Bringing the Pennant Back to Oaktown: A Oakland Athletic's Franchise (MLB 14)

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Oakland Athletics look to continue success in 2014

With an impressive young pitching staff and balanced offensive unit, A's look to win their third consecutive AL West title

The Oakland Athletics are coming off back-to-back AL West titles, and they will try to mix and match their way to a third straight division crown in 2014. The A's lost a couple of key players in Bartolo Colon and Grant Balfour, but replacing departed stars is a familiar task for Billy Beane.

The additions of Scott Kazmir, Jim Johnson and Luke Gregerson should help keep the pitching staff stable in light of the aforementioned losses as well as the season-ending injury incurred by Jarrod Parker. On top of that, virtually the entire cast is returning from last year's offense, which ranked fourth in MLB in scoring.

The A's have question marks, as they always do, but they are well-positioned for a run at a third consecutive playoff appearance.

Oakland Athletics 2014 Roster
#	PITCHERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
54	Sonny Gray	SP	R/R	24	5-11	180	$502,500
26	Scott Kazmir	SP	L/L	30	6-0	185	$9,000,000
60	Jesse Chavez	SP	R/R	30	6-2	160	$775,000
67	Dan Straily	SP	R/R	25	6-2	215	$505,000
57	Tommy Milone	SP	L/L	27	6-0	205	$510,000
64	A.J. Griffin	SP	R/R	26	6-5	230	$505,000
45	Jim Johnson	CP	R/R	30	6-6	240	$10,000,000
62	Sean Doolittle	RP	L/L	27	6-3	212	$505,000
48	Ryan Cook	RP	R/R	26	6-2	217	$505,000
44	Luke Gregorson	RP	L/R	29	6-3	201	$5,065,000
56	Fernando Abad	RP	L/L	28	6-1	220	$525,900
61	Dan Otero	RP	R/R	29	6-3	214	$502,500
13	Drew Pomeranz	SP	R/L	25	6-5	240	$505,000
#	CATCHERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
5	John Jaso	C	L/R	30	6-2	205	$2,300,000
36	Derek Norris	C	R/R	25	6-0	210	$505,000
#	INFIELDERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
10	Daric Barton	1B	L/R	28	6-0	204	$1,275,000
28	Eric Sogard	2B	L/R	27	5-10	188	$510,000
20	Josh Donaldson	3B	R/R	28	6-0	221	$500,000
8	Jed Lowrie	SS	S/R	30	6-0	180	$5,250,000
18	Alberto Callapso	IF	S/R	30	5-9	225	$4,875,000
1	Nick Punto	IF	S/R	36	5-9	195	$2,750,000
#	OUTFIELDERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
52	Yoenis Cespedes	LF	R/R	28	5-10	210	$10,500,000
4	Coco Crisp	CF	S/R	34	5-10	185	$7,500,000
16	Josh Reddick	RF	L/R	27	6-2	180	$2,700,000
3	Craig Gentry	OF	R/R	30	6-2	190	$1,145,000
#	DESIGNATED HITTER	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
37	Brandon Moss	DH/1B	L/R	30	6-0	210	$4,100,000

Oakland Athletics Depth Chart - 2014

• Catcher
• John Jaso
• Derek Norris

• First Base
• Daric Barton
• Brandon Moss

• Second Base
• Eric Sogard
• Nick Punto
• Alberto Collapso

• Third Base
• Josh Donaldson
• Alberto Collapso

• Shortstop
• Jed Lowrie
• Nick Punto

• Left Field
• Yoenis Cespedes
• Craig Gentry

• Center Field
• Coco Crisp
• Craig Gentry

• Right Field
• Josh Reddick
• Craig Gentry

• Starting Pitcher
• Sonny Gray
• Scott Kazmir
• Jesse Chavez
• Dan Straily
• Tommy Milone

• Relief Pitcher
• Sean Doolittle
• Ryan Cook
• Luke Gregerson
• Dan Otero
• Fernando Abad
• Drew Pomeranz

