TRIPLE-A WEST LEAGUE Las Vegas Aviators 10 Salt Lake Bees 6 WP: Luzardo 2-2 / 6.52 HR: C.Perez (13) Prospect Of The Game: Catcher Carlos Perez (1 for 5 / Grand Slam) Las Vegas outlasted Salt Lake on Sunday to even their six-games…
View More Sunday, July 25th: Perez’s Slam Leads Vegas to Victory as Luzardo Notches Win
DOUBLE-A CENTRAL LEAGUE Amarillo Sod Poodles 4 Midland RockHounds 5 WP: Erwin 3-3 / 3.63 HR: J.Santos (4) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Jhonny Santos (2 for 5 / Home Run / Double / 2 RBIs) The RockHounds scored three big runs in the 8th inning and ended…
View More Tuesday, July 13th: Santos Helps Hounds Win 8th Straight while Soderstrom Hits 10th HR for Stockton
HIGH-A CENTRAL LEAGUE Lansing Lugnuts 8 Great Lakes Loons 3 WP: C.Hall 3-1 / 2.50 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Seth Shuman (6 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 7 K) The Lugnuts outlasted the Loons to earn a victory in extra…
View More Thursday, July 8th: Shuman Impresses in Lansing Win while Luzardo Suffers Loss for Vegas & Nick Allen Has 4 Hits in Hounds Twinbill
HIGH-A CENTRAL LEAGUE Dayton Dragons 3 Lansing Lugnuts 10 WP: Cushing 1-0 / 1.50 HR: Millas (3), Madden (1) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Jack Cushing (6 IP / 3 H / 1 ER / 1 BB / 6 K / Win) RHP Jack Cushing turned in an…
View More Friday, July 2nd: Cushing Pitches Nuts to Victory while Walkinshaw Wins for Ports
TRIPLE-A WEST LEAGUE Tacoma Rainiers 6 Las Vegas Aviators 14 WP: Naile 3-0 / 4.34 HR: Schwindel (16), C.Thomas 2 (11), J.Wilson (11), F.Pena (8) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Cody Thomas (2 for 3 / 2 Home Runs / Walk) Las Vegas won its…
View More Tuesday, June 22nd: Thomas’s 2 HRs Lead Vegas to 3rd Straight Victory
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…
View More Down On The Farm With A’s Special Assistant Grady Fuson
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 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…
View More Baseball America’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…
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?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,…
View More A’s Farm’s 2020 Top 10 Prospects ListOn 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…
View More A’s Farm Podcast’s FanFest Special #1 with Jesus Luzardo, A.J. Puk, James Kaprielian & Daulton JefferiesOn 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 #3 Sacramento River Cats 4 Las Vegas Aviators 11 WP: J.Luzardo HR: M.Payton, S.Bolt Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Jesus Luzardo (5.2 IP / 7 H / 1 ER / 2 BB / 7 K / Win) LHP Jesus Luzardo led…
View More Friday, September 6th: Luzardo Pitches Vegas to Victory as Bolt Homers Again for AviatorsAfter 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 Wednesdayby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor There’s been plenty of action in Las Vegas lately! And no, not on The Strip, but at the brand-new Las Vegas Ballpark, which is actually in Summerlin. The team just clinched the division title on Sunday, but that’s just the tip of the…
View More A’s Farm Report: Triple-A Update – Luzardo, Kaprielian, Playoffs & MorePACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Tacoma Rainiers 4 Las Vegas Aviators 2 LP: Lobstein 6-3 / 4.80 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Jesus Luzardo (6 IP / 6 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 10 K) Even though Las Vegas suffered a late-inning loss, LHP…
View More Friday, August 30th: Luzardo K’s 10 for Vegas while Hounds Clinch Playoff Spot and Stockton & Vermont Win in ExtrasOn this episode, A’s Assistant General Manager Billy Owens joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to share his insights on some of the A’s top prospects like Jesus Luzardo, James Kaprielian, Sheldon Neuse, Jorge Mateo, Sean Murphy and many more. You can listen to it here only on A’s Cast… …
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Top Prospects with A’s Asst GM Billy OwensPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas Aviators 2 Tacoma Rainiers 0 WP: T.Anderson 8-5 / 6.16 HR: Martini (8) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Nick Martini (2 for 4 / Home Run / 2 RBIs) Las Vegas shut out Tacoma on just five hits to win…
View More Sunday, August 25th: Martini & Luzardo Lead Vegas to 9th Straight Victory while Friedrichs Helps Hounds WinOn this episode, A’s minor league pitching and hitting coordinators Gil Patterson and Jim Eppard join A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity for a late-season discussion of the team’s top prospects including A.J. Puk, Jesus Luzardo, James Kaprielian, Jorge Mateo, Sean Murphy, Sheldon Neuse and many more. Pitching coordinator Gil Patterson…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Top Prospects with Minor League Pitching & Hitting Coordinators Gil Patterson & Jim Eppard