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Tag: AL West

Gav’s 30 Boldish Predictions: One for each MLB Team (2023 edition)

March 29, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Before we start, I want to make it clear that I will not be using this article just to remind everyone that in this post last year, I predicted Aaron Judge would win AL MVP. Although I will remind you

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Shintaro Fujunamo pitching during Spring Training

Oakland Athletics 2023 season preview: Mediocrity maybe?

March 28, 2023 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

Now that the World Baseball Classic has finished, everything is gearing up for the MLB regular season, with Opening Day this Thursday (30 March). When thinking about how the Athletics will do this season, the indications thus far haven’t been

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A’s Offseason Deals yet to Inspire Confidence

January 7, 2023 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

Recently, I put together a round-up of the most note-worthy deals to have been struck so far during the offseason. Conspicuous by its absence was any mention of the deals that have been made by the Oakland A’s though. While

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Episode 302 – American League Offseason Review

January 7, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

It is two months since the last podcast! We can neither confirm nor deny that John McGee refused to pod until the Boston Red Sox made a positive move. John, Rob, Darius, and Russell are back from their temporary hiatus

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What an offseason! AL West edition

December 21, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Some offseasons drag on with very few transactions until the New Year celebration headaches have abated, but this year we have had so much action, it’s difficult to keep on top of all of the deals. Don’t worry, Bat Flips

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Epic Deadline Day with 29 of the 30 teams making trades. Guess the party pooper?

August 3, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Here is your five-minute review of the breathless 2022 MLB trade deadline. There is only one place to start and as the great Tim Kurkjian said “you can make a case this is the biggest trade in baseball history.” The

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Episode 271 – 2022 AL West Preview

April 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

For the fourth of our 2022 MLB Previews, we focus on the AL West and are joined by: Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle on the Astros Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register on the Angels Steve Berman of

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30 BOLDish predictions: One for each MLB team

April 7, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

AL WEST Houston Astros Jeremy Pena debuts for the Astros and creates an unstoppable middle-infield pairing with Jose Altuve. Both players hit over .300, and there’s not a single banged trashcan to be heard. Los Angeles Angels Injuries disrupt Mike

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A photo of the Oakland Coliseum

2022 season preview – Oakland Athletics:  There’s a rebuild on the horizon

April 2, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

The A’s might surprise some people this season  It looked unlikely at times, but we are actually going to get some major league baseball in 2022 after the league and the MLBPA kicked the can down the road for a

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Episode 218 – 2021 AL West Preview

March 17, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

In our penultimate season preview we’re over in the AL West, and again joined by an amazing group of experts to keep us on the straight and narrow. Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle on The Astros Fabian Ardaya of

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