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Monday, June 23rd: Ports Win Behind Renato Nunez’s Big Bat while Nate Freiman’s 2 HRs Lead Cats to Victory, Dillon Overton Returns to Mound and #1 Pick Matt Chapman Heads to Beloit

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 8 Lancaster JetHawks 7 WP – Barfield 4-1 / 4.81 HR – Nunez (12) Farmhand Of The Game: Third Baseman Renato Nunez (Home Run / 3 Doubles / 4 RBIs) Third baseman Renato Nunez had a huge night for the Ports…

Tuesday, May 20th: Healy Helps Ports Win while Cats & Snappers Come Up Short

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 5 San Jose Giants 3 WP – Barfield 3-0 / 4.94 Farmhand Of The Game: Designated Hitter Ryon Healy (2 Doubles / 2 RBIs) Designated hitter Ryon Healy had 2 doubles and drove in the first and last runs for the Ports on…

Friday, May 16th: Cats, Hounds & Ports All Win while Snappers Sweep a Pair on Friday

MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) GAME #1 Beloit Snappers 1 Clinton LumberKings 0 WP – Finnegan 3-1 / 2.17 HR – Marincov (4) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Kyle Finnegan (7 IP / 4 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 5 K / Win) RHP Kyle…

Thursday, May 8th: Freiman Homers Twice in Cats Loss while Ports Win and Snappers & Hounds Fall as Muncy Hits DL with Broken Finger

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Sacramento River Cats 7 Albuquerque Isotopes 12 LP – Murphy 2-4 / 7.18 HR – Freiman 2 (5), Ortiz (1) Farmhand Of The Game: First Baseman Nate Freiman (2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs) First baseman Nate Freiman…

Tuesday, May 6th: Despite Impressive Performances from Whitaker, Herrera & Ynoa, Every Team in A’s Organization Goes Down to Defeat on Tuesday

A’s Farmhand Of The Day TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 7 Frisco RoughRiders 12 LP – Haviland 1-2 / 3.60 HR – Whitaker 2 (5), Head (3), Oberacker (2), Aliotti (2) Farmhand Of The Game: Outfielder Josh Whitaker (2 Home Runs) In his third game back…

Thursday, April 24th: Stockton Wins behind Atherton’s Stellar Start while Cats, Hounds & Snappers All Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Lake Elsinore Storm 1 Stockton Ports 5 WP – Atherton 3-0 / 3.18 HR – Olson (4), Healy (2) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Tim Atherton (7 1/3 IP / 2 H / 1 ER / 0…

Tuesday, June 11th: Murphy Pitches Hounds to Victory while Beloit Wins Behind Bostick’s Big Bat and Cats & Ports Both Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Sacramento River Cats 1 Reno Aces 4 LP – Gray 6-4 / 2.48 Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Sonny Gray (6 IP / 6 H / 2…

Thursday, May 23rd: Billings Pitches Cats to Victory while Snappers Win and Hounds & Ports Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) New Orleans Zephyrs 2 Sacramento River Cats 4 WP – Billings 5-2 / 4.70 Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Bruce Billings (6 IP / 5 H / 2 ER / 1 BB / 7 K /…

Preview: Olson, Nunez, Bostick, Ynoa Big Names for Beloit in 2013

The opening day roster for the Beloit Snappers, the A’s new Class-A affiliate in the Midwest League, was announced on Saturday. And it looks like the team will be loaded with young talent. The A’s have been fairly aggressive in pushing last year’s promising young draft class up the ladder.…

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…

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…