• Closer
• Jim Johnson

• Designated Hitter
• Brandon Moss

• Disabled List
• Jarrod Parker
• A.J. Griffin

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Series #1 Preview

(0-0) Cleveland Indians vs. (0-0) Oakland Athletics

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Game #1:

March 31st, 2014; 10:05 PM (ET)

(0-0, 0.00) Justin Masterson vs. (0-0, 0.00) Sonny Gray

Game #2:

April 1st, 2014; 10:05 PM (ET)

(0-0, 0.00) Corey Kluber vs. (0-0, 0.00) Scott Kazmir

Game #3:

April 2nd, 2014; 3:35 PM (ET)

(0-0, 0.00) Zach McAllister vs. Jesse Chavez (0-0, 0.00)

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Indians Lineup

1. CF #24 Michael Bourn
2. 1B #33 Nick Swisher
3. 2B #22 Jason Kipnis
4. 3B #41 Carlos Santana
5. LF #23 Michael Brantley
6. SS #13 Asdrubal Cabrera
7. RF #7 David Murphy
8. C #10 Yan Gomes
9. DH #8 Lonnie Chisenhall

[miggy1212]

(0-0) Cleveland Indians vs. (0-0) Oakland Athletics
March 31st, 2014; 10:05 PM (ET)
O.co Coliseum; Oakland, California
(0-0, 0.00) Justin Masterson vs. (0-0, 0.00) Sonny Gray

Gray and offense shine in 6-3 Opening Day victory
A's chase Masterson early, Moss and Lowrie with big days

Sonny Gray, making his first Opening Day start, came up big in 7 innings while striking 8 in the A's 6-3 victory

Indians at Athletics |
Mar 31, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Cleveland (0-1)	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	-	3	9	0
Oakland (1-0)	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	x	-	6	7	0
W: S. Gray (1-0, 3.86) L: J. Masterson (0-1, 23.14) S: L. Gregerson (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CLE	OAK
OAK	1	B. Moss homered to right center, C. Crisp and J. Lowrie scored.	0	3
OAK	2	J. Lowrie doubled to right, E. Sogard and C. Crisp scored, J. Donaldson out at home	0	5
OAK	3	J. Reddick doubled to right center, B. Moss scored.	0	6
CLE	4	Y. Gomes flied out to center, M. Brantley scored, A. Cabrera to third.	1	6
CLE	4	L. Chisenhall singled to right, A. Cabrera scored, D. Murphy to third.	2	6
CLE	5	M. Brantley doubled to left center, N. Swisher scored.	3	6

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
M. Bourn, CF	4	0	0	0	1	2	-	.000
N. Swisher, 1B	4	1	1	0	1	0	-	.250
J. Kipnis, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	-	.000
C. Santana, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	3	-	.000
M. Brantley, LF	3	1	2	1	1	0	-	.667
A. Cabrera, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	-	.250
D. Murphy, RF	4	0	3	0	0	0	-	.750
Y. Gomes, C	3	0	0	1	0	0	-	.000
L. Chisenhall, DH	4	0	2	1	0	1	-	.500
TEAM TOTALS	34	3	9	3	3	8	-	-
BATTING: 2B: M. Brantley (1), N. Swisher (1), D. Murphy (1) RBI: M. Brantley (1), Y. Gomes (1), L. Chisenhall (1) SF: Y. Gomes SAC: J. Kipnis

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
C. Crisp, CF	3	2	1	0	1	0	-	.333
J. Donaldson, 3B	3	0	0	0	1	2	-	.000
J. Lowrie, SS	4	1	2	2	0	1	-	.500
B. Moss, DH	3	2	2	3	1	0	-	.667
Y. Cespedes, LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	-	.000
J. Reddick, RF	3	0	1	1	1	1	-	.333
J. Jaso, C	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	.000
D. Barton, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	.000
E. Sogard, 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	-	.333
TEAM TOTALS	29	6	7	6	6	5	-	-
BATTING: 2B: J. Lowrie (1), J. Reddick (1) HR: B. Moss (1) RBI: J. Lowrie 2 (2), B. Moss 3 (3), J. Reddick (1) GIDP: J. Donaldson

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
J. Masterson (L, 0-1)	2.1	6	6	6	3	2	-	23.14
J. Tomlin	3.2	1	0	0	3	1	-	0.00
M. Rzepczynski	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	-	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	7	6	6	6	5	-	-

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
S. Gray (W, 1-0)	7.0	8	3	3	3	6	-	3.86
S. Doolittle (H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	-	0.00
L. Gregerson (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	9	3	3	3	8	-	-

Record: 1-0

[beamerball811]

Following. Where did you get those logos from?

