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…
View More A’s Eager to Deal Prospects to Win Now!Tag: Andy Parrino
Thursday, May 30th: Crumbliss Drives In Winning Run for Hounds in Extras, but Bullpen Blows It for Ports and Parrino’s & Bostick’s Grand Slams Not Enough for Cats & Snappers
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Salt Lake Bees 9 Sacramento River Cats 5 LP – Banwart 2-2 / 5.45 HR – Parrino (3) Farmhand Of The Game: Shortstop Andy Parrino (Grand Slam) Shortstop Andy Parrino…
View More Thursday, May 30th: Crumbliss Drives In Winning Run for Hounds in Extras, but Bullpen Blows It for Ports and Parrino’s & Bostick’s Grand Slams Not Enough for Cats & SnappersWednesday, May 29th: Voiro & Thomas Pitch Snappers & Cats to Victory while Hounds & Ports Pitchers Get Pounded on Wednesday
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Salt Lake Bees 2 Sacramento River Cats 7 WP – Thomas 3-3 / 4.34 HR – Parrino (2) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Justin Thomas (7 IP / 6 H /…
View More Wednesday, May 29th: Voiro & Thomas Pitch Snappers & Cats to Victory while Hounds & Ports Pitchers Get Pounded on WednesdaySunday, May 26th: All Four Affilates Win as Murphy, Gray & Peters All Toss Gems on Sunday
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Sacramento River Cats 20 Tucson Padres 5 WP – Gray 5-2 / 2.38 HR – Moore (7), Taylor (6), Nakajima (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Sonny Gray (6 IP…
View More Sunday, May 26th: All Four Affilates Win as Murphy, Gray & Peters All Toss Gems on SundayFriday, May 17th: Werner & Streich Pitch Cats & Snappers to Victory while Smith’s & Granier’s Efforts Aren’t Enough for Hounds & Ports
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Oklahoma City RedHawks 2 Sacramento River Cats 4 WP – Werner 4-5 / 6.92 HR – Moore (4), Parrino (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Andrew Werner (7 IP / 3 H / 1 ER / 2 BB /…
View More Friday, May 17th: Werner & Streich Pitch Cats & Snappers to Victory while Smith’s & Granier’s Efforts Aren’t Enough for Hounds & PortsFriday, April 26th: Werner Pitches Cats to Victory while Hounds Win and Ports & Snappers Fall
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Salt Lake Bees 1 Sacramento River Cats 10 WP – Werner 2-3 / 8.78 HR – Green (3), Cespedes (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Andrew Werner (7 IP…
View More Friday, April 26th: Werner Pitches Cats to Victory while Hounds Win and Ports & Snappers FallTuesday, April 9th: Alcantara Dominates in Snappers Win while Cats, Hounds & Ports All Fall
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Tacoma Rainiers 9 Sacramento River Cats 5 LP – Werner 0-2 / 12.10 HR – Montz (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Outfielder Michael Taylor (3 for 5 / 2 Doubles /…
View More Tuesday, April 9th: Alcantara Dominates in Snappers Win while Cats, Hounds & Ports All FallFriday, April 5th: Aliotti & Thompson Lead Hounds & Ports to Victory, while Ynoa Makes Debut in Snappers Loss and Defense Undoes Cats
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas 51s 9 Sacramento River Cats 3 LP – Chavez 0-1 / 0.00 HR – Taylor (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Outfielder Michael Taylor (2 for 4 / Home…
View More Friday, April 5th: Aliotti & Thompson Lead Hounds & Ports to Victory, while Ynoa Makes Debut in Snappers Loss and Defense Undoes CatsPreview: #1 Picks Green, Gray and Choice Good To Go for River Cats in 2013
The opening day roster for the Sacramento River Cats, the A’s Triple-A affiliate in the Pacific Coast League, was announced on Monday. And the team will include a remarkable five 1st-round draft picks – Sonny Gray, Michael Choice, Grant Green, Jemile Weeks and James Simmons. Along with Weeks and Green,…
View More Preview: #1 Picks Green, Gray and Choice Good To Go for River Cats in 2013A’s, River Cats’ & RockHounds’ Roster Projections
We’re now less than a week away from opening day, and Jemile Weeks has been optioned to Sacramento, Adam Rosales has been placed on the disabled list, and Hiro Nakajima has been struggling and is now dealing with a strained hamstring. And thanks to these recent developments, it looks like…
View More A’s, River Cats’ & RockHounds’ Roster ProjectionsSpring’s Young Over-Achievers!
Well, we’re a little over three weeks into spring training now, and we’ve had the chance to get a good look at a number of the A’s most promising young hitters. There are 13 hitters who are likely to start the season in the A’s minor league system who’ve gotten…
View More Spring’s Young Over-Achievers!Is the A’s Roster Set? And the River Cats Roster Too?
On Monday, we unofficially learned that shortstop Stephen Drew had agreed to a deal with the Red Sox and would not be returning to the A’s, and we also unofficially learned that the A’s would be filling the hole at shortstop by signing Japanese import Hiroyuki Nakajima. It was announced…
View More Is the A’s Roster Set? And the River Cats Roster Too?A’s Major & Minor League Off-Season Transactions – Dec. 18 Update: A’s Find A Hiro To Play SS
Well, the biggest story to break for A’s fans in the weeks before the holidays was the news that A’s free agent shortstop Stephen Drew had agreed to a $9.5 million/1-year deal with the Red Sox, followed quickly by the news that Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima had agreed to a…
View More A’s Major & Minor League Off-Season Transactions – Dec. 18 Update: A’s Find A Hiro To Play SSA’s Major & Minor League Off-Season Transactions – Dec. 1 Update
With a flurry of activity on Friday just ahead of Major League Baseball’s non-tender deadline and with the Winter Meetings starting on Monday in Nashville, it seems like a good time to recap all the A’s major and minor league transactions from the end of the season through the non-tender…
View More A’s Major & Minor League Off-Season Transactions – Dec. 1 Update