Ben Sheets

[hi8is]

I'd like to get him.

He seems like a goof ball in the dugout and would fit in...

Seems to be throwing well lately.

 

Any idea what it'd take to get him?

[LittleHurt05]

Home stats: 4-4, 68 IP, 56 K, 6 HR, 2.91 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, .231 BAA

Road stats: 0-5, 51.1 IP, 28 K, 12 HR, 6.66 ERA, 1.68 WHIP, .310 BAA

 

I hope these stats close this thread

[Eminor3rd]

We need a hitter!

[caulfield12]

Sheets is scheduled to start on Sunday against the White Sox but probably won't go.

 

There's something definitely wrong with him physically...his last start against the Red Sox, he was consistently in the mid 80's with his fastball. Most likely, or at least 50/50, they'll hold back Sheets and go with Bret Anderson instead of Sheets.

 

I think it's down to Haren and Oswalt in terms of impact starters.

[hi8is]

Good night thread

[Balta1701]

I'd take him as a waiver claim.

[AWhiteSoxinNJ]

None what so ever.

[fathom]

Sheets to the DL with a bad elbow

[LittleHurt05]

Billy Beane at it again, that $10 million FA contract was a steal

[Kyyle23]

Billy Beane at it again, that $10 million FA contract was a steal

 

Once again he duped KW

[OilCan]

Wow, poor Benny, just can't stay healthy.

[caulfield12]

Several scouts, notably from the Tigers and Phillies, have been in attendance at Sheets' recent outings. Though Sheets, who missed all of 2009 following elbow surgery, has not recaptured his one-time ace stuff from his Milwaukee days, he's been intriguing enough to allow contenders to imagine him helping them.

 

One scout who watched Sheets warm up in the bullpen before Monday's start said Sheets threw very few warm-up pitches. And scouts who have watched him recently say he has been very reluctant to throw his breaking pitches in games.

 

Over 20 starts in 2010, Sheets is 4-9 with a 4.53 ERA. He's worked 119 1/3 innings in 2010 and last started on Monday evening against Boston, going 6 2/3 innings and allowing the Red Sox two runs and seven hits, striking out two and walking two.

 

"He had no velocity but he adds and subtracts," one scout who was in attendance to see Sheets on Monday told CBSSports.com's Danny Knobler. "He threw only five pitches over 90 [m.p.h]. He was pitching at 86-88.

 

"He still competes, though. You know what he is? Right now, he's Freddy Garcia."

 

And, sadly, right now, he's not even that.

 

www.cbssportsline.com

[Balta1701]

Worth considering...since Sheets is now on the DL, that probably means the A's will have no trouble with him clearing waivers after the 31st. If he is actually able to become healthy by the end of August, he's still going to be someone the A's can trade.