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Morning A’s fans! Spring Training is right around the corner with just 13 days until pitchers and catcher report. The rest of the squad reports a few days later and the first games of the season begin shortly after that. The long winter is coming to a close (except for the people on the East […]
14 days ago | 0 reads
So I went into hip replacement surgery last Friday expecting a fairly quick and smooth recovery and spent the weekend wondering why the pain and lack of mobility/range of motion was approximately 10x worse than I had anticipated. Turns out I’m my own worst enemy — which is saying something since those who have been […]
15 days ago | 1 read
*In an effort to make the nomination voting easier for everyone, I will comment, “NOMINATIONS”, and you may reply to that with your picks and upvote the player you’d like to see on the next nominee list. Well we are now officially through the first four rounds of our annual Community Prospect List, where A’s […]
15 days ago | 1 read
Morning everyone, and hope you are all doing well. For those of you dealing with the snow, I recommend a trip to California right now, where it’s still cold but at least sunny. We got word late yesterday afternoon that MLB had set the mid-season Trade Deadline later than usual this coming season, setting it […]
15 days ago | 0 reads
Morning everyone! Our 2026 Community Prospect List is through the first three rounds and there weren’t any surprises in the early going. Shortstop Leo De Vries absolutely dominated the first round of voting to no one’s surprise, taking over 95% of the vote to get things started. Considering he was the #3 overall prospect in […]
16 days ago | 0 reads
Our CPL continues on this bright and beautiful morning and the third spot in our community’s rankings goes to another left-hander in Gage Jump. The Athletics’ second round pick last year had an amazing first season in the professional ranks, starting the year in High-A before getting promoted to Double-A, where he spent the majority […]
17 days ago | 0 reads
The second round was a much closer race this time around between left-handers Jamie Arnold and Gage Jump. Arnold came out on top though with roughly 60% of the vote, taking the second overall spot in this year’s Community Prospect List. The 11th overall pick in the draft just this past year, Arnold is further […]
19 days ago | 3 reads
Happy Friday A’s fans! In back-to-back days our division rivals have added to their rosters looking to improve their chances for the coming season. Two days ago the Los Angeles Angels came to terms with third baseman Yoan Moncada, bringing back a decent hitter with major health questions hovering over him. Moncada was a potential […]
20 days ago | 2 reads
Well, the first round of voting was a bit of a non-shocker. Shortstop Leo De Vries absolutely ran away with the top spot on this year’s Community Power Rankings, winning over 95% of the vote en route to being named the top prospect in the Athletics’ system by the fans. It comes as no surprise. […]
21 days ago | 2 reads
Morning everyone! Recently we’ve been hearing more and more whispers about the A’s looking to add some more certainty to the lineup. First we got the news that the front office was kicking the tires on a potential Miguel Andujar reunion, followed by a scuttled trade for future Hall of Famer Nolan Arenado. After being […]
21 days ago | 4 reads
Morning everyone and welcome to Wednesday! Don’t you love a short week? Yesterday morning we got a report indicating that future Hall of Fame third baseman Nolan Arenado rejected a trade to the Athletics just prior to getting flipped to Arizona instead. Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the A’s and Cardinals had come to […]
22 days ago | 4 reads
It’s that time of year again! Athletics Nation’s annual Community Prospect List time, where you, the fans of our A’s, will get to vote for who is ranked among the farm system’s best and brightest prospects. This year we’ll be going as far as the top-25 in the system. starting with the top prospect and […]
23 days ago | 3 reads
Morning everyone and welcome to a brand new week! Yesterday afternoon we got a morsel of news regarding our A’s. The club apparently hasn’t closed the door on adding another position player as the team was called one of six teams interested in left fielder/DH Miguel Andujar: The former top prospect as you know spent […]
23 days ago | 6 reads
I’m going under the knife on Friday and not to be overly dramatic but my odds are 50/50. That’s a 50% chance I come out of it just fine and a 50% chance I come out of it healthy but also whine and moan far too much about it. It’s hip replacement surgery because apparently […]
26 days ago | 4 reads
Happy Friday A’s fans! Another week almost wrapped up and in the books. We made it. Yesterday was the opening for teams to begin coming to terms with international free agents, and we saw a massive flurry of signings from all over the league. There’s bound to be some stars in this year’s bunch, but […]
27 days ago | 6 reads
In December I began a mini-series called “polarizing prospects,” also known as “who can win the coveted Daric Barton award?” First on the list was Henry Bolte, who is now knocking on the MLB door. Next up is another fast outfielder who is “MLB ready” — if he’s ever ready at all. Is he a […]
28 days ago | 4 reads
Happy Thursday everyone. Friday is almost here! We finally know the exact date that the A’s will begin getting together. As always, the pitchers and catchers draw the short end of the stick and have their offseasons end early, reporting to camp days before their position-player teammates are expected to arrive. Some position players arrive […]
28 days ago | 1 read
We’ve finally made it, folks. The end of our Season In Review series. 57 players, down just one to go. Who else to wrap up our review series than a potential closer? Right-hander Elvis Alvarado made his big league debut this year for the Athletics and looked more than ready for the big leagues. Now […]
29 days ago | 4 reads
Morning everyone! Spring Training is fast approaching, but would you believe that we only just passed the midway point between Game 7 of the World Series and the first spring games? Time flies. Anyway, MLB Pipeline is running a series ranking baseball’s top prospects by position. They began with right-handed starting pitchers on Monday and […]
29 days ago | 3 reads
Just two Season In Reviews left guys! Now’s the time to go back and check to see we missed anyone but I don’t think so. Today’s recap goes to right-hander Mitch Spence, who was a starter for most of his rookie season in 2024 but was relegated to bullpen work early last season before finally […]
30 days ago | 2 reads
Welcome to Tuesday guys! Yesterday evening we got word that the Athletics have named former big league pitcher Barry Enright as the organization’s new pitching coordinator: That job also comes with the title of director of pitching. While Enright has spent the past two years in the big leagues with the division-rival Los Angeles Angels, […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Just three players left in our Season In Review series! And they’re all relievers. First up is right-hander Michel Otañez, who began the year looking like a possible decent middle relief option. Instead he followed up his rookie season with a tough sophomore campaign that saw him make just six appearances for the big league […]
about 1 month ago | 3 reads
Hey everyone! We at Athletics Nation are in the process of adding another member or two to our writing team and it could be you! The team has gone through a rough time of it in recent years but the light feels like it’s at the end of the tunnel. The A’s are slowly doing […]
about 1 month ago | 1 read
Welcome to Monday A’s fans! The season continues to inch closer and closer. Pitchers and catchers will be reporting to camp in roughly one month, followed soon after by the position players getting back together for the start of the year. The first Spring Training game is just 40 days away, and the regular season […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
Tucked quietly into a Rob Manfred presser about “we’ve talked about some things internally, nothing imminent though…” are notions of an in-season tournament a la NBA and a split season a la MLB 1981. The in-season tournament is a terribad idea that will probably never gain traction anyway, but a split season format? I’ve been […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads