A’s Farmhand Of The Day TRIPLE-A PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Sacramento Rivercats 11 Las Vegas 51s 6 (WP – Wagner 1-0 / 0.00) Farmhand Of The Game: Catcher Derek Norris (Home Run / Double / 3 RBIs) Worth Noting: Grant…
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Preview: Parker, Peacock and Ross Lead Rivercats Rotation in 2012
The opening day roster for the A’s Triple-A affiliate in the Pacific Coast League, the Sacramento Rivercats, hadn’t been officially announced as of Wednesday night. But with a few exceptions, it’s pretty clear how the Rivercats’ roster will shape up. The Rivercats are likely to start the season with 13…
View More Preview: Parker, Peacock and Ross Lead Rivercats Rotation in 2012Exclusive: A’s Director of Player Personnel Billy Owens Talks Top Prospects with A’s Farm
Last month, A’s Farm compiled our A’s Consensus Top 10 Prospect List, gathered from a variety of many different A’s prospect lists currently available. At the time, we offered our own analysis of each of the players on our list. But we wanted to find someone who could provide…
View More Exclusive: A’s Director of Player Personnel Billy Owens Talks Top Prospects with A’s FarmExclusive: A’s GM Billy Beane Talks Trades and Prospects with A’s Farm – Part 1
To very loosely paraphrase that old-time sports junkie Alfred, Lord Tennyson…“it’s spring training and a young man’s fancy turns to baseball!” Well, not just young men’s, but lots of middle-aged and old men’s too! It’s also a time for general managers and front office staffs to evaluate just what they’ve…
View More Exclusive: A’s GM Billy Beane Talks Trades and Prospects with A’s Farm – Part 1A’s Farm’s Consensus Top 10 Prospect List for 2012
It seems like there’s a new top prospect list popping up from someone everyday for A’s fans to chew over and debate. There are usually certain similarities amongst them that you can count on, like Jarrod Parker and Michael Choice being somewhere in the top tier. Each of them usually…
View More A’s Farm’s Consensus Top 10 Prospect List for 2012The Kids Are Alright! – The Low-Down On The A’s Hot New Prospects
As every A’s fan who doesn’t spend the winter hibernating already knows, the A’s acquired a major haul of young prospects in this off-season’s deals that sent away popular players Gio Gonzalez, Trevor Cahill, Andrew Bailey and Ryan Sweeney. In return, the A’s restocked their organization with six young pitchers…
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