I am gooood

I started to look back through some of my old notebooks recently, and I found one page from a notebook I used last year. On it, I printed a list of players I wanted the Oakland A's (my favorite team) to go after in the offseason. None of these guys are on the A's, but my list was pretty interesting. I'm going to save the first name on the list for last, because I want to wow you all, but here are the names I listed, and the notes I listed after them.
"Alberto Callapso, IF, Arizona, Great Eye, Can Play SS" (Callapso was traded to Kansas City for decent pitching prospect Billy Buckner. After spending some time either on the bench or in the minors, Callapso is now KC's starting 2B. I'll call that one a hit)
"Mike Pelfrey, SP, Mets" (Yeah he's doing well for himself, but I wasn't alone in thinking he was good, so not so special on my part)
"Heath Phillips, SP White Sox" (At first glance, picking this current Yankees Quad-A guy is baffling. But I can see what i was thinking. He's basically a lefty with decent velocity, decent control, and a good pickoff move. Lots of pitchers have suceeded with his skill set, from Mark Buehrle to Doug Davis to Andy Pettite. Do I think he would've been as good as those guys? No. Do I think he couldv'e been a low risk pickup who may have been a solid starter? Yeah. But still, that one scores a miss)
"Mark Prior SP Cubs" (It was a worth a shot. Miss)
"Cory Dunlap 1b Dodgers (Fat guy with great discipline who was wasting away in the minors. Was released by dodgers, seems to have retired. I guess that's a miss)
"Ben Zobrist IF Tampa Bay" (zobrist seems to have emerged as an able utilty man who hits with a low average with some power. funnily, he was the opposite kind of hitter in the minors, posting great OBP's with a little power. He seems to have retained his discipline, having a near even K/BB rate. If he can tie the power he has now with the averages he had in the minors, he could be a very helpful major league player, with the position versatility and all. I'll call it a hit)
"Jonny Gomes OF Tampa Bay (Gomes has gotten more attention for getting into fights than for his hitting. He has mostly been in the minors this year, but he can be a good hitter when healthy. He started off 2006 hot as all hell, got his shoulder injured, played through it, and then his stats plummeted, and he ended the year hitting .216. The perception of him seems to be "all or nothing slugger", but I don't think he's been given a fair shot since then. I still want the A's to go after him, given their seemingly perpetual need for a righthanded power bat. I'll call it a miss, but he can still prove that wrong)
Heres the first name that appears on the list, that I have saved to wow you all...(drum roll)...
"Carlos Quentin, OF, Arizona, Good Hitter, Buy Low Candidate" (I'm awesome)


Ok, just so you know, this blog won't be this full of itself that often. I just like to be proven right on occasion.