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Thursday, May 13th: Lazaro Leads Stockton to Walk-Off Win While Allen’s 3 Hits Help Hounds Win

LOW-A WEST LEAGUE San Jose Giants 4 Stockton Ports 5 WP: Acton 1-0 / 8.44 HR: Armenteros (1), G.Jones (1) Prospect Of The Game: Designated Hitter Lazaro Armenteros (3 for 5 / Home Run / 2 RBIs) Designated hitter Lazaro Armenteros led Stockton to a walk-off win over San…

Wednesday, May 12th: Koenig’s Strong Start Helps Hounds Win While Nuts Win 4th Straight

DOUBLE-A CENTRAL LEAGUE San Antonio Missions 2 Midland RockHounds 9 WP: Koenig 1-0 / 1.13 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Jared Koenig (5 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 1 K / Win) The RockHounds recorded their second straight win over San Antonio…

Down On The Farm With A’s Special Assistant Grady Fuson

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor October 30, 2020 After originally joining the A’s organization as an area scout under the Billy Martin regime back in 1982, Grady Fuson rose through the ranks and eventually ended up serving as the A’s scouting director from 1995 until 2001. It proved to be a very…

Instructional League Roster: A’s Top Prospects Back In Action In Arizona

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor October 16, 2020 After a lost minor league season, many of the A’s top prospects are currently participating in the A’s fall instructional league camp at the team’s minor league complex in Mesa, Arizona. Some of the prospects at the camp also participated…

A’s Farm Director Ed Sprague Offers The Inside Scoop On A’s Top Prospects

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor August 27, 2020 In his first year as the A’s director of player development, Ed Sprague certainly didn’t expect to be spending the summer in San Jose. But with the minor league season cancelled this year, that’s exactly where the northern California native…

Baseball America’s Updated Prospect Rankings: Who’s Up? Who’s Down?

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…

MLB Pipeline’s Updated Prospect Rankings: Who’s Up? Who’s Down?

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…

A’s Farm’s 2020 Top 10 Prospects List

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,…

A’s Set Fall Instructional League Roster

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor The A’s set their Fall Instructional League roster on Tuesday. Camp will open in mid-September at the A’s minor league facilities in Arizona, and games are set to start on September 20. A total of 59 players, 26 pitchers and 33 position players,…

Sunday, September 1st: James Kaprielian Makes Triple-A Debut & Matt Harvey Closes Things Out as Las Vegas Secures Playoff Spot

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Tacoma Rainiers 1 Las Vegas Aviators 8 WP: Finnegan 3-1 / 2.89 HR: Rupp (9), A.Rivas (1), White (1) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher James Kaprielian (4 IP / 6 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 6 K) In the…

Saturday, August 17th: Sheldon Neuse’s HR Helps Vegas Win while Matt Harvey & A.J. Puk Are Solid for Aviators

PACIFIC 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…

Tuesday, August 13th: Neuse & Barreto Both Homer while Manaea K’s 10 in Vegas Victory

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas Aviators 4 Omaha Storm Chasers 2 WP: Manaea 1-1 / 4.50 HR: Neuse (23), Barreto (15) Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Sheldon Neuse (3 for 4 / Home Run) Las Vegas notched its fourth victory in its last five games…

Wednesday, August 7th: Bolt’s Blast Helps Vegas Win as Puk K’s the Side for Aviators

PACIFIC 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…

A’s Farm Podcast’s Stockton Ports Special Talks with Webster Garrison, Austin Beck, Brady Feigl & Hogan Harris

On this week’s episode, A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity takes an inside look at this year’s Stockton Ports. First, we talk with Stockton skipper Webster Garrison about some of the A’s top prospects he’s had on his team this season. After that, we’re joined by the A’s 2017 top draft…

Friday, August 2nd: Motter’s 2 HRs Help Hounds Win while Campbell & Loehr Lead Vegas to Victory and Puk & Cotton Make Relief Appearances for Aviators

TEXAS 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…

A’s Farm Report: Minor League News & Notes

by 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… –LAS VEGAS AVIATORS– -A pair of minor league Rule-5 pickups have proven to be two of the most productive hitters for…

Saturday, July 20th: Brown Helps Lead Vegas to Victory while Beck Homers in 1st Game Back for Stockton

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas Aviators 8 Salt Lake Bees 5 WP: Bracewell 1-3 / 3.93 HR: Fowler (18) Prospect Of The Game: First Baseman Seth Brown (4 for 5 / 2 Doubles / 2 RBIs) The Aviators bested the Bees for the second…

A’s Farm Podcast Talks Prospects with Top A’s Scout Neil Avent

On this week’s podcast, top A’s scout Neil Avent, who’s scouted and signed players like Chad Pinder, Sean Doolittle, Daniel Gossett, Skye Bolt, Austin Beck and Parker Dunshee, as well as this year’s top two draft picks for the A’s, Logan Davidson and Tyler Baum, joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill…

A’s Farm Podcast’s Midseason Minor League Roundup Talks Top Prospects with A’s Nation Editor Alex Hall

On this week’s podcast, A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity is joined by Athletics Nation Editor-in-Chief and San Francisco Examiner correspondent Alex Hall for a midseason look at the A’s minor league system and the organization’s top prospects. The two offer updates on top pitching prospects Jesus Luzardo, A.J. Puk and…

Thursday, June 27th: Howard Pitches Hounds to Shutout Win while Fowler’s Big Bat Leads Vegas to Victory

TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 1 Frisco RoughRiders 0 WP: Howard 6-5 / 3.04 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Brian Howard (7 IP / 6 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 7 K / Win) RHP Brian Howard turned in another outstanding start to lead…