[miggy1212]

Quote: Originally Posted by beamerball811

Following. Where did you get those logos from?

I went to CBS and the team's home page, the logo's right in the middle.

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(0-1) Cleveland Indians vs. (1-0) Oakland Athletics
April 1st, 2014; 10:05 PM (ET)
O.co Coliseum; Oakland, California
(0-0, 0.00) Corey Kluber vs. (0-0, 0.00) Scott Kazmir

Kluber silences A's bats in 4-1 victory
Late homers hurt A's chances, fall to 1-1 on the season

Corey Kluber was sharp in his season debut, going 6.0 strong innings and neutralizing the A's bats in a 4-1 Indians victory

Indians at Athletics |
Apr 1, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Cleveland (1-1)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	-	4	8	2
Oakland (1-1)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	1	8	0

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CLE	OAK
CLE	1	J. Kipnis doubled to right, M. Bourn scored, N. Swisher out at home.	1	0
OAK	3	J. Lowrie singled to left, C. Crisp scored.	1	1
CLE	4	R. Raburn singled to center, A. Cabrera scored.	2	1
CLE	8	C. Santana homered to center.	3	1
CLE	8	M. Brantley homered to right.	4	1

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
M. Bourn, CF	5	1	1	0	0	1	-	.111
N. Swisher, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	-	.143
J. Kipnis, 2B	4	0	1	1	0	2	-	.125
C. Santana, 3B	3	1	1	1	1	0	-	.143
M. Brantley, LF	3	1	1	1	1	1	-	.500
A. Cabrera, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	-	.250
R. Raburn, RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	-	.250
Y. Gomes, C	4	0	2	0	0	2	-	.286
M. Aviles, DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	-	.000
TEAM TOTALS	34	4	8	4	3	10	-	-
BATTING: 2B: A. Cabrera (1), J. Kipnis (1), Y. Gomes (1) HR: C. Santana (1), M. Brantley (1) RBI: J. Kipnis (1), C. Santana (1), M. Brantley (2), R. Raburn (1)
FIELDING: E: A. Cabrera (1), M. Brantley (1)

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
C. Crisp, CF	5	1	2	0	0	0	-	.375
J. Donaldson, 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	.000
J. Lowrie, SS	4	0	1	1	0	2	-	.375
B. Moss, DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	-	.333
Y. Cespedes, LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	-	.125
J. Reddick, RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	-	.167
J. Jaso, C	4	0	2	0	0	0	-	.333
D. Barton, 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	-	.125
E. Sogard, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	-	.286
TEAM TOTALS	34	1	8	1	2	5	-	-
BATTING: 2B: C. Crisp (1), E. Sogard (1) RBI: J. Lowrie (3) HBP: J. Donaldson
BASERUNNING: SB: C. Crisp 2 (2)

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
C. Kluber (W, 1-0)	6.0	6	1	0	2	5	-	0.00
S. Atchinson (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00
V. Pestano (H, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	-	0.00
J. Axford, (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	-	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	1	0	2	5	-	-

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
S. Kazmir (L, 0-1)	7.0	5	2	2	3	8	-	2.57
F. Abad	0.2	2	2	2	0	2	-	27.00
J. Johnson	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	-	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	8	4	4	3	10	-	-

Record: 1-1

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(1-1) Cleveland Indians vs. (1-1) Oakland Athletics
April 2nd, 2014; 3:35 PM (ET)
O.co Coliseum; Oakland, California
(0-0, 0.00) Zach McAllister vs. (0-0, 0.00) Jesse Chavez

Huge 5th innings rockets Indians to 7-6 victory
Chavez implodes despite A's offense showing in loss

