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Michael Feliz - Reliever picked up on waivers September 20, designated for assignment September 27. In between he faced 3 batters and only got one of them out.
Andrew Chafin - Reliever has been excellent since he was picked up from the Cubs mid-season. His Bowman Chrome auto is weirdly difficult to find and pricey, so I settled for this one.
Cody Martin - Pitched 4 games for the A's in 2015, starting and ending two. Not the same two games...he had a 14.00 ERA in 9 innings.
Pete Kozma - No gain on this one, he slipped in for 3 games at the end of the 2021 season.
Domingo Acevedo - Formerly a starting pitching prospect, made his MLB debut this year with the A's as a reliever and coughed up 3 homers in 11 innings.
Kevin Appier- Great for the Royals but pretty mediocre in his season and a half with the A's, 1999-2000. At least the three guys they traded for him were total duds.
Cam Bedrosian - Relieved 9 games for the 2021 A's...his ERA was only 2.00 but his peripherals were crappy and he was released.
Todd Belitz - Gave up 4 hits and 4 walks in 3.1 innings for the 2000 A's.
Sal Fasano - One of those replacement-level backup catchers that had a long career bouncing between the majors and minors. Lived up to that by putting up 0 WAR for the 2000-01 A's.
Aramis Garcia - Picked up from the Rangers in the Khris Davis/Elvis Andrus trade with hopes of backing up Sean Murphy, but absolutely stunk it up this year. Released in September.
Deolis Guerra - Pretty mediocre pitching in relief for 53 games this year.
Cole Irvin - Purchased from the Phillies before spring training and started 32 games. Can't ask for much more than that. I guess not leading the league in losses would have been nice.
Adam Kolarek - Picked up in a trade with the Dodgers before the season and was absolute hot garbage in 12 games.
Andrew Lorraine - A bit of a prospect at one time, the A's picked him up from the White Sox for Danny Tartabull. He did not pan out.
Greg McMichael - Tossed in with Jason Isringhausen from the Mets for Billy Taylor, Isringhausen worked out great but McMichael was a dud.
Mario Valdez - Played 37 games for the 2000-01 A's. Never appeared in the majors after that but played pro ball in Mexico all the way up to 2015.
Ed Vosberg - Was okay in 16 appearances for the 1994 A's. Amazingly his pro career, between minors, majors, and foreign leagues, spanned 1983-2007.
Jay Witasick - Had two three-season stints with the A's during his 12-year career. I always liked him but really of those 6 seasons maybe one half season was decent.
Luke Gregerson - Upgraded from a logoless Astros card to a logoless A's card.
Jed Lowrie - Three different stints with the A's as a starting second baseman, but his only A's certified autos are in Archives buyback products. This is an upgrade from several early-career Red Sox autographs.
Yep...mine is only the bronze version of that card, but it'll do. Hope to get one of his A's cards signed some day.
Damian Miller - Filled in well at catcher for a year between the Ramon Hernandez and Jason Kendall eras.
Fernando Abad - Pitched 131 games for the A's 2014-15 but didn't get a single A's card. Fernando Abad was a better Abad than Andy Abad.
Joe Bitker - Pitched a single game for the A's (0 runs in 3 innings!) and 14 more for Texas. Does have an A's card in 1991 Topps Debut but that'll be tough to locate signed.
Daniel Coulombe - Reliever pitched parts of 4 seasons with the A's. A bit of a tough signer so I was thrilled when I saw this card come up for auction, I had only seen signed A's photos previously.
Cory Gearrin - Pitched 6 games for the 2018 A's.
Johnny Guzman - Pitched 7 games for the 1991-92 teams and that was it for his MLB career.
Chris Hatcher - Pitched 57 games for the 2017-18 A's to wrap up his 8-year MLB career.
Erik Hiljus - Started 20 games for the 2001-02 A's and spent all of 2003 at the A's AAA squad but never made it back to the majors.
Dave Leiper - This was my third try at a dang Dave Leiper autograph. Bought one on eBay about a year ago and it never showed up. Then I sent a TTM request but gave up on that after 4+ months and bought this one.
Brian Lesher - Hit great in the minors but not in the majors.
