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Thursday, August 20th: Casey Meisner Leads Stockton to Shutout Victory while Sean Doolittle Strikes Out Side Again for Sounds

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 3 Modesto Nuts 0 WP – Meisner 1-1 / 4.15 Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Casey Meisner (5 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 5 K / Win) On Thursday, RHP Casey Meisner turned in his best…

Saturday, August 15th: Nick Rickles’ 2-Run Single Helps Hounds Win while Sean Nolin & Tyler Ladendorf Return to Action in Sounds Loss

TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Tulsa Drillers 4 Midland RockHounds 5 WP – Doolittle 4-2 / 3.67 Farmhand Of The Game: First Baseman Nick Rickles (2 for 3 / 2 RBIs) With two outs, two on and his team down by two runs…

A’s Top 10 Draft Picks Mid-Season Progress Report

It’s been about two months since this year’s amateur draft and about seven weeks since most of the players picked by the A’s began playing with either the Class-A Vermont Lake Monsters or the rookie-ball Arizona League A’s. Fortunately, the A’s managed to sign all of their top 10 picks…

Tuesday, July 28th: Parker Frazier Earns 3rd Straight Win for Hounds while Coco Crisp Hits 2 HRs in Rehab Appearance for Stockton

TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 6 Frisco RoughRiders 1 WP – Frazier 3-0 / 0.34 HR – Rickles (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Parker Frazier (6 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 5 K / Win) RHP Parker Frazier, who…

Saturday, July 18th: Matt Chapman Hits 17th HR as Ports Win in Extras while Jason Pridie Helps Sounds Win in a Walk-Off

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Bakersfield Blaze 3 Stockton Ports 4 WP – Roberts 4-2 / 3.30 HR – Chapman (17) Farmhand Of The Game: Third Baseman Matt Chapman (Home Run / 2 Doubles / 2 RBIs) Designated hitter B.J. Boyd may have singled in the winning run in the…

Sunday, July 12th: Jake Sanchez Leads Hounds to Second Straight Shutout Victory while #1 Picks Matt Chapman & Richie Martin Homer for Stockton & Vermont

TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 2 NW Arkansas Naturals 0 WP – Sanchez 7-5 / 4.70 Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Jake Sanchez (6 2/3 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 6 K / Win) The RockHounds shut out the Naturals for the…

Wednesday, July 8th: Mikey White’s 3-Run Homer Highlights Vermont Victory while Renato Nunez & Franklin Barreto Homer in Hounds’ & Ports’ Losses

NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (Class-A Short-Season) Mahoning Valley Scrappers 4 Vermont Lake Monsters 9 WP – Bowers 1-0 / 3.86 HR – White (2), Pallares (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Third Baseman Mikey White (3 for 3 / Home Run / 3 RBIs) This year’s 2nd-round draft pick for…

Monday, July 6th: Chad Pinder & Colin Walsh Homer as Jonathan Joseph Pitches Hounds to Victory while Franklin Barreto Has 3 Hits for Ports

TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) NW Arkansas Naturals 4 Midland RockHounds 5 WP – Joseph 5-3 / 2.79 HR – Walsh (9), Pinder (8) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Jonathan Joseph (7 IP / 7 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 6 K / Win) After spending most…

A’s Farm Report for Week of June 29-July 5: Top Prospects on the Move

With the end of June arriving, lots of top prospects were on the move in the A’s minor league system. Not only were the recent batch of draft picks assigned to their teams, but many other players found themselves being shuffled around to different affiliates for the second half.…

Friday, July 3rd: Barry Zito Impresses in Sounds Victory while Dillon Overton Wins Hounds Debut & Matt Chapman Hits 14th HR for Ports

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Colorado Springs Sky Sox 1 Nashville Sounds 2 WP – Otero 1-0 / 1.23 HR – Smolinski (5) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Barry Zito (7 IP / 4 H / 1 ER / 1 BB / 6 K)…

Monday, June 22nd: Dustin Driver Looks Sharp in Vermont’s 1st Victory while Rangel Ravelo Debuts with AZL A’s & Bobby Wahl Lands on DL for Hounds

NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (Class-A Short-Season) Aberdeen IronBirds 1 Vermont Lake Monsters 9 WP – Beasley 1-0 / 0.00 HR – Akau (1), Bolt (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Dustin Driver (5 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 0…

Saturday, June 20th: Michael Soto Has Big Hit & Matt Chapman Hits 10th HR as Ports Win 8th Straight in a Walk-Off while AZL A’s Drop Opener and 25 Draft Picks Join A’s Affiliates

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Bakersfield Blaze 3 Stockton Ports 4 WP – Roberts 2-1 / 3.45 HR – Chapman (10) Farmhand Of The Game: First Baseman Michael Soto (2 for 4 / Double / GWRBI) With two outs, a man on and the game tied in the bottom of…

Get the Inside Scoop on Oakland’s Top 10 Draft Picks of 2015 from A’s Scouting Director Eric Kubota

After selecting a good number of high school players over the past few years, the A’s returned to their old, familiar ways in this year’s draft, taking college players with nine of their top ten picks. The A’s took a pair of college shortstops with their top two selections. Top…

Getting to Know the A’s 2015 Top 10 Draft Picks

Now that day two of the amateur draft is complete, it’s time to run down the A’s top ten picks of the 2015 draft. After taking two collegiate shortstops with their top two picks on Monday, the team continued to prefer college players on Tuesday but focused more on finding…

A’s Pick a Pair of Collegiate Shortstops on Day 1 of the Draft

For the second year in a row, the A’s selected a collegiate infielder with their first pick in the amateur draft. Last year it was third baseman Matt Chapman, and this year it was shortstop Richie Martin. Martin is a 20-year-old junior out of Florida who came in second in…