The Oakland A’s will win the American League Pennant

[Big Bear]

it makes perfect sense

[cincinnatikid513]

Who is the most unintelligent poster?

1. big Bear
2. Seaweed
3. Combo (Lakerboy/TWizzle)

My vote is #1

[cincinnatikid513]

Probably Bigbear.

Weeder occasionally has the ability to be mildly entertaining. Don't think Wizzler neccesarily dumb but rather just a losing gambler thats starved for attention. Bear on the other hand is full blown moron.

[stevenash]

AL Pennant?
Bit of a reach.

Maybe 50 percent chance of making the playoffs.

ZIPS gives them a 48 percent chance to make the playoffs.
That's about right.

Team	W	L	GB	PCT	DIV%	WC%	PLAYOFF%	WS WIN%
Houston	95	67	—	0.586	74.50%	13.60%	88.10%	11.70%
Oakland	88	74	7	0.543	19.40%	29.50%	48.90%	3.70%
Los Angeles	83	79	12	0.512	5.60%	13.30%	18.90%	1.10%
Texas	75	87	20	0.463	0.40%	1.70%	2.10%	0.10%
Seattle	62	100	33	0.383	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

ZIPS 2020 OAKLAND A's INDIVIDUAL PROJECTIONS

Player	B	PO	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
Matt Chapman	R	3B	631	556	92	137	34	4	33	90	64	163	3
Marcus Semien	R	SS	680	605	97	166	36	4	28	84	69	108	12
Matt Olson	L	1B	584	514	80	130	28	0	35	98	60	152	1
Ramón Laureano	R	CF	507	454	70	117	26	2	22	63	38	138	16
Mark Canha	R	LF	463	398	65	97	22	2	21	58	48	108	3
Stephen Piscotty	R	RF	491	441	60	114	27	1	18	65	39	101	3
Khris Davis	R	DH	547	487	70	114	19	1	32	96	49	159	1
Sean Murphy	R	C	309	278	37	66	15	1	10	34	23	72	1
Franklin Barreto	R	2B	506	461	64	104	23	4	20	63	34	163	11
Austin Allen	L	C	451	415	51	102	23	0	17	62	29	111	0
Sheldon Neuse	R	3B	589	546	60	134	26	2	13	59	38	174	4
Nate Orf	R	2B	483	416	55	93	18	3	7	38	45	88	9
Chad Pinder	R	LF	385	353	47	86	19	1	14	47	23	99	1
Vimael Machin	L	SS	491	429	50	100	20	2	7	40	53	88	5
Tony Kemp	L	2B	433	386	51	99	17	4	7	39	36	61	11
Jonah Heim	B	C	394	362	37	79	17	1	7	35	26	79	1
Robbie Grossman	B	LF	461	397	54	98	22	2	7	42	58	87	6
Dustin Fowler	L	CF	564	533	63	132	24	6	15	65	26	139	12
Luis Barrera	L	CF	393	366	38	86	15	8	4	33	20	91	11
Carlos Perez	R	C	357	332	32	71	17	1	8	40	17	65	1
Ronnie Freeman	R	C	207	192	20	43	7	1	4	18	13	52	0
Chris Herrmann	L	C	204	179	23	36	6	2	5	22	22	61	1
Player	T	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	FIP
Frankie Montas	R	10	7	3.81	24	23	130	126	55	17	40	132	3.91
Sean Manaea	L	8	6	3.86	18	18	95.7	88	41	13	28	89	4.12
Liam Hendriks	R	5	2	2.9	67	0	71.3	55	23	8	20	98	2.77
Chris Bassitt	R	7	6	4.33	27	23	122.7	119	59	17	46	114	4.47
Jesus Luzardo	L	5	3	3.72	21	15	77.3	71	32	11	22	84	3.87
Daulton Jefferies	R	3	2	3.9	29	17	85.3	85	37	13	14	79	3.94
Mike Fiers	R	8	8	4.75	26	26	140.3	145	74	27	41	107	5.2
Daniel Mengden	R	7	7	4.63	25	20	122.3	123	63	19	41	97	4.72
Paul Blackburn	R	8	8	4.83	26	23	130.3	142	70	20	37	86	4.84
A.J. Puk	L	6	4	4.14	26	12	67.3	59	31	8	34	76	4.12
Grant Holmes	R	6	6	4.65	26	19	91	94	47	13	36	75	4.71
Jake Diekman	L	4	2	3.48	67	0	54.3	40	21	4	35	73	3.71
Yusmeiro Petit	R	4	3	3.8	65	0	71	66	30	11	13	64	3.94
Daniel Gossett	R	6	6	4.87	18	18	94.3	101	51	15	36	71	5.01
Brian Howard	R	8	9	5.12	25	25	130	143	74	23	48	100	5.21
Joakim Soria	R	4	2	3.79	61	0	57	50	24	7	19	63	3.67
James Kaprielian	R	4	4	4.71	19	16	63	66	33	11	20	55	4.8
Tanner Anderson	R	7	8	5.04	28	17	109	122	61	15	41	66	5.05
Lou Trivino	R	6	4	4.02	62	0	65	59	29	6	31	62	4.04
J.B. Wendelken	R	6	5	4.18	59	1	71	67	33	9	28	72	4.15
Donnie Hart	L	3	2	4	53	0	54	55	24	6	19	38	4.44
Brian Schlitter	R	3	2	4.12	41	1	48	49	22	3	20	31	4.08
Ryan Buchter	L	2	1	4.11	61	0	46	40	21	7	22	49	4.59
Matt Harvey	R	5	7	5.51	22	20	101.3	114	62	21	31	80	5.33
Zack Erwin	L	6	7	5.17	29	12	87	97	50	14	33	63	5.13

[Cuse0323]

I do think they could catch Houston, and win that division. That’s as far as my money would go on them.

[ChessPlayer1]

Barreto is the key

[jjgold]

solid team

[pologq]

definitely a solid play for the division. i like them over their win total also. think it was 90.5.

[hehfest]

It's possible. Too many chokes in the playoffs every year. They are officially my favorite baseball team since a kid. All Oakland teams. If they keep throwing Kris Davis out there then you can forget it. They played him last year and kept him in in games where he had no chance against said pitcher. They didn't bother to pinch hit for him. I've had enough of that player.

Lots of young talent. The bullpen might be worse if Lazardo and Puk are starters. Watch Lazardo. I haven't played fantasy in years for baseball, but that guy is a future ace no doubt barring injury. Puk I'm not convinced yet for starting but he could be a dominate closer IMO.

Murphy really promising catcher. Good ball player.

I just don't see any adds in the offseason that tells me pennant. Good at the corners and at catcher. Lazardo/Puk could help with division. I don't know if they have more young talent like Chapman, Olson, Murphy, Lazardo, Puk on the way this year? I like Laureano too. Sorry. Might win division. Then choke in playoffs.

[hehfest]

Definitely in the running though weeders. If they add someone better than Homer Bailey, Roark, etc at the deadline and trade Kris Davis (not much better than the one on Baltimore; sorry O's fans I know you don't want that name mentioned) for a bag of balls then I might think pennant.