by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 19, 2021 Now that spring training games have been underway for a few weeks, it’s a good time to take an informed look at how the 2021 Oakland A’s appear to be shaping up. And at this point, it’s also not too…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 7, 2021 Now that spring training has gotten underway, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2021 Top 10 Prospects List. After a lost season for most minor leaguers in 2020, there’s not a whole lot of new information to be able to evaluate…
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By Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor September 20, 2020 After spending 14 seasons managing in the independent leagues, Fran Riordan joined the A’s organization in 2015 when he was brought on board to skipper Beloit, the A’s affiliate in the Class-A Midwest League. After two seasons with the Snappers,…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor September 1, 2020 Rick Rodriguez has served as the pitching coach for the A’s Triple-A affiliates in Sacramento, Nashville and Las Vegas, where he’s had a hand in developing a number of the A’s most talented pitchers over the past many years. The…
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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…
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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…
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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…
View More MLB Pipeline’s Updated Prospect Rankings: Who’s Up? Who’s Down?by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor As everyone knows by now, with just two weeks to go until opening day, Major League Baseball made the difficult decision on Thursday to cancel the remainder of spring training as well as the first two weeks of the regular season. But with…
View More Who Was Set to Make the A’s Opening Day Squad in 2020?On this episode, pitching prospects Daulton Jefferies and Grant Holmes join A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to take a look back at their 2019 seasons. The pair of promising pitchers ended up missing most of the 2018 season while dealing with injuries. Jefferies was rehabbing from Tommy John surgery while…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks with Pitching Prospects Daulton Jefferies & Grant HolmesOn this episode, Las Vegas hitting and pitching coaches Eric Martins and Rick Rodriguez join A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to discuss some of the team’s most promising young players. First, we talk with Eric Martins about a bunch of exciting young hitters like Seth Brown, Sean Murphy, Sheldon Neuse…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Top Prospects with Las Vegas Hitting & Pitching Coaches Eric Martins & Rick RodriguezPCL PACIFIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Triple-A) GAME #4 Sacramento River Cats 5 Las Vegas Aviators 3 LP: G.Holmes Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Mark Payton (2 for 3 / Walk / RBI) Las Vegas lost to Sacramento on Saturday to even their best-of-five playoff series and force…
View More Saturday, September 7th: Holmes & Jordan Suffer Losses as Vegas & Midland Both Go to Decisive Game #5After winning the PCL Pacific Southern division title, Las Vegas will face off against the Sacramento River Cats in a five-game playoff series starting on Wednesday. And a number of the A’s top pitching prospects are probable starters in the series. RHP Daniel Mengden is scheduled to make the start…
View More Las Vegas & Midland Both Set to Start Playoff Series on WednesdayTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 4 Springfield Cardinals 3 WP: Alexander 1-1 / 0.56 HR: Deichmann (11) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Greg Deichmann (1 for 2 / Home Run / 3 RBIs / 2 Walks) The RockHounds recorded their second straight one-run win over Springfield on Saturday…
View More Saturday, August 31st: Deichmann’s HR Helps Hounds Win while Holmes Makes Solid Debut for VegasPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas Aviators 7 Albuquerque Isotopes 8 LP: Wendelken 6-3 / 5.75 HR: Payton (30), Rupp 2 (8) Prospect Of The Game: Designated Hitter Cameron Rupp (2 for 3 / 2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs / Walk) On a day when there wasn’t…
View More Monday, August 26th: Rupp Rips Pair of HRs for Vegas while Jordan Impresses for PortsPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Reno Aces 4 Las Vegas Aviators 18 WP: Blackburn 11-3 / 4.08 HR: Payton (28), Neuse (26), Fowler (24), Murphy 2 (9), Martini (7), Loehr (2) Prospect Of The Game: Catcher Sean Murphy (2 for 4 /…
View More Wednesday, August 21st: Murphy Hits 2 HRs in Vegas Victory while Holmes Leads Hounds to Shutout WinMIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Beloit Snappers 6 Quad Cities River Bandits 2 WP: Birlingmair 6-6 / 4.47 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Reid Birlingmair (6 IP / 1 H / 2 ER / 2 BB / 9 K / Win) RHP Reid Birlingmair turned…
View More Wednesday, August 14th: Birlingmair Pitches Snappers to Victory while Holmes Has Another Scoreless Outing for Houndsby 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… But first…if you haven’t already, be sure to check out our latest A’s Farm podcast featuring an inside look at this year’s Stockton…
View More A’s Farm Report: August Minor League News & Notes – Puk, Kap, Cotton, Luzardo & MorePACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas Aviators 4 Iowa Cubs 0 WP: Blackburn 10-3 / 4.28 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Paul Blackburn (7 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 4 K / Win) RHP Paul…
View More Friday, August 9th: Blackburn Leads Vegas to Shutout Victory while Holmes K’s 9 in Hounds WinCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Lake Elsinore Storm 7 Stockton Ports 12 WP: Gilbert 4-1 / 4.46 HR: Armenteros (16), Bride (10), Rivas (7), Mullen (7), Cross (1) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Lazaro Armenteros (1 for 4 / Grand Slam / Walk) The Ports put double digits on…
View More Sunday, August 4th: Lazaro’s Slam Helps Ports Prevail while Churlin Leads Snappers to Comeback WinMIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Quad Cities River Bandits 3 Beloit Snappers 11 WP: Birlingmair 4-6 / 4.67 HR: Weber (4) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Reid Birlingmair (6 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 3 K / Win) Beloit put…
View More Monday, July 29th: Birlingmair’s Scoreless Effort Helps Snappers Win while Holmes Suffers Loss for Hounds