Earlier this week, the Oakland A’s announced their 2024 minor league coaching assignments. Fran Riordan and Craig Conklin will return to pilot Triple-A Las Vegas and High-A Midland, respectively, while former A’s infielder Gregorio Petit will helm Double-A Midland, and Javier Godard will take the reins at Single-A Stockton. You’ll…
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On this episode, A’s Director of Player Development Ed Sprague joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to share his insights on promising young players like Lawrence Butler, Denzel Clarke, Darell Hernaiz, Max Muncy, Jacob Wilson, Myles Naylor and more. You can listen to it here only on A’s Cast… A’s…
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On this episode, A’s Director of Player Development Ed Sprague joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to share his insights on promising young players like Tyler Soderstrom, Jordan Diaz, Lawrence Butler, Mason Miller and more. He also offers injury updates on prospects Zack Gelof, Denzel Clarke, Grant Holman and Gunnar…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor January 24, 2023 The A’s announced their 2023 minor league coaching assignments on Tuesday. Fran Riordan and Bobby Crosby will return to pilot Triple-A Las Vegas and Double-A Midland, respectively, while Craig Conklin will helm High-A Lansing and former A’s infielder Gregorio Petit…
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On our 50th episode for A’s Cast, A’s Director of Player Development Ed Sprague joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to share his insights on top prospects like Shea Langeliers, Cristian Pache, Zack Gelof, Tyler Soderstrom, Max Muncy, Daniel Susac and more. You can listen to it here only on A’s…
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A’s Director of Player Development Ed Sprague joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to share his insights on top prospects like Tyler Soderstrom and Nick Allen and to talk about some of last year’s top draft picks like Max Muncy and Zack Gelof as well as some of the team’s…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor May 14, 2021 In his first year as the A’s director of player development in 2020, Ed Sprague certainly wasn’t expecting to be spending last summer in San Jose. But that’s exactly where the northern California native found himself once the A’s alternate…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor December 15, 2020 The A’s announced their 2021 minor league coaching staff on Tuesday, and some familiar names to A’s fans were included in the mix. Former A’s Rookie of the Year shortstop Bobby Crosby will manage Double-A Midland, while former A’s third…
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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…
View More A’s Farm Director Ed Sprague Offers The Inside Scoop On A’s Top ProspectsOn this week’s episode, A’s Assistant Director of Player Development Ed Sprague joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to talk about some of the A’s youngest prospects currently playing in the Arizona League. After that, we check in with A’s infielder Franklin Barreto and also get A’s manager Bob Melvin’s…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Prospects with Asst Farm Director Ed Sprague and Checks In with Barreto, Melvin & ForstOn this week’s A’s Farm Podcast, A’s Assistant Director of Player Development Ed Sprague joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to talk about his career in baseball as an All-Star third baseman, to discuss his current role in player development for the A’s, and to give us the lowdown on some…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Gets the Lowdown on the A’s Farm System from Assistant Farm Director Ed Sprague & Catches Up with Ports Pitcher Daulton JefferiesLAS VEGAS 51s (Triple-A) Manager: Fran Riordan Pitching Coach: Rick Rodriguez Hitting Coach: Eric Martins Coach: Craig Conklin Fran Riordan will be at the helm for his second season with the Triple-A club. Last season, Riordan led Nashville to a second-place finish in the PCL South division with a 72–68 record. Rick Rodriguez will oversee…
View More A’s 2019 Minor League StaffNASHVILLE SOUNDS (Triple-A) Manager: Fran Riordan Pitching Coach: Rick Rodriguez Hitting Coach: Eric Martins Fran Riordan, 42, will manage at the Triple-A level for the first time after leading the Double-A Midland RockHounds to a Texas League title in 2017. It was the fourth consecutive championship for Oakland’s Double-A affiliate. The 2018…
View More A’s 2018 Minor League StaffNASHVILLE SOUNDS (Triple-A) Manager: Ryan Christenson Pitching Coach: Rick Rodriguez Hitting Coach: Eric Martins Ryan Christenson was named manager at Triple-A Nashville after guiding Double-A Midland to back-to-back Texas League Championships in 2015-16. He began his managerial career in the A’s farm system in 2013 and has a 323-236…
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