We recently took a look at the likely A’s opening day roster for 2017, which appears to be reasonably well set, with the exception of a couple of minor question marks. This year’s Triple-A Nashville Sounds roster is a far more complicated puzzle to try to piece together at this…
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Meet Your 2017 Oakland A’s
As the 2016 season came to an end and the A’s headed into the offseason, there were an awful lot of questions regarding the team’s roster for the coming season, and many of those questions still remained unanswered as the calendar turned to 2017. But a quartet of January free…
View More Meet Your 2017 Oakland A’sA’s 2017 Non-Roster Invitees
The A’s announced their list of non-roster invitees to major league spring training camp on Thursday. A number of them are recently-signed minor league free agents, but many spent last season with the organization as well. NON-ROSTER INVITEES –New Position Players– C Ryan Lavarnway Signed as a minor league free…
View More A’s 2017 Non-Roster InviteesA’s Send Down 11 Players This Week – 6 Become Free Agents
The A’s front office began the arduous process of paring the team’s roster down to 40 this week. With all the players on the disabled list needing to be activated in the offseason as well as a number of promising young prospects needing to be added to the roster in…
View More A’s Send Down 11 Players This Week – 6 Become Free AgentsA’s Set Fall Instructional League Roster
The A’s released their Fall Instructional League roster on Monday morning. Camp is set to open at the A’s minor league facilities in Arizona next week and will run for a month. 22 pitchers and 27 position players are currently scheduled to attend. And some high-profile prospects like recently-acquired pitcher…
View More A’s Set Fall Instructional League RosterA’s 2016 Minor League Rosters
Just follow the links we’ve provided here to take a look at the opening rosters for each of the A’s top affiliates this season. We’ve also included a link to the major league squad along with a few notes on each of the rosters below… Both position players who…
View More A’s 2016 Minor League RostersA’s Top 5 Replacement Players for 2016
When it comes to the look of the A’s opening day roster this year, there aren’t really that many question marks at this point. Of course, that original 25-man roster will end up going through plenty of permutations once the season gets underway. And unexpected injuries are bound to pop…
View More A’s Top 5 Replacement Players for 2016Oakland A’s 2016 Depth Chart
After a long cold winter, the first week of March has arrived and spring training games are finally underway. Between players on the 40-man roster and 22 non-roster invitees, the Oakland A’s have a total of 62 players in their major league camp – 33 position players and 29 pitchers.…
View More Oakland A’s 2016 Depth ChartMeet Your 2016 Nashville Sounds
Yesterday we previewed the Oakland A’s 2016 major league roster (here), and today it’s time to take a look ahead at the Triple-A Nashville Sounds roster for the coming season. The Sounds will be beginning their second season as the A’s top affiliate in the Pacific Coast League, with Steve…
View More Meet Your 2016 Nashville SoundsMeet Your 2016 Oakland A’s
As we sit here in late January, there are still about two and a half months to go until opening day for the A’s. But the first spring workouts are just a month away and the first spring games are just six weeks away. It looks like most of the…
View More Meet Your 2016 Oakland A’sA’s Top 10 Major & Minor League Offseason Acquisitions
As usual, it’s been a busy offseason for the A’s – and it’s not over yet! Over the past few weeks since the end of the regular season, the A’s have acquired a total of 20 new major and minor league players. Let’s take a look at how the team’s…
View More A’s Top 10 Major & Minor League Offseason AcquisitionsA’s Set Fall Instructional League Roster
The A’s released their Fall Instructional League roster this week. Camp is set to open at the A’s minor league facilities in Arizona next week and will run for a month. 23 pitchers and 23 position players are currently scheduled to attend. And some high-profile prospects like catcher Jacob Nottingham…
View More A’s Set Fall Instructional League RosterMeet Your 2016 Nashville Sounds!
Of course, we’ve still got just a little ways to go until the opening of the 2016 season. And, of course, there will certainly be some trades, some free agent signings (both major league and minor league), some releases, some injuries and, knowing the A’s, some totally unexpected developments during…
View More Meet Your 2016 Nashville Sounds!A’s Farmhands Who Could Play A Role For Oakland In 2016
With the 2015 season turning out to be such a big disappointment for the A’s, the team’s plans heading into this offseason are probably just about as unclear as they’ve been in quite some time. General manager Billy Beane and the A’s front office could choose to head in many…
View More A’s Farmhands Who Could Play A Role For Oakland In 2016Getting to Know the A’s Hot New Prospects
It’s been a busy week for the A’s – and for A’s fans trying to keep up with all the team’s latest acquisitions. The bottom line is that the A’s dealt Ben Zobrist and pitchers Scott Kazmir and Tyler Clippard for four pitching prospects and a young catching prospect –…
View More Getting to Know the A’s Hot New ProspectsA’s Trade Triple-A RHP Matt Buschmann to Tampa Bay to Make Way for Possible Addition of Barry Zito to Nashville Rotation
The A’s traded Triple-A RHP Matt Buschmann to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash on Thursday. We’ve also learned that, though no final decision has been made yet, the A’s front office thinks it’s likely that non-roster pitcher Barry Zito will agree to join the Triple-A Nashville Sounds to start…
View More A’s Trade Triple-A RHP Matt Buschmann to Tampa Bay to Make Way for Possible Addition of Barry Zito to Nashville RotationA’s Release More Minor League Hurlers on Wednesday
Hot on the heels of the releases of minor league hurlers Drew Granier, Deck McGuire, Brandon “Branch” Kloess and Dakota Freese earlier this week, the A’s also released RHPs Murphy Smith and Paul Smyth on Wednesday. After being moved to the bullpen last year, Smith posted a 4.73 ERA in…
View More A’s Release More Minor League Hurlers on WednesdayAbundance of Arms Affecting A’s Minor League Pitching Prospects
When the A’s signed 7 minor league free agents pitchers, re-signed 2 of their own minor league free agent hurlers, and acquired a number of other young arms in trades this offseason, it was inevitable that there was going to be a bit of a roster crunch at the upper…
View More Abundance of Arms Affecting A’s Minor League Pitching ProspectsA’s Trim Spring Roster to 36 on Sunday
The big story out of A’s camp on Sunday was the news that five players were being sent down the road to the team’s minor league camp at Fitch Park. Infielders Max Muncy and Andy Parrino along with catcher Luke Carlin were reassigned to the minor league camp, while RHP…
View More A’s Trim Spring Roster to 36 on SundayOakland A’s & Nashville Sounds 2015 Roster Outlook
For the moment, as we sit here perched on the precipice of February, let’s go out on a limb and assume that the majority of the A’s offseason work is now finally done – which is never an entirely safe bet with general manager Billy Beane at the helm. But…
View More Oakland A’s & Nashville Sounds 2015 Roster Outlook