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A’s Spring Training Tour – 3/22/13

Minor League Camp at Papago Park Major League Camp at Phoenix Municipal Stadium Stay tuned for more from spring training in Phoenix, including interesting insights from Bob Melvin, Grady Fuson, Derek Norris and more… Be sure to like A’s Farm’s page on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @AthleticsFarm to keep…

Exclusive: A’s Director of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi Talks Top Prospects with A’s Farm – Part 2

Yesterday, we brought you Part 1 of A’s Farm’s exclusive interview with A’s director of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, where he gave us the lowdown on top prospects Addison Russell, Dan Straily, Michael Choice, Sonny Gray and Grant Green. In Part 2, we’ll cover Miles Head, Daniel Robertson, Renato Nunez, Michael…

Getting To Know: A’s Top Prospect Addison Russell

Well, last week, we brought you an interview with the A’s top pitching prospect on our Top 10 Prospect List – Dan Straily. And this week, we took the opportunity to have a little chat with the organization’s top hitting prospect, shortstop Addison Russell. The A’s top draft pick in…

A’s Top 20 Draft Picks Post-Season Progress Report

A few weeks ago, after almost 2 months of play, we offered a little progress report on the A’s top 20 draft picks of 2012. And now with the minor league regular season over, it’s time for a complete season-end recap of the progress of the A’s top 20. The…

Monday, August 20th: Bowman & Hernandez Pitch Ports & Cats to Victory while Hounds & Bees Both Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Las Vegas 51s 0 Sacramento River Cats 2 (WP – Hernandez 3-0 / 1.23) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Carlos Hernandez (6 2/3 IP / 0 ER / 3 K /…

Sunday, August 19th: Crocker Leads Bees to Victory while Cats, Hounds and Ports All Fall on Sunday

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Las Vegas 51s 9 Sacramento River Cats 4 (LP – Banwart 8-5 / 3.90) Farmhand Of The Game: Outfielder Michael Taylor (Home Run / Double / 3 RBIs) Worth…

A’s Top 20 Draft Picks Mid-Season Progress Report

Thanks to the loss of free agent outfielders Josh Willingham and David DeJesus, the A’s had a few more picks than usual in the upper ranks of this June’s amateur draft – 5 of the first 75 picks to be exact. And the team used a number of those picks to target…

Wednesday, August 15th: Kirby-Jones Has Big Night in Ports Loss while Hounds & Bees Win and Cats Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats 0 New Orleans Zephyrs 3 (LP – Anderson 1-1 / 4.24) Farmhand Of The Game: First Baseman Kila Ka’aihue (2 for 4 / Double) Worth Noting: In his 5th rehab start…

Sunday, August 12th: Ross Pitches Cats to Victory while Bees Win and Hounds & Ports Both Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats 3 Oklahoma City RedHawks 1 (WP – Ross 5-2 / 2.83) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Tyson Ross (5 IP / 1 ER / 3 K / Win) Worth Noting: Starter Tyson Ross…

Monday, August 6th: Hounds Win, Cats & Bees Fall, while Olson & Robertson Come Up Big in Arizona

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Nashville Sounds 5 Sacramento River Cats 3 (LP – Miller 0-3 / 3.77) Farmhand Of The Game: Second Baseman Grant Green (2 for 4 / Double / RBI / Run) …

Exclusive: A’s Super Scout Grady Fuson Talks Top Prospects with A’s Farm

One of the most popular pieces we’ve featured here on A’s Farm over the past few months was our profile of A’s super scout (and Moneyball bad guy) Grady Fuson. He was the A’s scouting director from 1995 until 2001, when he left the A’s to become the assistant general…

Tuesday, July 17th: Sogard and Whitaker Homer to Give Cats and Ports Big Wins in Extras

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats 9 Tacoma Rainiers 8 (WP – Banwart 6-3 / 4.21) Farmhand Of The Game: Second Baseman Eric Sogard (2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs) Worth Noting: Second…

Saturday, July 7th: Recker’s Slam in 16th Gives Cats the Victory while Head Leads Hounds to Win and Ports and Bees Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats 6 Fresno Grizzlies 3 (WP – Leon 2-0 / 2.08) Farmhand Of The Game: Catcher Anthony Recker (Grand Slam) Worth Noting: Catcher Anthony Recker delivered a game-winning…

Sunday, June 24th: Draft Picks Olson & Muncy Make Their Mark as Banwart Pitches Cats to Victory and Hounds & Ports Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats 6 Las Vegas 51s 1 (WP – Banwart 5-2 / 4.29) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Travis Banwart (6 IP / 1 ER / 4 K / Win)…

Exclusive: Get the Inside Scoop on the A’s Top 10 Draft Picks of 2012 from A’s Scouting Director Eric Kubota

Thanks to the loss of free agents Josh Willingham and David DeJesus, the A’s had a few more picks than usual in the upper ranks of the amateur draft this year – 5 of the first 75 picks to be exact. And surprisingly, the team used a number of those…

Getting To Know: The A’s 2012 Top 10 Draft Picks

Yesterday, we gave you the lowdown on the A’s top 3 picks selected on Day 1 of the draft. Now that Day 2 is complete we wanted to take the chance to run down the A’s top 10 picks of the 2012 amateur player draft. The team evenly divided its…

A’s Draft 3 High School Infielders on Day 1 of 2012 Amateur Draft

Thanks to the loss of free agent outfielders Josh Willingham and David DeJesus, the A’s were fortunate to have 3 picks coming to them before the 2nd round of this year’s amateur player draft. Of course, the A’s are known for preferring to focus on college players, having not taken…