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As if A's fans actually needed more proof to show their fellow fans that Oakland's drafting and development philosophy is far from dogmatic, today's draft resulted in five consecutive high school pitchers heading to Oakland.

Posted by jason in Baseball, Oakland A's at 23:48 | |

Tom G over at Balls, Sticks, and Stuff interviewed Dan Meyer via email recently and posts the transcript here. It's pretty good, and it's neat that Meyer cooperated so easily. Best segment:

How did your injury come about and what is your prognosis? Timetable for return? Rehab? I originally pulled a muscle in my shoulder during spring training but I didn’t say anything but I was supposed to be fighting for a job in the rotation. That was a big mistake because I changed mechanically to compensate for pain and it only got worse. The best thing for me is that I didn’t not severely hurt myself in my act of stupidity so hopefully things will back to normal at soon. Time table for my return is mid-June.

So he did something really stupid in hiding an injury, but it appears that he learned his lesson, hopefully with the assistance of a severe tongue-lashing on the part of the A's.

Posted by jason in Baseball, Oakland A's at 10:49 | |