On this episode, Las Vegas Aviators manager Fran Riordan joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to talk about promising young players like Nick Allen, Jonah Bride, Sheldon Neuse, Shea Langeliers, Jared Koenig, Adrian Martinez and more. You can listen to it here only on A’s Cast… A’s Farm podcast with Las…
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By Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor September 20, 2020 After spending 14 seasons managing in the independent leagues, Fran Riordan joined the A’s organization in 2015 when he was brought on board to skipper Beloit, the A’s affiliate in the Class-A Midwest League. After two seasons with the Snappers,…
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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…
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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?On 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 Rodriguezby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor With the 2019 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 2019. And with that in mind, it’s time to name…
View More A’s Farm’s 8th Annual Post-Season Organizational All-Star Team for 2019With the regular season now complete for all the A’s affiliates, it’s time to take a quick look at the A’s minor league statistical leaders this season. Includes Las Vegas Aviators (AAA), Midland RockHounds (AA), Stockton Ports (A), Beloit Snappers (A), Vermont Lake Monsters (A) and AZL A’s Green &…
View More A’s Final 2019 Minor League Hitting & Pitching Leadersby 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 & Moreby Brian Fonseca / A’s Farm Contributor Las Vegas put up a winning record of 18-11 in August and ended up clinching the division title as well as a playoff berth on September 1. And the team will now face off against a former A’s affiliate, the Sacramento River Cats,…
View More Top 5 Aviators of the Month for AugustCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 1 Modesto Nuts 2 LP: Duno 0-2 / 4.32 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Hogan Harris (4 IP / 0 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 4 K) The Ports no-hit the Nuts for 7 1/3 innings on Thursday before ultimately…
View More Thursday, August 29th: Harris Is Solid in Stockton’s Near No-No while Vermont Splits TwinbillTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 4 NW Arkansas Naturals 2 WP: Milburn 8-9 / 4.90 HR: Motter (8) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Matt Milburn (7 IP / 8 H / 2 ER / 1 BB / 4 K / Win) RHP Matt Milburn turned in his third straight…
View More Wednesday, August 28th: Milburn Pitches Hounds to Victory while Mengden & Anderson Lead Vegas to 1-Run WinOn 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 OwensOn this episode, Las Vegas manager Fran Riordan joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to talk about some of the A’s top prospects with the Triple-A team this year including Jorge Mateo, Sheldon Neuse, Sean Murphy, Franklin Barreto and many more. You can listen to it here only on A’s…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Top Triple-A Prospects with Las Vegas Manager Fran RiordanTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) NW Arkansas Naturals 1 Midland RockHounds 9 WP: Kaprielian 2-1 / 1.96 HR: Ramirez (5) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher James Kaprielian (5 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 6 K / Win) RHP James Kaprielian turned in his best start…
View More Thursday, August 22nd: Kaprielian & Harvey Lead Hounds & Vegas to Victory while Payton, Neuse & Barreto All Homer Again for AviatorsPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Reno Aces 4 Las Vegas Aviators 18 WP: Blackburn 11-3 / 4.08 HR: Payton (28), Neuse (26), Fowler (24), Murphy 2 (9), Martini (7), Loehr (2) Prospect Of The Game: Catcher Sean Murphy (2 for 4 /…
View More Wednesday, August 21st: Murphy Hits 2 HRs in Vegas Victory while Holmes Leads Hounds to Shutout 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 EppardPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Reno Aces 4 Las Vegas Aviators 10 WP: Lobstein 6-2 / 4.62 HR: Payton (27), Neuse (25), Martini (6) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Nick Martini (2 for 4 / Home Run / Walk / 3 Runs)…
View More Tuesday, August 20th: Martini, Neuse & Luzardo Lead Vegas to Victory as Aviators Take Sole Possession of 1st Placeby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor This week, we wanted to take a look at some A’s prospects who are currently leading their leagues in some significant offensive categories. It’s one thing to put up solid numbers that look impressive in the abstract, but it’s another thing to outpace…
View More A’s Farm Report: A’s Minor League League Leaders – Mateo, Neuse, Brown & MorePACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Albuquerque Isotopes 5 Las Vegas Aviators 6 WP: Lobstein 5-2 / 4.71 HR: Neuse (24) Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Sheldon Neuse (2 for 4 / Home Run) With two outs and the game tied in the bottom of the 7th inning, second…
View More Saturday, August 17th: Sheldon Neuse’s HR Helps Vegas Win while Matt Harvey & A.J. Puk Are Solid for Aviators