PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Las Vegas Aviators 11 Sugar Land Space Cowboys 12 LP: Jackson 0-1 / 27.00 HR: Piscotty (1), Perez (1) The Aviators dropped their third straight in a slugfest on Tuesday. Starter Hogan Harris had a rough…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor April 1, 2024 With the Lansing Lugnuts set to start their season on Friday, the opening day roster of the A’s High-A affiliate in the Midwest League has now become official. High-A teams can carry 30 players on the active roster, and the…
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Reno Aces 15 Las Vegas Aviators 2 LP: Estes 0-1 / 11.25 HR: Soderstrom (1) After losing Friday’s opener and being rained out on Saturday, the Aviators dropped their second straight to the Aces on Sunday. Las…
View More Sunday, March 31st: Soderstrom Homers in Vegas Loss
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Reno Aces 4 Las Vegas Aviators 2 LP: Brooks 0-1 / 4.15 Leadoff hitter Max Schuemann provided a spark at the top of the Las Vegas lineup, but the Aviators dropped their season opener to Reno…
View More Friday, March 29th: Schuemann Provides Spark but Vegas Drops Opener
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 29, 2024 With the Las Vegas Aviators, Oakland’s Triple-A team, beginning their season tonight, the opening day roster of the A’s top affiliate has now become clear. Triple-A teams can carry 28 players on the active roster, and the Aviators are opening…
View More Las Vegas Aviators 2024 Opening Day Roster
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 27, 2024 With spring training now complete, it’s a good time to take a look at how the A’s 2024 opening day roster seems to be shaping up. So, as we get ready for opening day, let’s take a position-by-position look at…
View More Meet Your 2024 Oakland A’s!
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 22, 2024 Now that we’ve reached the waning days of spring training, it’s a good time to take a look ahead at the potential opening day roster of the A’s top affiliate, the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators. Leading the squad this year…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 15, 2024 Now that spring training is well underway and the season is nigh, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2024 Top 10 Prospects List. This year’s list includes six position players and four pitchers, and three of them – Jacob Wilson, Max…
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Earlier this week, the Oakland A’s announced their 2024 minor league coaching assignments. Fran Riordan and Craig Conklin will return to pilot Triple-A Las Vegas and High-A Midland, respectively, while former A’s infielder Gregorio Petit will helm Double-A Midland, and Javier Godard will take the reins at Single-A Stockton. You’ll…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor January 15, 2024 The A’s recently signed last year’s backup catcher, Carlos Perez, to a minor league contract, making him the fourteenth player the A’s have inked to a minor league deal this offseason – six position players and eight pitchers. There may…
View More Get to Know the 14 Players the A’s Signed to Minor League Deals
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor November 9, 2023 Within a few days after the end of the World Series, not only do a number of major league players become free agents, but a flood of minor league free agents also hit the open market. Earlier this week, the…
View More A’s Lose 26 Minor League Free Agents
With 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. All full-season affiliates are included: Las Vegas Aviators (AAA), Midland RockHounds (AA), Lansing Lugnuts (A+), Stockton Ports (A)… –HITS– 160 Darell Hernaiz SS…
View More A’s Final 2023 Minor League Hitting & Pitching Leaders
On this episode, A’s Special Assistant Grady Fuson joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to offer his insights on promising young A’s players like Zack Gelof, Lawrence Butler, Tyler Soderstrom, Darell Hernaiz, Denzel Clarke, Jacob Wilson and more. You can listen to it here only on A’s Cast… A’s…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Prospects With A’s Special Assistant Grady Fuson
On this episode, A’s minor league hitting coordinator Jim Eppard joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to share his insights on some of the A’s top young hitters like Zack Gelof, Lawrence Butler, Tyler Soderstrom, Darell Hernaiz, Max Muncy, Denzel Clarke and more. You can listen to it here only…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Hitting Prospects with Minor League Hitting Coordinator Jim Eppard
On this episode, A’s Director of Player Development Ed Sprague joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to share his insights on promising young players like Lawrence Butler, Denzel Clarke, Darell Hernaiz, Max Muncy, Jacob Wilson, Myles Naylor and more. You can listen to it here only on A’s Cast… A’s…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Prospects with Farm Director Ed Sprague
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 Zack Gelof, Tyler Soderstrom, Lawrence Butler, Darell Hernaiz and more. You can listen to it here only on A’s Cast… A’s Farm podcast with Las Vegas Aviators Manager…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks with Las Vegas Aviators Manager Fran Riordan
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor July 24, 2023 Many of the hurlers who were considered to be Oakland’s top pitching prospects at the start of the season – players like Ken Waldichuk, Kyle Muller, Mason Miller and Freddy Tarnok – have all spent time in the big…
View More A’s Top-Performing Pitching Prospects
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor July 23, 2023 Earlier this month, the A’s took the opportunity to promote a number of promising prospects to the next level, putting them one step closer to making it to the big leagues. Among the many prospects who were promoted in…
View More Butler, Hernaiz & Milone – Promoted Prospects Performing Well
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Las Vegas Aviators 6 Salt Lake Bees 2 WP: Neal 4-0 / 4.99 RHP Zach Neal turned in a strong start to lead Las Vegas to its second straight victory over Salt Lake on Sunday. The veteran righty allowed just…
View More Sunday, July 23rd: Zach Neal Pitches Vegas to Victory
On this episode, long-time A’s scouting director Eric Kubota joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to take an in-depth look at the team’s top picks from the 2023 draft including Jacob Wilson, Myles Naylor, Ryan Lasko and more. You can listen to it here only on A’s Cast… A’s…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks with Scouting Director Eric Kubota