Lonnie Chisenhall delivered with a huge bases-clearing double in the 5th, leading the way to a 7-6 Indians' victory

Indians at Athletics |
Apr 2, 2014	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Cleveland (2-1)	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	-	7	9	0
Oakland (1-2)	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	-	6	10	0
W: Z. McAllister (1-0, 8.10) L: J. Chavez (0-1, 13.50) S: J. Axford (2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			CLE	OAK
CLE	3	M. Bourn homered to right center.	1	0
OAK	3	J. Jaso homered to right.	1	1
OAK	4	J. Reddick singled to center J. Lowrie scored, B. Moss to second.	1	2
OAK	4	D. Barton singled to center, B. Moss scored, J. Reddick to third.	1	3
CLE	5	M. Brantley singled to center, M. Bourn scored, N. Swisher to third C. Santana to second.	2	3
CLE	5	A. Cabrera walked, N. Swisher scored, C. Santana to third, M. Brantley to second.	3	3
CLE	5	Y. Gomes walked, C. Santana scored, M. Brantley to third, A. Cabrera to second.	4	3
CLE	5	L. Chisenahll doubled to right center, M. Brantley, A. Cabrera and Y. Gomes scored.	7	3
OAK	7	B. Moss singled to right, C. Gentry scored, J. Donaldson to second.	7	4
OAK	7	Y. Cespedes doubled to left, J. Donaldson and B. Moss scored.	7	6

Cleveland Indians
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
M. Bourn, CF	4	2	1	1	2	1	-	.154
N. Swisher, 1B	1	1	0	0	4	1	-	.125
J. Kipnis, 2B	5	0	1	0	0	2	-	.154
C. Santana, 3B	5	1	2	0	0	2	-	.250
M. Brantley, LF	4	1	1	1	1	1	-	.400
A. Cabrera, SS	4	1	1	1	1	0	-	.250
D. Murphy, RF	5	0	0	0	0	1	-	.333
Y. Gomes, C	4	1	2	1	1	0	-	.364
L. Chisenhall, DH	3	0	1	3	1	1	-	.429
TEAM TOTALS	35	7	9	7	10	9	-	-
BATTING: 2B: A. Cabrera (2), L. Chisenhall (1) HR: M. Bourn (1) RBI: M. Bourn (1), A. Cabrera (1), M. Brantley (3), Y. Gomes (2), L. Chisenhall 3 (4) HBP: L. Chisenhall GIDP: M. Brantley
BASERUNNING: SB: M. Bourn (1), J. Kipnis (1)

Oakland Athletics
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
C. Gentry, CF	5	1	2	0	0	1	-	.400
J. Donaldson, 3B	5	1	1	0	0	3	-	.091
J. Lowrie, SS	4	1	2	0	1	0	-	.417
B. Moss, DH	3	2	1	1	1	2	-	.333
Y. Cespedes, LF	5	0	1	2	0	1	-	.154
J. Reddick, RF	4	0	1	1	0	3	-	.200
J. Jaso, C	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	.375
D. Norris, PH-C	0	0	0	0	1	0	-	.000
D. Barton, 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	-	.167
E. Sogard, 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	.182
TEAM TOTALS	36	6	10	6	4	11	-	-
BATTING: 2B: Y. Cespedes (1), C. Gentry (1) 3B: C. Gentry (1) HR: J. Jaso (1) RBI: Y. Cespedes 2 (2), B. Moss (4), J. Reddick (2), D. Barton (1), J. Jaso (1) HBP: B. Moss

Cleveland Indians
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Z. McAllister (W, 1-0)	6.2	10	6	6	2	8	-	8.10
M. Rzepcynski (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	-	0.00
C. Allen (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00
J. Axford, (S, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	-	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	10	6	6	4	11	-	-

Oakland Athletics
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
J. Chavez (L, 0-1)	4.2	8	7	7	6	7	-	13.50
D. Pomeranz	3.1	0	0	0	3	2	-	0.00
D. Otero	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	-	0.00
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	9	7	7	10	9	-	-

Record: 1-2

[beamerball811]

Tough series loss, you'll bounce back though.