Street makes the team...

and in my opinion it was a hastly made move. Street did not have to be on this roster to start out the season. Sure he was impressive in the spring, but why start the arbitration clock on him when you got guys like Harikkala or others who can be the last guy in the pen. When you look at Street, you know he's the real deal; he has that look of determination and has the numbers to back up the stuff. But if you have such a sure thing, why do you have to rush it so soon, especially when he is the 3rd option, at best, to setup Dotel?

But the thing that is fruestrating is the fact that instead of carrying another bench player in the event of a lefty being avaliable, the bullpen is full to the max and you would have to waste an option on Street if you were to send him down. And it just so happens that the bumbling orginization that is Tampa Bay has released just the type of bullpen pitcher the A's needed in Bobby Seay. If you look at him, he looks to have turned a corner and had a complied year very similar to former A Chris Hammond, only with a better K9.

What's funny is that Macha talks about using Street in soft spots to get him acustomed to pitching in the Majors yet he could do the exact same thing at midseason. The way I see it, your last players on your respective benches should be projects; guys who you are testing out to see if they can change things around i.e new scenery. Street's the real deal but he doesn't have to be rotting in the pen when he could be getting work in Triple A.