Well, the biggest story to break for A’s fans in the weeks before the holidays was the news that A’s free agent shortstop Stephen Drew had agreed to a $9.5 million/1-year deal with the Red Sox, followed quickly by the news that Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima had agreed to a…
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A’s Major & Minor League Off-Season Transactions – Dec. 1 Update
With a flurry of activity on Friday just ahead of Major League Baseball’s non-tender deadline and with the Winter Meetings starting on Monday in Nashville, it seems like a good time to recap all the A’s major and minor league transactions from the end of the season through the non-tender…
View More A’s Major & Minor League Off-Season Transactions – Dec. 1 UpdateA’s Arizona Fall League Wrap-Up
A’s AFL 2012 MVP The Arizona Fall League just wrapped up its 32-game season this week. As some of you probably already know, organizations typically use the AFL as an opportunity to get some of their top prospects a little more live game action to hopefully help advance…
View More A’s Arizona Fall League Wrap-UpA’s In The AFL – October 15-20 Update
A’s AFL Farmhand Of The Week A’s Prospect AFL Highlights (October 15-20) Monday, October 15th: RHP Shawn Haviland allowed 1 earned run over 4 innings, relievers Brett Hunter and James Simmons each tossed a scoreless inning, and second baseman Grant Green went 0-for-3 in the Phoenix Desert Dogs’…
View More A’s In The AFL – October 15-20 UpdateTuesday, August 14th: Cats and Ports Fall as Boyd Has Big Night in Arizona
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats 1 New Orlean Zephyrs 2 (LP – Banwart 8-4 / 3.83) Farmhand Of The Game: Catcher Anthony Recker (Double / RBI) Worth Noting: Starter Travis Banwart had a solid outing,…
View More Tuesday, August 14th: Cats and Ports Fall as Boyd Has Big Night in ArizonaExclusive: 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…
View More Exclusive: A’s Super Scout Grady Fuson Talks Top Prospects with A’s FarmCatching Up With: The Stockton Ports
When the season began, top pitching prospects like A.J. Cole, Ian Krol and Blake Hassebrock were expected to make the Class-A Stockton Ports’ starting staff the real highlight of the team. But Hassebrock ended up spending much of the first half on the disabled list, Krol has struggled for…
View More Catching Up With: The Stockton PortsMonday, July 2nd: Cabrera & Dixon Deliver Walk-Off Wins for Ports & Bees as Cats & Hounds Fall
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Colorado Springs Sky Sox 5 Sacramento River Cats 3 (LP – Billings 4-3 / 3.72) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Fautino De Los Santos (2 IP / 0 ER / 4 K) Worth Noting: Starter Bruce…
View More Monday, July 2nd: Cabrera & Dixon Deliver Walk-Off Wins for Ports & Bees as Cats & Hounds FallExclusive: A’s Super Scout (and Moneyball Bad Guy) Grady Fuson Gives the Lowdown on Life in Baseball and A’s Prospects to Watch
Grady Fuson is one of the baseball world’s most respected talent evaluators. He’s spent the past 30 years in pro ball, scouting talent at every level. As the A’s scouting director from 1995-2001, Fuson was responsible for drafting the A’s big three of Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito…
View More Exclusive: A’s Super Scout (and Moneyball Bad Guy) Grady Fuson Gives the Lowdown on Life in Baseball and A’s Prospects to Watch