Stewart to A's

[Schwarber Fan]

Shannon Stewart signed a 1 year deal with Oakland per rotoworld.

[RynoRules]

Beane strikes again.

[Balsa]

http://www.shannonstewart.com/free_side/portfolio/photos/02.jpg

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[BDWeav71]

If only he stayed healthly on a consistent basis...

 

Regardless, good signing by Beane, low risk high reward type signing.

[Geech]

Jay Payton pt. II? Whatever. I hope this guy doesn't keep DJ from getting another shot at the first base job.

[Danny82]

Why not? DJ isn't very good.

[Geech]

It's true that DJ wasn't any good in the bigs last year, but he was fine in '05 and great in his time in AAA in '05 and '06. Given the choice between Stewart/Swisher or Swisher/DJ at LF/1B, I think the latter is likely to be significantly more productive.

[CuseCubFan69]

Who's DJ?

[Geech]

Dan Johnson

[CuseCubFan69]

Dan Johnson

 

Thanks!

[Mizzou]

Anyone else think of Dave Stewart when they read the thread title? For some reason, I did. (I didn't think that they signed him)

[Ding Dong Johnson]

http://www.shannonstewart.com/free_side/portfolio/photos/02.jpg

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Joined

[soccer10k]

http://www.shannonstewart.com/free_side/portfolio/photos/02.jpg

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Very nice.

[elinas]

Dan Johnson information and possible solution to his problems last year.

 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/09/SPGEDO1NH61.DTL

[Ender]

This deal is pretty bad. Stewart hasn't been productive since 2004 with the bat and his defense is below average at this point. I guess it never hurts to have depth but I'd much rather give Dan Johnson more playtime and just save the money.

[Geech]

This deal is pretty bad. Stewart hasn't been productive since 2004 with the bat and his defense is below average at this point. I guess it never hurts to have depth but I'd much rather give Dan Johnson more playtime and just save the money.

 

I don't think it's a given that this means Johnson is out of a job, even though that's what articles have been suggesting. I think that, as you suggested, it's more a move for depth than replacing DJ directly.