by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor April 3, 2021 Now that major league spring training has wrapped up and the regular season has kicked off, minor league spring training camp has gotten underway in Arizona. But 26 of the A’s upper-level minor league players are now working out at…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 19, 2021 Now that spring training games have been underway for a few weeks, it’s a good time to take an informed look at how the 2021 Oakland A’s appear to be shaping up. And at this point, it’s also not too…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 7, 2021 Now that spring training has gotten underway, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2021 Top 10 Prospects List. After a lost season for most minor leaguers in 2020, there’s not a whole lot of new information to be able to evaluate…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor August 12, 2020 Just as MLB Pipeline recently updated its prospect rankings, Baseball America recently published its own up-to-date midseason prospect rankings. Not only did Baseball America’s prospect hounds recalibrate their top 100 prospects in all of baseball and their top 30 prospects…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor August 11, 2020 MLB Pipeline recently updated its prospect rankings from last spring, with some promising young A’s players moving up the charts and others sliding down. MLB.com’s top prospect hounds, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Mike Rosenbaum, recalibrated their top 100 prospects…
View More MLB Pipeline’s Updated Prospect Rankings: Who’s Up? Who’s Down?by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor As everyone knows by now, with just two weeks to go until opening day, Major League Baseball made the difficult decision on Thursday to cancel the remainder of spring training as well as the first two weeks of the regular season. But with…
View More Who Was Set to Make the A’s Opening Day Squad in 2020?by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Now that spring training has gotten underway, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2020 Top 10 Prospects List. It’s worth noting that six players from last year’s list have made a return to this year’s list, including the top three prospects – Jesus Luzardo,…
View More A’s Farm’s 2020 Top 10 Prospects ListOn this episode, A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity talks with some of the A’s top young pitching prospects from A’s FanFest. First, we check in with the team’s top pitching prospect, Jesus Luzardo, who’s expected to play a big role for the A’s next season. After that, we talk with…
View More A’s Farm Podcast’s FanFest Special #1 with Jesus Luzardo, A.J. Puk, James Kaprielian & Daulton JefferiesOn this episode, Las Vegas hitting and pitching coaches Eric Martins and Rick Rodriguez join A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to discuss some of the team’s most promising young players. First, we talk with Eric Martins about a bunch of exciting young hitters like Seth Brown, Sean Murphy, Sheldon Neuse…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Top Prospects with Las Vegas Hitting & Pitching Coaches Eric Martins & Rick RodriguezOn this episode, A’s minor league pitching and hitting coordinators Gil Patterson and Jim Eppard join A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity for a late-season discussion of the team’s top prospects including A.J. Puk, Jesus Luzardo, James Kaprielian, Jorge Mateo, Sean Murphy, Sheldon Neuse and many more. Pitching coordinator Gil Patterson…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Top Prospects with Minor League Pitching & Hitting Coordinators Gil Patterson & Jim EppardPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Reno Aces 4 Las Vegas Aviators 10 WP: Lobstein 6-2 / 4.62 HR: Payton (27), Neuse (25), Martini (6) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Nick Martini (2 for 4 / Home Run / Walk / 3 Runs)…
View More Tuesday, August 20th: Martini, Neuse & Luzardo Lead Vegas to Victory as Aviators Take Sole Possession of 1st PlacePACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Albuquerque Isotopes 5 Las Vegas Aviators 6 WP: Lobstein 5-2 / 4.71 HR: Neuse (24) Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Sheldon Neuse (2 for 4 / Home Run) With two outs and the game tied in the bottom of the 7th inning, second…
View More Saturday, August 17th: Sheldon Neuse’s HR Helps Vegas Win while Matt Harvey & A.J. Puk Are Solid for AviatorsTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 16 Amarillo Sod Poodles 3 WP: Jefferies 1-2 / 3.66 HR: Deichmann (8), White (7), Motter (6), Ramirez (4) Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Mikey White (2 for 5 / Grand Slam / Double / Walk / 5 RBIs) The RockHounds…
View More Thursday, August 15th: White & Kaprielian Help Hounds Win while Luzardo Suffers Loss for Las Vegasby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor It’s time to catch up on some of the latest news and notes from around the A’s minor league system… But first…if you haven’t already, be sure to check out our latest A’s Farm podcast featuring an inside look at this year’s Stockton…
View More A’s Farm Report: August Minor League News & Notes – Puk, Kap, Cotton, Luzardo & MorePACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas Aviators 6 Omaha Storm Chasers 5 WP: Puk 4-1 / 4.82 HR: Brown (32), Barreto (13) Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Franklin Barreto (2 for 4 / Home Run / Walk / 3 RBIs) Second baseman Franklin Barreto led Las…
View More Saturday, August 10th: Barreto’s Big Bat Leads Vegas to Victory while Puk & Kaprielian Pick Up Wins and Luzardo Leads Stockton to Shutout WinPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas Aviators 8 Iowa Cubs 6 WP: Lobstein 3-2 / 4.92 HR: Neuse (22), Bolt (10) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Skye Bolt (2 for 5 / Home Run / 2 RBIs) Las Vegas battled back…
View More Wednesday, August 7th: Bolt’s Blast Helps Vegas Win as Puk K’s the Side for AviatorsPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Oklahoma City Dodgers 9 Las Vegas Aviators 10 WP: Puk 3-1 / 3.86 HR: Brown (30), Payton 2 (23), Campbell (15), Taylor (8) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Mark Payton (2 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs) Las Vegas notched…
View More Monday, August 5th: Payton Hits Pair of HRs in Aviators’ Walk-Off Win while Puk, Kaprielian & Luzardo All Make Appearances on MondayTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 5 Corpus Christi Hooks 3 WP: Milburn 6-8 / 5.57 HR: Motter 2 (4), Ramirez (2) Prospect Of The Game: Third Baseman Taylor Motter (2 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs) Third baseman Taylor Motter helped the RockHounds record their…
View More Friday, August 2nd: Motter’s 2 HRs Help Hounds Win while Campbell & Loehr Lead Vegas to Victory and Puk & Cotton Make Relief Appearances for AviatorsOn this week’s episode, A’s Assistant Director of Player Development Ed Sprague joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to talk about some of the A’s youngest prospects currently playing in the Arizona League. After that, we check in with A’s infielder Franklin Barreto and also get A’s manager Bob Melvin’s…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Prospects with Asst Farm Director Ed Sprague and Checks In with Barreto, Melvin & ForstPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) New Orleans Baby Cakes 8 Las Vegas Aviators 7 LP: Puk 2-1 / 4.50 HR: Murphy (7) Prospect Of The Game: Catcher Sean Murphy (2 for 3 / Home Run / Double / Walk / 4 RBIs) Catcher Sean Murphy has…
View More Tuesday, July 30th: Murphy Exits with Injury after Another Big Night for Vegas while Manaea, Cotton, Puk & Kaprielian All Make Appearances on Tuesday