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Kevin Cameron is picked up by the Oakland A's

OaklandClubhouse.com

The Oakland A’s have agreed to terms with three minor league free agents: right-handed pitcher Kevin Cameron, first baseman Tagg Bozied and outfielder Matt Carson. All three will be non-roster invitees to the A’s major league spring training camp.

Is anybody going to miss KCam?  If I'm going to be okay with Peavy and Hoffman not being Padres anymore than losing KCam isn't bothering me at all.

Here's how Corey Brock described him in the most recent mailbag:

What's the status on reliever Kevin Cameron? He had a great rookie year and would really help our troubled bullpen in 2009.
-- Danny L., St. Louis

The 2008 season was certainly a lost one for Cameron, who, as you stated, was good in his rookie season. Cameron got off to a bad start in Spring Training, suffering injuries to his thumb and hamstring and even a nasty bout with the flu. He only threw 30 innings between San Diego and the Minor Leagues after suffering a sprain of his right ulnar collateral ligament. But Cameron should be fine for Spring Training and ready to compete for a spot in a bullpen that could look a lot different in 2009 than it did in 2008.

 

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Corey!

How ya holdin’ out, buddy? Is your Vault well-stocked? Do you have enough Sugar Bombs and Yum Yum Deviled Eggs? What about Nuka-Cola?

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?

by Axion on Dec 1, 2008 4:35 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

i'll miss kevin cameron

but only because he was cute.

"i kinda feel like nevin and klesko were some fling we (the padres) had in the past and now realize were a bad idea and are embarrassed about."

by freelunch on Dec 1, 2008 5:05 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Well, this can't make rebuilding the bullpen any easier

Cameron for some reason ended up in many bad situations last year (See: gave up the 1st go ahead run in the 22 inning game, and many others).
But, he wasn’t all that bad, It surprises me that they didn’t hold onto him (he’s cheap right?) I’m worried that we won’t even be able to fill up the bullpen with decent players this year and it will end up like the end of last year.

Does anyone want to suffer through another cast of charachters like Haeger and Hayhurst (I know he got claimed, but you get the idea)? Where the ERA’s were zooming to the twenties and we were just trying to stop the gushing blood that were those horrible last few against the dodgers? sigh…

Hopefully the FO knows what they’re doing and we haven’t lost anything…

by TJB on Dec 1, 2008 5:56 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I'll miss Cameron

Because at least he wasn’t tainted by last year’s cluster**** of a bullpen

by TheAxManCometh on Dec 1, 2008 7:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Whoa!

I had no idea that Tagg was still around.

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by TheThirdGonzalez on Dec 2, 2008 10:22 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

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