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A’s Scouting & Player Development Furloughs: What Does It Mean For The Future?

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Lost in yesterday’s news about the A’s ending payments to their minor league players this season was the fact that the A’s have also decided to furlough the majority of their scouts and player development staff. The organization is furloughing almost all of…

A’s 2020 Minor League Staff

LAS VEGAS AVIATORS (Triple-A) Manager: Fran Riordan Pitching Coach: Rick Rodriguez Hitting Coach: Todd Steverson Coach: Hiram Bocachica Fran Riordan will be at the helm for his third season with the Triple-A club. Last season, Riordan led Las Vegas to a first-place finish in the PCL South division with an 83-57 record…

A’s Farm Podcast Talks Top Draft Picks with A’s Player Development Supervisor Rick Magnante

On this episode, former Stockton Ports manager and current Supervisor of Player Development for the A’s, Rick Magnante, joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to discuss some of the A’s top picks from this year’s draft who spent this season playing in Vermont and to talk about A’s outfielder Seth…

A’s Player Development Supervisor Rick Magnante Talks About Team’s Top Prospects on A’s Farm Podcast

On this week’s podcast, former Stockton Ports manager and the A’s current Supervisor of Player Development Rick Magnante joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to talk about his career in baseball and his current role with the A’s and to discuss some of the team’s top prospects like A.J. Puk,…

A’s 2019 Minor League Staff

LAS VEGAS 51s (Triple-A) Manager: Fran Riordan Pitching Coach: Rick Rodriguez Hitting Coach: Eric Martins Coach: Craig Conklin Fran Riordan will be at the helm for his second season with the Triple-A club. Last season, Riordan led Nashville to a second-place finish in the PCL South division with a 72–68 record. Rick Rodriguez will oversee…

Stockton Skipper Rick Magnante Talks about the Ports’ Top Prospects

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Stockton manager Rick Magnante originally began his professional baseball career as a 13th-round draft pick of the Cleveland Indians out of the University of Santa Barbara back in 1969. He first joined the A’s organization in 1995 as an area scout covering southern California, where…

A’s 2018 Minor League Staff

NASHVILLE SOUNDS (Triple-A) Manager: Fran Riordan Pitching Coach: Rick Rodriguez Hitting Coach: Eric Martins Fran Riordan, 42, will manage at the Triple-A level for the first time after leading the Double-A Midland RockHounds to a Texas League title in 2017. It was the fourth consecutive championship for Oakland’s Double-A affiliate. The 2018…

Stockton Skipper Rick Magnante Talks about the Ports’ Newest Prospects

A’s Farm Podcast Takes a Look at This Year’s Stockton Ports with Manager Rick Magnante

This week, the A’s Farm Podcast turns its focus to the Stockton Ports, the A’s California League affiliate, when Stockton skipper Rick Magnante joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity and A’s Farm & A’s Nation contributor Josh Moore to provide the inside scoop on this year’s Ports. Magnante goes deep…

Talking Ports Prospects with Stockton Skipper Rick Magnante

by Josh Moore / A’s Farm Stockton Correspondent Stockton manager Rick Magnante originally began his professional baseball career as a 13th-round draft pick of the Cleveland Indians out of the University of Santa Barbara back in 1969. He first joined the A’s organization in 1995 as an area scout covering southern California.…

A’s 2017 Minor League Staff

NASHVILLE SOUNDS (Triple-A) Manager: Ryan Christenson Pitching Coach: Rick Rodriguez Hitting Coach: Eric Martins Ryan Christenson was named manager at Triple-A Nashville after guiding Double-A Midland to back-to-back Texas League Championships in 2015-16. He began his managerial career in the A’s farm system in 2013 and has a 323-236…

Talking about Stockton’s Top Prospects with Manager Rick Magnante

Stockton skipper Rick Magnante originally began his professional baseball career as a 13th-round draft pick of the Cleveland Indians out of the University of Santa Barbara back in 1969. He first joined the A’s organization in 1995 as an area scout covering southern California. He also began managing short-season teams…

A’s 2016 Minor League Staff

NASHVILLE SOUNDS (Triple-A) Manager: Steve Scarsone Pitching Coach: Rick Rodriguez Hitting Coach: Eric Martins Steve Scarsone returns to Triple-A Nashville for the second consecutive season after the Sounds finished 66-78 in 2015. This will be his fourth consecutive season as manager of the A’s Triple-A club and he now has…

Exclusive: Get the Inside Scoop on Stockton’s Top Prospects from Ports Manager Rick Magnante & Pitching Coach Rick Rodriguez

After spending the past nine seasons managing at Vancouver, Vermont and Beloit in the A’s system, Rick Magnante returned to his native California this season to pilot the California League’s Stockton Ports. Meanwhile, another California native, Rick Rodriguez, who served as the long-time pitching coach for the Sacramento River Cats,…

A’s 2015 Minor League Staff

NASHVILLE SOUNDS (Triple-A) Manager Steve Scarsone Pitching Coach Don Schulze Hitting Coach Webster Garrison Steve Scarsone was named manager of the A’s new Triple-A affiliate at Nashville. This will be his third consecutive season as manager of the A’s Triple-A club as he guided Sacramento to a 79-65 record in each…