Daniel Cabrera is also a free agent now that the Orioles have cut ties with him. Cabrera has the stuff that you'd think would make him a top fo the line starter. Unfortunately, he usually does not know where it's going once it comes out of his hand, leading to high walk rates and ERAs. He had usually accompanied those numbers with a ton of strikeouts, but failed to do even that last year. Still, the stuff is (or should be) there and if the A's think Curt Young can fix him, then he might be worth a shot. The problem with Cabrera is that the A's would have to give him a number of major league starts to see if he can turn it around away from Baltimore. I'm not sure that the A's can afford to let Cabrera flounder in the rotation for that long; if they'r'e going to put up with some struggling, they might as well have it be a learning experience for a guy like Sean Gallagher or Josh Outman (or Gio Gonzalez or Dallas Braden). This really comes down to a scouting/coaching question. Only if the A's think they know what's wrong with Cabrera should they consider signing him.
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