Orlando Mercado - Made it into 16 games in 1988 as a third-string catcher but UD thought that was good enough to give him an A's card. Ah the '80s.
Donnie Murphy - Utility infielder on the 2007-08 teams did not hit much. Has coached and managed in the Blue Jays system recently.
Nate Orf - Went 0 for 7 in 6 games for the 2020 A's.
Nick Punto - Better remembered for his time on the Twins, he finished his career with 73 games for the 2014 A's. He got an A's card in that year's Topps Update set so maybe I can find that signed at some point.
Fernando Rodriguez - Was a solid reliever in parts of 3 seasons for the A's, 2014-16, but never made it back to the majors.
Chad Smith - Gave up 5 runs in 1.1 innings for the 2015 A;'s, with a spectacular 6.00 WHIP.
Todd Stottlemyre - Was so-so in a single season with the A's but did notch 14 wins. Traded to the Cardinals for 4 players, and the best of the 4 by far was Jay Witasick so not a great deal.
Mike Venafro - Mediocre in 47 games in 2002. He did get an A's card in 2002 UD 40-Man so hopefully I can get a signed one of those someday.
Matt Watson - In between his short 2005 and 2010 stints with the A's he played in Japan, Mexico, and Korea.
Ross Wolf - Relieved 11 games for the A's in 2010.
Jose Flores - Played in 7 games for the A's in 2002, he's a tough signer but does have a couple of A's cards. Thanks to mrmopar for helping me find this 8x10.
Edgar Gonzalez - Very mediocre in 26 appearances (6 starts) for the 2009 A's.
Ryan LaMarre - 3 games for the 2017 A's. Seems like he's still bouncing around, he played a bit for the Yankees this year.
Cory Lidle - This is a big one as he famously died when his small plane crashed into a skyscraper in Manhattan while he was playing for the Yankees, bringing back memories of Thurman Munson and 9/11. He was a solid starter in two seasons for the A's but not really as good anywhere else.
Yonder Alonso - This upgrades some Reds and Padres autos I already had.
Luis Barrera - Broke into the majors with 6 games played in 2021. With all of the players the A's are losing this offseason maybe he will have more opportunity in 2022.
Marco Estrada - 12 year MLB career wrapped up with 5 awful games for Oakland in 2019, amazingly has no certified autos.
Reymin Guduan - Did not impress in the majors or minors in 2021, and was let loose at the end of the year.
Guduan was released by the Astros because he attacked another pitching prospect with a bat and later threatened him with a knife. One of the more bizarre stories of a player being released.
The reason Reymin Guduan was suspended
So, some background here right quick. We here at Astros County don't do this kind of thing terribly often. We knew that Brad Ausmus had inte...www.astroscounty.com
Guduan was released by the Astros because he attacked another pitching prospect with a bat and later threatened him with a knife. One of the more bizarre stories of a player being released.
The reason Reymin Guduan was suspended
So, some background here right quick. We here at Astros County don't do this kind of thing terribly often. We knew that Brad Ausmus had inte...
Santiago Casilla - Originally known as Jairo Garcia when he came up with the A's in the mid-00s, he was one of the guys that got busted for a phony birth certificate with a more recent birthdate...he didn't do much for Oakland in 6 years but went to the Giants where he was a very good bullpen arm for seven seasons, winning 3 rings with a 0.92 ERA in 25 post-season appearances. He came back to the A's for his last two seasons and was mediocre.
Angel Castro - Gave up 8 hits and 3 walks in 4 innings pitched in 2015. That was his only big league action in a pro career spanning from 2006 to 2019.
Eric Helfand - Made it into 53 games with the 1993-95 A's but only hit .171.
Chris Bassitt - Finally picked up a Bassitt signature...after he has likely played his last game with the A's.
Pedro Munoz - After 6 years with the Twins he finished up his career with 34 games for the 1996 A's. He does have a couple of A's cards so it'd be nice to upgrade this some day.
Kenny Rogers - One of the bigger players of the last 30 years with no certified autos. He has a beautiful signature, I imagine it'd be hard to sign a thousand cards in a row.I have him signed as his original name Jairo Garcia
