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Exclusive: A’s Director of Player Personnel Billy Owens Talks Top Prospects with A’s Farm

Well, we’re now about a month and a half into the baseball season. And just as we’re at a point where the A’s front office typically takes a step back and evaluates where the major league roster is at, it’s also a great time to take a step back and…

Sunday, May 4th: Marincov’s Slam Leads Snappers to Victory while Hounds Win, Cats & Ports Fall and Muncy Heads to Hospital

A’s Farmhand Of The Day MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Quad Cities River Bandits 3 Beloit Snappers 6 WP – Mendez 1-2 / 9.00 HR – Marincov (3) Farmhand Of The Game: Outfielder Tyler Marincov (Grand Slam / 5 RBIs) With the game tied…

Wednesday, April 9th: Wahl Wins 2nd Start for Snappers while Goebbert’s Big Bat Leads Cats to Victory, Ports Come Up Short and Russell Expected to Miss a Month for Midland

A’s Farmhand Of The Day MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Beloit Snappers 3 South Bend Silver Hawks 2 WP – Bragg 1-0 / 1.69 Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Bobby Wahl (5 IP / 7 H / 1 ER / 1 BB / 7 K)…

Sunday, April 6th: Alcantara Impresses in Double-A Debut as Russell Hits DL, Cats & Snappers Win and Ports Get Blanked

A’s Farmhand Of The Day TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) NW Arkansas Naturals 1 Midland RockHounds 2 WP – Alcantara 1-0 / 1.13 HR – Coleman (2) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Raul Alcantara (8 IP / 6 H / 1 ER / 1 BB / 1 K /…

Friday, April 4th: McKinney Goes Deep Twice in Ports Loss while Neal Leads Midland to Shutout Win and Murphy Drops Cats Debut

A’s Farmhand Of The Day CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 3 Visalia Rawhide 4 LP – Ynoa 1-0 / 6.75 HR – McKinney 2 (2) Farmhand Of The Game: Outfielder Billy McKinney (2 Home Runs) 2013’s top draft pick for the A’s, outfielder Billy McKinney, seems to…

River Cats, RockHounds, Ports & Snappers Opening Day Rosters

Here they are – the official opening day rosters for the A’s four full-season affiliates who will all be starting their seasons on Thursday. Beloit will kick off the day’s action at 4:30pm PDT, followed by Midland at 5:00pm PDT, then Sacramento at 5:35pm PDT, and finally Stockton at 7:00pm…

Exclusive: Down on the Farm with Farhan Zaidi, the A’s new Assistant General Manager – Part 1

It’s been a little over nine years since Farhan Zaidi first joined the A’s front office as a baseball operations analyst back in January of 2005. And while he now embarks on his sixth season as the A’s director of baseball operations, the team has also seen fit to elevate…

Exclusive: A’s Special Assistant Grady Fuson Talks Top Prospects with A’s Farm

Long-time baseball man Grady Fuson served as the A’s scouting director from 1995 until 2001, when the team drafted such talented players as Eric Chavez, Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito and Rich Harden. He left the A’s at the end of 2001 to become the assistant general manager of…

A’s Manager Bob Melvin Gives the Lowdown on the A’s Top Prospects

In spring training, A’s manager Bob Melvin mainly has his mind on trying to get his big league lineup ready to roll for the regular season. But with fifty-five players in camp everyday to start the spring, there are plenty of prospects who are bound to pique the skipper’s interest…

Catching Up With: A’s Top Prospect Addison Russell

At age 20, the A’s top prospect, shortstop Addison Russell, was invited to spend spring training in the A’s big league camp playing with and against major leaguers this spring. Most people expect Russell to be the A’s opening day shortstop in 2015, after Jed Lowrie’s expected departure via free…

Spring Has Sprung!

As you may already know, A’s pitchers and catchers began reporting to the team’s spring training camp in Phoenix on Friday, with the team’s first workouts on Saturday. And there are already plenty of observations we can make about the major league team, as well as the minor league teams,…

A’s Assistant GM David Forst on Top Prospects Russell & McKinney, Coco’s New Contract and What the A’s Expect from Reddick in 2014

As part of A’s FanFest this past weekend, a few representatives of the A’s took some time out to attend a bloggers-only press conference at the Coliseum. First up was A’s assistant general manager David Forst who volunteered a generous bit of time to talk about some top major and…

A’s Farm’s Consensus Top 10 Prospect List for 2014

With the first A’s players set to report to spring training camp in just a couple of weeks, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s Consensus Top 10 Prospect List for 2014. We’ve combined half a dozen different A’s prospect lists to come up with a consensus list that reflects a broad base…

A’s Eager to Deal Prospects to Win Now!

A’s general manager Billy Beane has had a busy week – and it ain’t over yet! On Monday, the team signed free agent left-handed starting pitcher Scott Kazmir to a two-year $22 million deal. And later that same day, the A’s acquired right-handed closer Jim Johnson from Baltimore in return…

A’s Top Prospects Talk About Life In The AFL

The Arizona Fall League just wrapped up its 31-game schedule this past week. As some of you probably already know, there are six teams in the AFL with each team comprised of prospects from five different organizations. Organizations typically use the AFL as an opportunity to get their top prospects…

A’s In The AFL – November 11-16 Update

A’s AFL Farmhand Of The Week A’s Prospect AFL Highlights (November 11-16) Monday, November 11th: Shortstop Addison Russell had 2 singles and a double and LHP Omar Duran and RHP Seth Frankoff each tossed 1 scoreless inning in Mesa’s 4-0 shutout win on Monday. Tuesday, November 12th: DH…

A’s In The AFL – November 4-9 Update

A’s AFL Farmhand Of The Week A’s Prospect AFL Highlights (November 4-9) Monday, November 4th: Shortstop Addison Russell, first baseman Max Muncy and catcher David Freitas had 1 hit apiece and Jeff Urlaub, Seth Frankoff and Ryan Dull each tossed 1 scoreless inning in Mesa’s 5-4 win on…

A’s In The AFL – Oct. 28-Nov. 2 Update

A’s AFL Farmhand Of The Week A’s Prospect AFL Highlights (October 28 – November 2) Monday, October 28th: Shortstop Addison Russell went 1 for 4, catcher David Freitas went 0 for 2 with a walk and a run and LHP Jeff Urlaub and RHP Ryan Dull each tossed…

A’s In The AFL – October 21-26 Update

A’s AFL Farmhand Of The Week A’s Prospect AFL Highlights (October 21-26) Monday, October 21st: Shortstop Addison Russell and catcher David Freitas both homered and LHP Jeff Urlaub struck out 2 in 1 scoreless inning of relief in Mesa’s 9-6 win on Monday. Tuesday, October 22nd: DH Max…

A’s In The AFL – October 14-19 Update

A’s AFL Farmhand Of The Week A’s Prospect AFL Highlights (October 14-19) Monday, October 14th: Shortstop Addison Russell and first baseman Max Muncy each went 1 for 5 and RHP Seth Frankoff and LHP Omar Duran each tossed 1 scoreless inning in Mesa’s 7-6 win on Monday. Tuesday,…