2010 Depth Chart

From the looks of this photo, if Oakland can stay away from he cross hair's of the DL we should have a great season ahead of us.

Some things to look for in the opening weeks ahead..

1. no longer having to stress of Chavez's recurring injuries
2. If Pennington isn't up to the task, i think Rosales may turn out to be a great replacement at short.
3. As always, Oakland has a nice looking bullpen, Bailey (ROTY 09) and adding sheets. As long as we stay injury free it will be another great year for them.
4. Rajai Davis has lit the flames on the A's of old by adding speed to the list of qualities the A's posses.

Some things I am NOT looking forward to..

1. more injuries from Chavez
2. more strikeouts from Cust ( his 26 homers is not enough to win me over)
3. A lot of "ifs" left out there about the health of the squad

By Jane Lee / MLB.com

03/08/10 11:24 AM

PHOENIX -- The A's agreed to terms Monday with all 29 pre-arbitration players on their 40-man roster on one-year contracts for the 2010 season.

The list includes 2009 American League Rookie of the Year Andrew Bailey, along with fellow pitchers Brett Anderson, Jerry Blevins, Dallas Braden, Craig Breslow, Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez, Vin Mazzaro, Brad Ziegler, Josh Outman, Brad Kilby, Bobby Cassevah, Fautino De Los Santos, Pedro Figueroa, John Meloan, Clayton Mortensen, Henry Rodriguez and Justin Souza.

Position players who came to terms with one-year deals include Daric Barton, Travis Buck, Chris Carter, Jake Fox, Eric Patterson, Cliff Pennington, Landon Powell, Adam Rosales, Kurt Suzuki, Ryan Sweeney and Steve Tolleson.

Of the 29 players, Braden, Suzuki and Breslow will be arbitration-eligible at the end of the season.