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A’s Lose 26 Minor League Free Agents

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor November 9, 2023 Within a few days after the end of the World Series, not only do a number of major league players become free agents, but a flood of minor league free agents also hit the open market. Earlier this week, the…

Sunday, May 14th: Ports Prevail behind Bolte’s Big Bat while Armenteros’ Slam Helps Hounds Split Twinbill

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (SINGLE-A) Stockton Ports 13 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 12 WP: Gimenez 2-0 / 5.27 HR: Bolte (1) Right fielder Henry Bolte had a big day at the plate to help Stockton snap its three-game…

Sunday, May 7th: Calabuig, Davidson & Harris Homer to Help Hounds Win while Kaprielian Notches Victory for Vegas

TEXAS LEAGUE (DOUBLE-A) Frisco RoughRiders 2 Midland RockHounds 13 WP: Feltman 2-0 / 6.35 HR: Harris (3), Calabuig (3), Davidson (3) The RockHounds put 13 runs on the board to record their fourth win in their last five games on Sunday. Left fielder Chase Calabuig,…

Tuesday, May 2nd: Ports Prevail to Snap 6-Game Skid While Vegas Wins Kaprielian’s 1st Start

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (SINGLE-A) Fresno Grizzlies 5 Stockton Ports 9 WP: Irvin 2-0 / 3.94 The Ports prevailed for just the second time at home this season to snap their six-game losing streak on Tuesday. Right fielder Clark Elliott singled, doubled, drew a walk, drove in a run with…

A’s Farm Report: Beck, Lazaro, Langeliers & Muncy Making Waves

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor April 26, 2022 LAS VEGAS AVIATORS (AAA) Record: 9-10 Team OPS: .776 / Team ERA: 4.94 The Aviators lost infielder Nick Allen, utilityman Christian Lopes and outfielder Mickey McDonald when the trio was promoted to Oakland. Since their departures, Vimael Machin has…

Friday, April 15th: Clarke’s 2 HRs & Muncy’s Slam Lead Ports To Victory

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (SINGLE-A) Modesto Nuts 10 Stockton Ports 14 WP: Kaprielian 1-0 / 3.60 HR: Clarke 2 (3), Muncy (3), Richards (1), Rodriguez (1) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Denzel Clarke (3 for 5 / 2 HR / 4 RBIs / SB) Right fielder Denzel Clarke’s big bat…

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

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 10, 2021 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…

Tuesday, May 11th: Allen Helps Hounds Win Home Opener While Pinder & Puk Make Positive Impressions in Rehab Appearances

DOUBLE-A CENTRAL LEAGUE San Antonio Missions 1 Midland RockHounds 6 WP: Feigl 1-0 / 4.50 Prospect Of The Game: Shortstop Nick Allen (3 for 3 / Double / 2 RBIs / Stolen Base) The RockHounds registered the win in their home opener on Tuesday, and shortstop Nick Allen…

Thursday, May 6th: Simoneit Keeps Slugging For Lugnuts While Bolt Is Back In Action For Aviators

HIGH-A CENTRAL LEAGUE Lake County Captains 7 Lansing Lugnuts 6 LP: Cerny 0-1 / 27.00 Prospect Of The Game: Designated Hitter Will Simoneit (2 for 5 / 2 Doubles / 2 RBIs) On a day when all four of the A’s affiliates went…

Meet Your 2021 Las Vegas Aviators!

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor April 3, 2021 Now that major league spring training has wrapped up and the regular season has kicked off, minor league spring training camp has gotten underway in Arizona. But 26 of the A’s upper-level minor league players are now working out at…

Meet Your 2021 Oakland A’s!

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…

A’s Farm’s 2021 Top 10 Prospects List

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…

A’s Triple-A Manager Fran Riordan Talks Top Prospects

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,…

Talking Top Pitching Prospects With A’s Triple-A Pitching Coach Rick Rodriguez

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…

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…

Who Was Set to Make the A’s Opening Day Squad in 2020?

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…

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 Farm Podcast’s FanFest Special #1 with Jesus Luzardo, A.J. Puk, James Kaprielian & Daulton Jefferies

On this episode, A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity talks with some of the A’s top young pitching prospects from A’s FanFest. First, we check in with the team’s top pitching prospect, Jesus Luzardo, who’s expected to play a big role for the A’s next season. After that, we talk with…