It looks to me like the A’s made a huge mistake letting Miguel Tejada bolt in free agency and giving the keys to Bobby Crosby. Sure, he won the Rookie of the Year award in 2004, but that was a weak rookie class. Crosby could be the most overrated player in major league baseball! He’s just not a good player. Last season, Crosby hit .229 with 9 homers, 40 RBIs, 8 steals and a weak .636 OPS in 96 games. He’s only played in 180 games the last two seasons as he proving to be an very injury prone, brittle baseball player. Crosby did show slightly above average range while making 12 errors in 95 games. He needs to improve his defense a little bit, stay healthy and prove that he can hit at the major league level. He will have another injury filled, underachieving year again this season.

31 year old Marco Scutaro will likely get a lot of playing time at shortstop this season for the A’s. Scutaro doesn’t have much range at short and he made 9 errors there in only 69 games there. He will need to improve on defense this season, but he’s still a nice bench player for the A’s.

27 year old Antonio Perez could also play shortstop in a pinch as he played 4 games there and didn’t make an error.