Saturday, April 6th: Streich, Murphy & Bowman Pitch Snappers, Ports & Hounds To Victory
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas 51s 6 Sacramento River Cats 1 LP – Thomas 0-1 / 3.38 Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Justin Thomas (5 1/3 IP / 5 H / 2 ER…
View More Saturday, April 6th: Streich, Murphy & Bowman Pitch Snappers, Ports & Hounds To VictoryFriday, April 5th: Aliotti & Thompson Lead Hounds & Ports to Victory, while Ynoa Makes Debut in Snappers Loss and Defense Undoes Cats
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas 51s 9 Sacramento River Cats 3 LP – Chavez 0-1 / 0.00 HR – Taylor (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Outfielder Michael Taylor (2 for 4 / Home…
View More Friday, April 5th: Aliotti & Thompson Lead Hounds & Ports to Victory, while Ynoa Makes Debut in Snappers Loss and Defense Undoes CatsThursday, April 4th: Smith & Granier Lead Hounds & Ports to Opening Day Victories while Green & Nunez Homer in Cats & Snappers Losses
A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Las Vegas 51s 10 Sacramento River Cats 5 LP – Werner 0-1 / 16.62 HR – Green (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Second Baseman Grant Green (Home Run / 3…
View More Thursday, April 4th: Smith & Granier Lead Hounds & Ports to Opening Day Victories while Green & Nunez Homer in Cats & Snappers LossesA’s Farm in Top 5 MLB Blogs for Second Straight Month in March!
A’s Farm finally cracked into the top 5 MLB blogs last month, and it looks like we managed to hang on to our top 5 spot again in March. Thanks to all you A’s fans out there who’ve made A’s Farm a regular stop to stay up to date on…
View More A’s Farm in Top 5 MLB Blogs for Second Straight Month in March!Minor League Game Thread: 4/4/13 (Opening Day)
We’re experimenting with having a live Minor League Game Thread here on opening day. So please feel free to post comments below as today’s minor league openers for all four of the A’s full-season affiliates unfold. The Double-A Midland RockHounds are scheduled to kick off today’s action at 4:00pm Pacific/6:00pm…
View More Minor League Game Thread: 4/4/13 (Opening Day)Down On The Farm with Stockton Ports Pitcher Seth Frankoff
Hey y’all, this is Seth Frankoff, right-handed pitcher for the Stockton Ports. When I was approached about writing this blog, I felt that it would be a good way for me to communicate to everyone what goes on day in and day out in the life of a minor leaguer…
View More Down On The Farm with Stockton Ports Pitcher Seth FrankoffA’s Affiliates Set To Open Season on Thursday!
All four of the A’s full-season affiliates are set to open their seasons on Thursday, April 4th. Sacramento and Stockton will be opening their seasons at home, while Midland and Beloit will have their season openers on the road. In Sacramento’s game, left-hander Andrew Werner will be going for the…
View More A’s Affiliates Set To Open Season on Thursday!Preview: Rising Star Addison Russell Ready to Shine for Stockton in 2013
The opening day roster for the Stockton Ports, the A’s Class-A affiliate in the California League, was announced this week. And the Ports’ lineup will be led by the A’s top draft pick from last year, rising star Addison Russell. The A’s top shortstop prospect will be joined in the…
View More Preview: Rising Star Addison Russell Ready to Shine for Stockton in 2013Preview: Top Prospect Miles Head Set To Be Main Attraction at Midland in 2013
The opening day roster for the Midland RockHounds, the A’s Double-A affiliate in the Texas League, was announced this week. The RockHounds’ lineup will be led by one of the A’s top hitting prospects, third baseman Miles Head, who led all A’s minor leaguers in hits, RBIs, batting average and…
View More Preview: Top Prospect Miles Head Set To Be Main Attraction at Midland in 2013Preview: #1 Picks Green, Gray and Choice Good To Go for River Cats in 2013
The opening day roster for the Sacramento River Cats, the A’s Triple-A affiliate in the Pacific Coast League, was announced on Monday. And the team will include a remarkable five 1st-round draft picks – Sonny Gray, Michael Choice, Grant Green, Jemile Weeks and James Simmons. Along with Weeks and Green,…
View More Preview: #1 Picks Green, Gray and Choice Good To Go for River Cats in 2013Preview: 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.…
View More Preview: Olson, Nunez, Bostick, Ynoa Big Names for Beloit in 2013Prospect Watch with Grady, Farhan & Melvin
While soaking up plenty of Arizona sun during our spring training tour, we also wanted to make sure we got a little light shed on some of the A’s top prospects by folks in the know. So we took the opportunity to talk to three guys who really ought to…
View More Prospect Watch with Grady, Farhan & MelvinA’s, River Cats’ & RockHounds’ Roster Projections
We’re now less than a week away from opening day, and Jemile Weeks has been optioned to Sacramento, Adam Rosales has been placed on the disabled list, and Hiro Nakajima has been struggling and is now dealing with a strained hamstring. And thanks to these recent developments, it looks like…
View More A’s, River Cats’ & RockHounds’ Roster ProjectionsA’s Spring Training Tour – 3/25/13
Major League Camp and Game vs. Brewers at Phoenix Municipal Stadium The A’s beat the Brewers 9-7 on a relatively quiet day around camp. Bartolo Colon allowed 3 runs over 5 innings to earn his first win of the spring while Dan Straily gave up 4 runs in 3 innings…
View More A’s Spring Training Tour – 3/25/13A’s Spring Training Tour – 3/24/13
Major League Camp and Game vs. LA Dodgers at Phoenix Municipal Stadium The A’s beat the Dodgers 7-4 with catcher Derek Norris blasting his team-leading 5th home run and A.J. Griffin allowing 4 runs and striking out 8 in 4 2/3 innings of work to earn his second win on…
View More A’s Spring Training Tour – 3/24/13A’s Spring Training Tour – 3/23/13
Minor League Camp at Papago Park There was a lot of action at the A’s minor league camp on Saturday, with Michael Ynoa making the start in the Double-A game and Hiro Nakajima getting in a few innings at second base in the Triple-A game. Ynoa’s fastball was topping…
View More A’s Spring Training Tour – 3/23/13A’s Spring Training Tour – 3/22/13
Minor League Camp at Papago Park Major League Camp at Phoenix Municipal Stadium Stay tuned for more from spring training in Phoenix, including interesting insights from Bob Melvin, Grady Fuson, Derek Norris and more… Be sure to like A’s Farm’s page on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @AthleticsFarm to keep…
View More A’s Spring Training Tour – 3/22/13Spring’s Young Over-Achievers!
Well, we’re a little over three weeks into spring training now, and we’ve had the chance to get a good look at a number of the A’s most promising young hitters. There are 13 hitters who are likely to start the season in the A’s minor league system who’ve gotten…
View More Spring’s Young Over-Achievers!Spring Training Update – 3/18/13
A’s Farm’s update on the third week of spring training and the A’s big round of roster cuts… [youtube=http://youtu.be/SVTugBbmEr0] A’s Spring Training Stats Grant Green Stats Michael Taylor Stats Michael Choice Stats David Freitas Stats Scott Moore Stats Darwin Perez Stats Brian Gordon Stats Be sure…
View More Spring Training Update – 3/18/13Spring Training Update – 3/11/13
A’s Farm’s update on the second week of spring training and Shane Peterson’s hot start… [youtube=http://youtu.be/4gS_G5mPgXw] Shane Peterson Career Stats A’s Spring Training Stats Be sure to like A’s Farm’s page on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @AthleticsFarm to keep up with all the news down on the farm!
View More Spring Training Update – 3/11/13