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…
View More Meet Your 2021 Oakland A’s!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?CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Lake Elsinore Storm 0 Stockton Ports 2 WP: Feigl 3-1 / 3.13 HR: Hargrove (2) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Brady Feigl (7 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 3 K / Win) RHP Brady Feigl turned in…
View More Monday, May 13th: Feigl Pitches Ports to Shutout Win while Dunshee Impresses in Triple-A Debutby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor The position player rosters for each of the A’s minor league affiliates have remained remarkably stable so far this year, with very few hitters moving around the system too much during the first quarter of the minor league season. But the same certainly…
View More A’s Farm Report: Dunshee, Cotton, Kaprielian & More Pitchers on the MoveMIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Fort Wayne TinCaps 1 Beloit Snappers 10 WP: Conley 1-3 / 3.54 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Bryce Conley (6 IP / 0 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 4 K / Win) Bryce Conley threw 6 hitless and scoreless innings in a…
View More Saturday, May 11th: Conley’s Stellar Start Helps Snappers Snap Skid while Vegas & Midland Win and Jackson, Mengden, Dunshee & Kaprielian Are All on the MovePACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Salt Lake Bees 3 Las Vegas Aviators 7 WP: Blackburn 5-1 / 4.37 Prospect Of The Game: Third Baseman Sheldon Neuse (1 for 5 / Home Run / 3 RBIs) Las Vegas suffered a loss in extra innings on Friday. Starter…
View More Friday, May 10th: Vegas Falls in Extras despite HRs by Neuse & Mateo while Allen Swings Big Bat in Stockton Lossby Bill Craig / A’s Farm Nashville Correspondent The Nashville Sounds’ first homestand of 2018 will kick off on Tuesday, April 10th at First Tennessee Park with a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate, the Iowa Cubs, followed by a four-game series against the Kansas City Royals’ Triple-A…
View More Sounds Return to Nashville for Home Opener on TuesdayCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Lake Elsinore Storm 4 Stockton Ports 8 WP – Milburn 1-0 / 0.00 HR – Diaz (1) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Matt Milburn (5 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 6 K / Win) After two impressive…
View More Sunday, April 8th: Milburn Pitches Ports to 3rd Straight Win while Sounds, Hounds & Snappers All FallPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 11 New Orleans Baby Cakes 0 WP – Naile 1-0 / 0.00 HR – Canha (1), Barreto (1) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher James Naile (5 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 5…
View More Thursday, April 5th: Sounds, Hounds & Snappers All Prevail on Opening Nightby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Last August, while the season was beginning to wind down, we took the opportunity to take a look ahead at what the A’s might look like in 2018 in this piece. And we even looked ahead at the 2018 A’s way back in…
View More Meet Your 2018 Oakland A’s!by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor With the 2017 minor league season now complete, it’s the perfect time to take a step back and determine who the true standouts on the field really were in the A’s system in 2017. We’re not selecting top prospects here, just looking at…
View More A’s Farm’s 2017 Post-Season Organizational All-Star TeamPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Round Rock Express 5 Nashville Sounds 6 WP – Schuster 3-1 / 6.20 HR – Barreto (15), Decker (5) Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Franklin Barreto (4 for 5 / Home Run / Double / Walk / 3 RBIs / 2 Stolen…
View More Friday, August 25th: Barreto Stars in Sounds’ Walk-Off Win while Gridley Leads Vermont to Victoryby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Back in May, we took a look at what a young, rebuilding A’s team might look like. But now that we’ve passed the July 31st trade deadline and the A’s have made a number of deadline deals, and even some post-deadline deals, to…
View More Meet Your 2018 Oakland A’s!PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Memphis Redbirds 1 Nashville Sounds 3 WP – Neal 3-7 / 4.99 HR – Munoz (7) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Zach Neal (7 IP / 6 H / 1 ER / 1 BB / 3 K / Win) RHP Zach Neal turned in…
View More Friday, August 11th: Neal & Fillmyer Pitch Sounds & Hounds to Victory while Armenteros Helps AZL A’s Prevailby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Eric Martins was the A’s 17th-round draft pick in 1994 and spent parts of seven seasons as an infielder in the A’s minor league system. After his playing career came to an end, the southern California native signed on as a scout for the…
View More Get an Inside Look at Nashville’s Top Prospects from Hitting Coach Eric Martins & Pitching Coach Rick RodriguezCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 10 Modesto Nuts 0 WP – Manarino 5-7 / 4.63 HR – Siddall (17), Pimentel (9), Neuse (3), Barrera (3), Raga (2) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Evan Manarino (7 IP / 6 H / 0 ER / 0 BB /…
View More Sunday, July 30th: Manarino & Twomey Lead Ports & Snappers to Shutout Victories while Holmes Helps Hounds Win and Canha & Rosa Collect Grand SlamsPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas 51s 4 Nashville Sounds 10 WP – Cotton 3-0 / 2.95 HR – Nunez (26), Olson (20), Canha 2 (11) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Jharel Cotton (6 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 1 BB /…
View More Tuesday, July 25th: Cotton & Canha Combine to Help Sounds Win while Fillmyer & Duno Pitch Hounds & Ports to VictoryTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Frisco RoughRiders 1 Midland RockHounds 13 WP – Holmes 7-10 / 4.54 HR – Sportman (7) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Grant Holmes (7 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 5 K / Win) RHP Grant Holmes turned…
View More Monday, July 24th: Holmes Impresses in Hounds’ Victory while Rodriguez Helps Snappers Win in a Walk-OffCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 9 Lancaster JetHawks 2 WP – N.Ruiz 1-0 / 4.50 HR – E.White (2) Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Nate Mondou (4 for 5 / 2 Triples / Double / Walk / 2 RBIs) The Ports prevailed for the third…
View More Friday, July 7th: Mondou’s 4 Hits Help Stockton Win 3rd Straight & Vermont Wins in a Walk-Off in 15thCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 6 Inland Empire 66ers 3 WP – Tomasovich 3-3 / 3.26 Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Nate Mondou (3 for 3 / 3 RBIs / Walk / Sac Fly / Stolen Base) Second baseman Nate Mondou had a productive night…
View More Wednesday, July 5th: Mondou Helps Ports Prevail while Lazaro Hits 1st HR & Sounds Drop a Doubleheader