Arizona League - A's Farm

Down on the Farm with AZL A’s Infielder Brett Bittiger

Brett Bittiger was born in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania and attended Pace University in New York. The infielder was drafted by the A’s in the 40th round of this year’s amateur draft and is currently playing in the rookie-level Arizona League for the AZL A’s, who are based at the A’s minor league…

A’s Top 12 Draft Picks Mid-Season Progress Report

It’s been almost two months since this year’s amateur draft and about six weeks since most of the players picked by the A’s began playing with either the rookie-ball Arizona League A’s or the Class-A Vermont Lake Monsters. Fortunately, the A’s managed to sign all of their top 12 draft…

Exclusive: A’s Director of Player Personnel Billy Owens Talks 2012 Draft Class with A’s Farm

Believe it or not, baseball’s amateur draft is only five weeks away, and hard-core A’s fans will soon have a fresh batch of hot prospects to ponder. With this in mind, it seems like a good time to take a look back at last year’s draft class and see where…

Getting To Know: A’s Top Prospect Addison Russell

Well, last week, we brought you an interview with the A’s top pitching prospect on our Top 10 Prospect List – Dan Straily. And this week, we took the opportunity to have a little chat with the organization’s top hitting prospect, shortstop Addison Russell. The A’s top draft pick in…

A’s Top 20 Draft Picks Post-Season Progress Report

A few weeks ago, after almost 2 months of play, we offered a little progress report on the A’s top 20 draft picks of 2012. And now with the minor league regular season over, it’s time for a complete season-end recap of the progress of the A’s top 20. The…

A’s Top 20 Draft Picks Mid-Season Progress Report

Thanks to the loss of free agent outfielders Josh Willingham and David DeJesus, the A’s had a few more picks than usual in the upper ranks of this June’s amateur draft – 5 of the first 75 picks to be exact. And the team used a number of those picks to target…

Friday, June 29th: Addison Russell Makes His Mark in AZ while Cats Win in Extras and Hounds, Ports & Bees Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Salt Lake Bees 0 Sacramento River Cats 1 (WP – Threets 4-2 / 2.08) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Travis Banwart (7 IP / 0 ER / 8 K) Worth…