MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Peoria Chiefs 1 Beloit Snappers 2 WP: Salow 2-0 / 1.59 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Xavier Altamirano (5 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 2 K) Even though center fielder Austin Beck had the big hit of the…
View More Monday, April 23rd: Altamirano & Beck Impress in Snappers’ Walk-Off Win while Gossett Pitches Sounds to VictoryTag: Daniel Gossett
Top 5 Sounds of the Week
by Rachel Davis / A’s Farm Nashville Contributor Each week, we’ll be taking a look at some of the top performers for the A’s top affiliate, the Triple-A Nashville Sounds, over the past week. This week covers the Sounds’ second road trip of the season from Tuesday, April 17 through…
View More Top 5 Sounds of the WeekSounds’ Pitching Staff Starts Season on a High Note
by Bill Craig / A’s Farm Nashville Correspondent With top prospects like Franklin Barreto, Jorge Mateo, Dustin Fowler and Sheldon Neuse on the roster, heading into the 2018 season, most of the focus was clearly on Nashville’s promising crop of position players. But so far this season, it’s been the…
View More Sounds’ Pitching Staff Starts Season on a High NoteTuesday, April 17th: Luzardo Impresses in Ports Win while Walter & Gossett Help Pitch Hounds & Sounds to Victory
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 4 Modesto Nuts 0 WP: Luzardo 2-1 / 1.23 HR: Diaz (2) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Jesus Luzardo (5 IP / 0 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 9 K / Win) Stockton shut out Modesto on just four hits…
View More Tuesday, April 17th: Luzardo Impresses in Ports Win while Walter & Gossett Help Pitch Hounds & Sounds to VictorySounds Go 5-2 in Successful Season-Opening Homestand
by Bill Craig / A’s Farm Nashville Correspondent The Nashville Sounds (6-6) wrapped up their first homestand of the 2018 season on Monday with a 5-4 walk-off win over the Omaha Storm Chasers. It was the team’s second walk-off win in as many games. And the homestand saw the Sounds…
View More Sounds Go 5-2 in Successful Season-Opening HomestandThursday, April 12th: Conley Combines with Beloit Bullpen to No-Hit Burlington while Dunshee Pitches Ports to 7th Straight Win
MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Beloit Snappers 2 Burlington Bees 0 WP – Conley 1-0 / 0.00 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Bryce Conley (6 IP / 0 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 4 K / Win) Three Beloit pitchers combined to throw the first minor league…
View More Thursday, April 12th: Conley Combines with Beloit Bullpen to No-Hit Burlington while Dunshee Pitches Ports to 7th Straight WinSaturday, April 7th: Hounds Win Behind Brown’s Big Bat while Beck Leads Beloit to Blowout Win and Howard & Dunshee Pitch Ports to Doubleheader Sweep
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Springfield Cardinals 1 Midland RockHounds 10 WP – Bracewell 1-0 / 1.80 HR – Brown 2 (2) Prospect Of The Game: First Baseman Seth Brown (2 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / 4 RBIs) Midland first baseman Seth Brown didn’t waste much time…
View More Saturday, April 7th: Hounds Win Behind Brown’s Big Bat while Beck Leads Beloit to Blowout Win and Howard & Dunshee Pitch Ports to Doubleheader SweepFriday, April 6th: White’s HR Helps Hounds Win while Montas’s Rough Start Dooms Sounds
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Springfield Cardinals 3 Midland RockHounds 6 WP – Walter 1-0 / 4.50 HR – M.White (1) Prospect Of The Game: Third Baseman Mikey White (1 for 4 / Home Run / 4 RBIs) Third baseman Mikey White delivered the big blow for Midland on Friday…
View More Friday, April 6th: White’s HR Helps Hounds Win while Montas’s Rough Start Dooms SoundsDown On The Farm with A’s Special Assistant Grady Fuson
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor After originally joining the A’s organization as an area scout under the regime of Billy Martin 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…
View More Down On The Farm with A’s Special Assistant Grady FusonMeet Your 2018 Oakland A’s!
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Last August, while the season was beginning to wind down, we took the opportunity to take a look ahead at what the A’s might look like in 2018 in this piece. And we even looked ahead at the 2018 A’s way back in…
View More Meet Your 2018 Oakland A’s!Meet Your 2018 Oakland A’s!
