Submitted by: OaklandAsbaseball
Name |
Age |
Level |
P1 |
P2 |
Availablility |
Years |
AFV |
Salary |
Surplus |
Low |
Median |
High |
Bassitt |
30 |
Majors |
SP |
|
Medium |
3.7 |
19.5 |
8.9 |
10.6 |
8.6 |
10.6 |
12.6 |
Name |
Age |
Level |
P1 |
P2 |
Availablility |
Years |
AFV |
Salary |
Surplus |
Low |
Median |
High |
Rooker |
|
Minors |
1B |
|
|
|
|
|
9.2 |
7.4 |
9.2 |
11 |
This doesn’t make a ton of sense for the A’s. They’ll need Bassitt if they want to make a playoff push, and they have nowhere to play Rooker – blocked at first by Olson, at DH by Davis, etc. If Oakland falls out of it and decides to move Bassitt, it would likely be for younger pitching.
I agree. At best, Rooker would play in left, which is only a mild need for the A’s given that they already have Grossman/Pinder/Cahna. Not only is Bassitt needed by the A’s this year, I think he’s a good bet for next’s rotation year too. He’s been effective and will still be relatively cheap. It’s also unlikely that all our hopefully close-to-returning injured pitchers — Manaea, Cotton, Puk and Luzardo — will be healthy and effective. Until their health and effectiveness is established, Bassitt will almost certainly stay. Mengden (and maybe Blackburn) would be dealt before Bassitt.