams that would be in on acquiring him, so IMHO they are not taking back an older (26) AAA guy like Stowers, though he still has decent value. What it would take is hard to figure, but I'd think Beavers would be someone they'd be interested in.

Assuming health for this staff is a big ask, however, if healthy, what would you expect the staff to look like moving forward? My best guess would be: SP's: Burnes, Bradish, Rodriguez, *Irvin, Kremer RP's: Kimbrel, Cano, *Coulombe, Wells, *Perez, Tate, Suarez, *Means EDIT: As good as Means looked in his debut, it will be interesting to see how Hyde works these six starters into the rotation. A good problem to have.

Strike.... errrrr, I guess not

We'll happily take it!

WHAT!? LOL!

YES!

I cannot wait until they bring pitch challenges or the robo ump system to the bigs. Umps do the best they can, but being wrong so often on ball/strike calls is correctable. Every game I watch I'm frustrated with the home plate umpire. Every game. Sad, but true.

15 straight innings without a run.

The A's desperately need bats and we need arms. It wouldn't be a surprise to see these teams deal with one another at some point by the trade deadline.

THIS. A good throw to Gunnar has a chance to nail the runner.

BIG hit.

IMHO it was a great shot, but he wasn't running hard out of the box and may have gotten to third if hustling.

Beavis and Butt Head cut outs (from a skit last week on SNL with Ryan Gosling hosting) being in the stands is awesome! LOL