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Eveland and Smith

both lefties came over in the haren deal. have had impressive spring trainings. eveland seems to have cemented his spot as the 5th starter and Smith probably the next SP to be called up at some point during the season. of course sample size is everything...

Eveland: 15in/16h/2er/4bb/14k's/1.2 era
Smith: 13in/9h/2er/3bb/9k's/1.38era

Keith Law was at today's game: From his BLOG :

* Dana Eveland continued his bid for a spot in the Oakland rotation with another strong outing, ripping through five innings against the Royals without giving up a run. His fastball was down a bit from his previous start, as he pitched mostly at 88 but threw some fastballs as low as 85 mph. But his secondary stuff was strong, including a curveball with good depth and a sharp slider that he used as his out pitch. Even more impressive was the presence of a clear pitching plan: get ahead with curveballs and fastballs, put hitters away with the slider, show the changeup to lefties and see if they'll chase it off the outside corner. Eveland reminds me a lot of Ted Lilly, with a little less fastball and an inferior changeup; both are lefties who reached the majors with shaky control and reputations as head cases, both feature four-pitch repertoires, and both have multiple weapons to get swings and misses. Lilly blossomed as a starter when he went to the big ballpark in Oakland and didn't have to worry about giving up fly balls. The same could be true for Eveland this year.

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Good early returns

Can't really get too excited about Spring stats, but as an A's fan I'd rather see good Spring numbers than bad ones.

It's good to hear that Eveland is using all of his pitches effectively but I was under the impression that he had a little more juice on the fastball. Law says it was down a bit, does anybody know what speed he usually works at?

by DiegoAsFan on Mar 18, 2008 12:09 PM EDT   0 recs

Eveland

Dana has done nothing but tear apart the minor leagues... I think this is the year he finally makes the transition. He's still just 24.

by Mike McBride on Mar 18, 2008 6:22 PM EDT   0 recs

as an a's fan

this is my wish.

President of the Joey Devine fan club as of 1/15/08. Accepting applications for other positions. "He has no equivalent." -Paul DePodesta on Jeremy Brown

by flipgatey3 on Mar 18, 2008 7:51 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

i want...

smith to go to the minors and tear it up there and i want eveland to get a chance at the rotation

i hate dinardo
gosh he sucks

Happiness is only real when shared

by manny59 on Mar 18, 2008 8:41 PM EDT   0 recs

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