The A's should also consider Tim Redding if they're uncomfortable with starting the year with only one guy (Duchscherer) with more than 35 career major league starts. Redding could be an innings sponge, having put up two full seasons of mediocre pitching. There's no real upside here, but a guy you can pencil in for 30 average-ish starts has some value. The certainty here (albeit certainty of mediocrity) has to be appealing to the A's. While the rest of the contenders for the rotation have considerably more upside, their expected performances are way more volatile. If the price is right,(maybe 1 or 2 million, Redding was due to make about 3 million with the Nationals) or if the A's can't sign Randy Johnson, then Redding would make sense.
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