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Back in May, we took a look at what a young, rebuilding A’s team might look like. But now that we’ve passed the July 31st trade deadline and the A’s have made a number of deadline deals, and even some post-deadline deals, to…
View More Meet Your 2018 Oakland A’s!Thursday, August 17th: Sounds Win Behind Barreto’s Big Bat while Fillmyer Leads Hounds to Shutout Victory
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 11 Memphis Redbirds 8 WP – Gossett 4-4 / 3.66 HR – Barreto (14) Prospect Of The Game: Shortstop Franklin Barreto (4 for 5 / Home Run / Triple / 4 RBIs) Shortstop Franklin Barreto had a big night at the plate…
View More Thursday, August 17th: Sounds Win Behind Barreto’s Big Bat while Fillmyer Leads Hounds to Shutout VictorySaturday, August 12th: Sawyer Leads Stockton to Shutout Win while Gossett K’s 10 in Sounds’ Loss
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Visalia Rawhide 0 Stockton Ports 4 WP – Sawyer 3-4 / 3.22 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Dalton Sawyer (5 IP / 4 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 5 K / Win) Stockton shut out Visalia on 5 hits to win its…
View More Saturday, August 12th: Sawyer Leads Stockton to Shutout Win while Gossett K’s 10 in Sounds’ LossMonday, August 7th: Farrar’s Big Bat Can’t Help VT Avoid Walk-Off Loss while Sounds Fall in 12
NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (Class-A Short-Season) Vermont Lake Monsters 5 Hudson Valley Renegades 6 LP – Jones 0-1 / 1.93 Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Logan Farrar (3 for 5 / 2 Doubles / 2 RBIs) The Lake Monsters lost in a 10-inning walk-off on Monday. This year’s 36th-round…
View More Monday, August 7th: Farrar’s Big Bat Can’t Help VT Avoid Walk-Off Loss while Sounds Fall in 12Thursday, August 3rd: Mercedes Had Big Game in Beloit’s Win while Midland’s Puk Was Near-Perfect through Six
MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Peoria Chiefs 6 Beloit Snappers 7 WP – Gorman 1-0 / 1.32 HR – Mercedes (14) Prospect Of The Game: First Baseman Miguel Mercedes (3 for 5 / Home Run / Double / 2 RBIs) It might have taken 10 innings, but the…
View More Thursday, August 3rd: Mercedes Had Big Game in Beloit’s Win while Midland’s Puk Was Near-Perfect through SixA’s Farm Podcast Gets the Inside Scoop on Nashville’s Top Prospects from Hitting Coach Eric Martins & Pitching Coach Rick Rodriguez
This week, the A’s Farm Podcast turns its focus to the Nashville Sounds, the A’s Triple-A affiliate, when Nashville’s hitting coach Eric Martins and pitching coach Rick Rodriguez join A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to provide the inside scoop on some of Nashville’s top prospects. Martins offers the lowdown on…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Gets the Inside Scoop on Nashville’s Top Prospects from Hitting Coach Eric Martins & Pitching Coach Rick RodriguezWednesday, June 14th: Walter Pitches Sounds to Victory while Puk K’s 11 in Ports Loss
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Iowa Cubs 1 Nashville Sounds 6 WP – Walter 2-1 / 2.96 HR – Olson (16), Canha (6) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Corey Walter (6 IP / 4 H / 1 ER / 2 BB / 4…
View More Wednesday, June 14th: Walter Pitches Sounds to Victory while Puk K’s 11 in Ports LossA’s Farm Report: Pitching Prospects Update – Puk, Gossett, Blackburn, Holmes & More
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor This week, we wanted to take a look at the pitchers currently appearing in all the A’s affiliates’ starting rotations. From A.J. Puk to Grant Holmes, from Daniel Gossett to Paul Blackburn, there are plenty of promising pitching prospects currently making their presence…
View More A’s Farm Report: Pitching Prospects Update – Puk, Gossett, Blackburn, Holmes & MoreSunday, June 11th: Meisner Pitches Ports to Victory while Chapman & Nunez Both Homer in Sounds Loss
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 3 Modesto Nuts 2 WP – Meisner 4-5 / 4.68 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Casey Meisner (6 2/3 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 4 BB / 6 K / Win) RHP Casey Meisner turned in his best start…
View More Sunday, June 11th: Meisner Pitches Ports to Victory while Chapman & Nunez Both Homer in Sounds LossSaturday, June 10th: Holmes Impresses in Hounds Shutout Victory while Nunez, Chapman & Barreto Key Sounds Win
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Frisco RoughRiders 0 Midland RockHounds 6 WP – Holmes 5-5 / 4.79 HR – Boyd (1) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Grant Holmes (8 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 8 K / Win) On Saturday, RHP Grant…
View More Saturday, June 10th: Holmes Impresses in Hounds Shutout Victory while Nunez, Chapman & Barreto Key Sounds Win